I just found the coolest website! Well, I actually found it via one of the girls on my baby messageboard. It’s called Rate my Space from HGTV’s website. You can upload your pictures of the rooms you’ve decorated and people rate them. I got lost in it for about an hour last night. I was [...]
Countdown: 3 Weeks Until All Ashore That’s Going Ashore
my pirate & me at 37 weeks. I had another sweet baby shower this week. Complete with a delicious pirate hat cake and a diaper treasure chest! We played a little guess-how-big-Amanda’s-belly game with ribbons. These little ribbons were the losers, thank goodness! I’m feeling pretty tired and sore right now. Everything is swollen–my hands, [...]
Countdown: 4 Weeks Until Pirate Arrives
me & the baby pirate. 36 weeks. I’ve been feeling a tiny bit emotional knowing I’m in the countdown. I’ve got lots of stuff to do—like, I don’t know, making sure the pirate’s room isn’t PINK. Like cleaning my house, like finishing my childbirth books, like cherishing every moment with the baby I have right [...]
My New Favorite Snack
Contemplating: Unmedicated Childbirth
Yes. I’m going to post about unmedicated childbirth. This subject could be as highly debated as formula versus breastfeeding. But I have to talk about it. I need some input, please. (Sorry to all you non-mothers, men and people generally grossed out by childbirth and things of that sort. Feel free to skip this post [...]










