canine pregnancy detector

I knew I was pregnant before the tests confirmed it because of this dog right here. Kayloo started having a particular interest in my breath. When she had the chance she would get up close to my face, specifically my mouth, and sniff and sniff and sniff. She wouldn’t try to lick me, she just [...]

pregnant chick: 34 weeks (being pregnant is weird)

John took this photo on Valentine’s Day with his phone, right before we went out for dinner. 34 weeks pregnant. 37 weeks is considered full term. Not long now, y’all… dot… dot… dot… Being pregnant is weird. For years you’re trying not to get pregnant. You’ve got Fort Knox going on to make sure that [...]

pregnant chick: 33 weeks (spanxy)

Mah 33 week pregnant belly. I’m not looking at my ass in that one on the right, I’m looking at Mickey. Also, it looks like my belly is crooked in that shot in the middle. It may very well be. This kid doesn’t hang out in the the center of my uterus, he or she [...]

pregnant chick: 32 weeks (time flying)

My belly at 32 weeks pregnant. Where, oh where does the time go? My head is buzzing at the moment. House has been repainted (pics to come). I have gone through almost every nook and cranny in this place trying to reclaim as much of our home as possible from random stuff: resorting, recycling, giving/throwing [...]

pregnant chick: 31 weeks (emotional rollercoaster)

The 31 weeks pregnant bump is loud and proud, y’all! It is especially noticable when I bend down to pick up one of the gagillion things I drop on the floor each day. My facial expression looks a little pinched, doesn’t it? That’s because 14 seconds after these were taken I started crying (this meltdown [...]

pregnant chick: 29 weeks (fitness edition)

Yours truly, pretending to be sporty at 29 weeks pregnant. My work out regime right now basically consists of walking the dogs. I walk them 1-2 hours a day with a couple long hikes on the weekend. Over Christmas I went to the gym a couple times and pumped it up (pump it, PUMP IT, [...]

bambino prep: painting

You know that nesting thing I was talking about earlier? Yeah. In. Full. Swing. I have cleaned out 1/2 of the cupboards in the kitchen, sold a box of books to a local bookstore, gave away a box of old-to-me-I’m-so-glad-it’s-useful-to-you crap stuff, and sold the futon that used to live in the spare room (soon to be the [...]

pregnant chick: 28 weeks (bring, do, take & an ode to accepting help)

The 28 weeks pregnant photo! I am now 7 months pregnant. Kayloo is usually pretty flexible when it comes to posing. Mickey takes a bit more coaxing. Fancies himself a dog model or some such thing. Guess what! I recently learned that I have been pretty much completely useless when it comes to visiting someone [...]

christmas letter: 2011

I started writing this letter in my journal in the wee hours of Christmas morning… Christmas Morning, 2011 Dear Bambino, As I write this you and I are sitting by the Christmas tree at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. It is pitch black outside. I am writing by the twinkly multi-coloured lights of the Christmas tree… Santa [...]

pregnant chick: 27 weeks (christmas edition)

I’m a little behind on the belly photos- so here I am at 27 weeks pregnant! And Christmas-y! Since my dogs weren’t around I figured I needed some sidekicks for these photos- enter Nutcracker Guy and Reindeer Dudes. And some gold tinsel thrown in for good measure. In the top right photo my belly is [...]