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August (Gus) Jack Allen

August 2, 2011
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He’s Here! The newest member of our family arrived last Friday, the 29th at 2:50pm. After many false alarms and lots and lots of waiting he made it up to me with a speedy delivery. He is a happy and healthy baby, only cries if he’s hungry, attempts to sleep at night and nurses like a champ. We’ve been home since Saturday and are adjusting fine. Finn is doing an awesome job as a new big brother and Jeff and I are naturals (so far) at this second-time-parent thing. We hope the next few days keep going as well as the first few have. August Jack Allen: July 29, 2011 — 7lbs . 13oz . 20″ Related posts:31 weeks, is it over yet?Me, Waff, Bruce Springsteen, Irelan…S.A.D.Z.Gettin’ a Tree and Other Stuff Too

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Cool Things!

July 29, 2011
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I’ve been slowly getting the first floor of my house in order. I recently gave my dining room a face lift. Now that I have gotten that out of the way I have moved on to the adjoining living room. I started the make over by refinishing the hardwood floors on the entire first floor this past weekend. I’ll be telling you all about that adventure later this week. But, now I’ve got to pick out some sweet rugs for these sweet new floors. I came across this beauty of a rug by DIA Rugs. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. I’m so hoping I’ll be able to make this rug mine VERY soon! Did you know that I have never ever seen an episode of Mad Men? I’ve been hearing about how awesome the set design is and how awesome the 50′s were and how awesome Don Draper is, for quite some time now. Well, thanks to Netflix instant queue I have finally experienced Don and the gang in action. Yes, I agree, the set design is killer. Yes, I agree, there is a certain something about that Don Draper. I don’t really know if I fully agree that the [...]

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Tardy

July 27, 2011
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Okay it’s official now, this baby is totally late and totally getting on my nerves (literally). I started this month out thinking “Yes, July, my kid is going to be born in July! It’s finally here!” Now I’m starting to think “What the fuck am I going to do if this kid shows up in August, seriously August?” I always assumed that this baby would show his face at least one week before my due date, with good reason. Finn came early, so why wouldn’t this one? That seems logical, right? Previous experience is not the sole reason I thought little dude would be here early, though; I’ve been having regular contractions for the last 8 weeks, and have been dilated for the past 5 (sorry, TMI.) This baby’s tardiness is on the verge of becoming amusing (at my own expense). If you know me at all you know that my #1 pet peeve of all time is the inability to be punctual. It drives me B-A-N-A-N-A-S (hat tip to Gwen-Stefz) when people are late. So it seems fitting that I would give birth to a tardy child. A punishment of some sort. My 2nd kid will start off his [...]

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31 weeks, is it over yet?

May 26, 2011
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I’m not sure if I am a big fan of “belly shots” or not. My stomach area is probably the part of my body that I feel most self conscious of when I’m not pregnant and the idea of putting it on display doesn’t sound super fun to me. I avoided the camera like the plague when I was pregnant with finn and only have one real photo of me, and sometimes I regret not having more. 10 years from now I might look back on this time fondly and may want to see how my body looked back then. So, for just the sake of it, here I am future me, don’t forget you hated these last months of being pregnant, you were miserable, achy, sore, bloated, tired, and cramped, and this picture makes it look a lot a better than it actually is, but also, don’t forget it will all be worth it in the end. Related posts:Being Pregnant makes Everything Har…August (Gus) Jack AllenCool Things!Tardy

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Being Pregnant makes Everything Hard

January 19, 2011
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Oh my gosh, I can’t even tell you. It took me at least two weeks to get enough energy to take 10 photos and put them on the internet. The problem is I’ve got this baby in my stomach and it makes everything in my life 1000 times harder than it ever was before. These days I can only focus on when my next nap will be, and I haven’t gotten much done. Our etsy store is empty and I can’t muster the motivation to print more stationery, the house is semi-clean but only at a quick glance, laundry gets done when we all get too sick of wearing dirty clothes and Finn spends a lot of time playing by himself. I can’t wait for this tired haze to leave, I’m hoping I will be feeling more energized in the coming weeks. So about this baby, it’s pretty cool from what I can tell. It’s due in July, the due date is actually 5 days apart from what Finn’s was, so I am thinking I will soon be the mom of two kids who have July birthdays within the same week. I can’t even imagine what I would do if [...]

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