2012 family photo: mom, dad, mickey, kayloo and bump (before)

One more photo from our photoshoot with Maria… Our family in 2012 before + 1 made 5.

model bump (maternity photos @ 36 weeks)

My good friend, the very talented Maria Hutchison, took some maternity photos for John and I when I was 36 weeks pregnant. How fun is that? In addition to being excited to celebrate the bambino before he/she makes his/her debut, it was really nice to get some belly shots with my handsome hubby, John. Comely [...]

pregnant chick: 40 weeks (at the beach)

The 40 week pregnant belly! This was taken at the beach on my EDD: Sunday, March 25. The day came and went without a baby. Obviously. As I’ve been reminded repeatedly, it’s called an ESTIMATED Due Date for a reason: It’s an estimate. At the pregnant chick get together I go to every week (it’s [...]

waiting for baby

At the risk of sounding incredibly obnoxious I’m just going to go ahead and say it: I’m rather enjoying this downtime before Bambino makes his/her appearance. After John was finished up with work yesterday I tagged along while he got his haircut. Then we escaped to a coffee shop, read (I didn’t bother with my book [...]

pregnant chick: 39 weeks (getting ready)

39 weeks pregnant. I also wore this top back when I was 23 weeks pregnant and the bottom would still ruffle. I still feel fine, like a more bumpy, slightly slower version of myself. I went grocery shopping today and after I post this I’ll dust. Both my mom and John have commented that I seem [...]

bambino vs fido: on loving dogs less

Over the last several months I’ve been having conversations with people about my dogs and how they are going to do when the baby arrives. For the record I think Kayloo is going to practically twist her head off tilting it this way and that with every coo, gurgle and squeal. I think she will tap [...]

your predictions: are we having a boy or girl?

As you know, John and I didn’t find out the gender of our baby at our 18 week ultrasound. Are you good at predicting the sex of the baby? Can you tell just by looking? What do you think John and I will have, a boy or a girl? Some details based on what people [...]

pregnant chick: 38 weeks

There it is! The 38 weeks pregnant belly. I wore this outfit in my first belly photo at 18 weeks. The top fits a bit different now. I’m going to quote something comical I wrote in that 18 week post: “All of a sudden, as of last weekend, my belly popped out. That morning I [...]

pregnant chick: 37 weeks (full term, baby)

This is me doing a “Hello! Made it to 37 weeks pregnant!” jig. I made it to full term! Yeah! That means even though my estimated due date is March 25, even if the baby decided to make his/her appearance now things would more than likely be peachy-keen. Phew. I didn’t realize how much of [...]

fun dates

Whenever I get groceries and I grab my soy milk or rice milk or whatever I always check the expiry date and it makes me think of something I’m looking forward to: Expiry is Dec 23rd! It’ll be 2 days before Christmas! Expiry is June 21nd! It’ll be 3 days before my birthday! Expiry is [...]