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Just for the record...
...I would gladly endure unmedicated natural childbirth two or three times over per baby if I could trade that for a guaranteed nausea/vomiting-free pregnancy. Just so you know.
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Words from the Garfields
From the big Garfield, in response to me looking in the mirror (reluctantly) and commenting on how I look like death warmed over after vomiting for a week straight. His reply? "Na, just death heated to...
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A quick update
Well, the happy news is that I had a good doctor's appointment on Monday. Due to my miscarriage history, I requested an early sonogram to be able to see a heartbeat---and there it was! Nice and strong,...
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Pining for the Pineywoods
I was supposed to wake up to this view today...This is what it looks like at the Pineywoods Family Retreat that our church goes on each fall, where we do a lot of canoeing, some hiking, a little...
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Pregnancy and the holidays
This weekend will mark four weeks of me being sick, and that fact alone is helping my spirits improve. Because no matter what remedies I try, time is really the only thing that helps me get past this...
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Too good to be true
It's really not that I think people enjoy reading about vomiting, but I HAVE to let the world know that it is 8:15 p.m., and I have NOT thrown up a single time today! For the last four weeks, I've been...
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An undesired "vacation"
The last 5 1/2 weeks have been very different. This pregnancy has me in a non-functional state moreso than any of the other pregnancies, and I've been realizing lately just how little I've done since I...
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Happy 6th Birthday, Emma!
This beautiful little girl is our firstborn, Emma. Six years ago today, she officially made me a mother, and she's been a blessing to us ever since. Emma's personality is quite different from mine,...
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Sea World---ever the adventure
Sunday morning started out in a pretty non-adventurous way. My hubby was too sick to go to church, and I wasn't sure I could brave it alone with 3 kids, so we all decided to stay home. My 3 yo son woke...
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Elizabeth turns 2!
(But not before I snuck a video of her stating her age at 1!)I can hardly bear to admit it, but my baby turns two today. (Well, technically speaking, my baby hasn't yet been born. I'm referring to the...
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The weather and other such unimportant subjects--like sonograms ;)
Today was a wintery day. A front blew in quite suddenly, bringing with it temperatures that are supposed to drop into the 20's tonight, and very cold drizzle. The skies were overcast all day, and the...
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A dubious distinction
From the mouth of my 6-year-old, Emma: "Mommy, I forgot. Is it lizards, or squirrels that when you hold them by their tail, the tail can break off and they'll grow a new one?"I thought that was a...
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Easing back into bloggy world
You thought you were rid of me, huh? Well, it's not THAT easy! I just come and go on the blogosphere in spurts, like everything else in my life. C'mon, you should know that by now.So anyway, starting...
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Our Tourism Queensland Applications
G'day, Mate!A few weeks ago, hubby and I heard about the "Best Job in the World" opening: a 6-month gig living as island caretaker on the Great Barrier Reef. Your duties include going on excursions...
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What we've been up to
Well, we didn't win a chance to go to Australia for 6 months, but that's ok. Once we saw who they picked for the Top 50, we knew it was the wrong gig for us---almost all their selections were late...
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I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try
Whew. It's been a month since my last post. That's got to be some sort of record. I won't promise to get back on the blogging bandwagon, since I have a good reason for falling off: I started using...
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But baby whales are cute, right?
I hope so, because I'm the size of one. Here's a picture of me at around 38 weeks; I'm now 40 weeks and counting! (I will say, this photo is deceptive...my belly is really much bigger than it...
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Is this it?
Hmmmm...I've been having contractions since yesterday evening. I went to bed at midnight, but they woke me up again at 3 a.m., so here I am, posting at this ungodly hour. I'd love to know within the...
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An update
For those of you who aren't on Facebook, here's the latest:Contractions started getting farther apart this morning after I went back to bed, but have continued throughout the day---very irregularly....
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Going to try and rest...
It's about 11:30, and we're going to try and rest for awhile. But I have a feeling these contractions aren't gonna let me sleep. They've moved from 15 minutes apart to about 10 within 2 hours or so,...
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