29 Weeks, 3 days

On the road to the thirties…hurray! Pray that this baby stays inside until 37 weeks. I've been specifically praying for a full-term or post-dates baby. (All you moms out there who've gone overdue must think I'm nuts. But those of us who've had premature babies never had the chance to feel ready to give birth. [...]

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29 Weeks – and Christmas!

It seems difficult to find time to update this journal with all the Christmas goings-on. But here I am, at my parents’ house, with a few minutes to spare.
Today I am 29 weeks pregnant. The midwives came over on Thursday (12/23), much to Maya’s delight. The baby was in a much more cooperative position, so [...]

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Sick of Being Sick

Maya and I have been stuffy, sniffly, snotty, coughy, and congested for over two weeks. Jason even longer. (He brought it home from work. Grrrrr.) After the first week or so, we all felt better – not so tired, not quite as runny during the day (except for Maya, who is still young enough to [...]

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27 weeks, 2 days

It's December 14, and I'm actually finished Christmas shopping! Can you believe it? I hardly can. I think a lot of it has to do with our budgeting a specific amount for each person (as we have a very limited gift budget) from money we've saved all year just for this holiday. It also helps [...]

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Christmas Traditions

We didn't have a lot of Christmas traditions growing up in my family. My father became a Christian through a church that didn't celebrate Christmas, believing that Christ's birthday couldn't be nabbed down to one date. However, we still casually celebrated the secular side of the holiday with gifts, trips to grandparents' homes, and family [...]

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Belly!

Here I am at 26 weeks even. Yep, there's a baby in there!

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Names

Our first name choice:
Annika (“Ahni” for short)
Our middle name choices:
Maeve
Bryn
Rue
Blue
Other first name alternatives:
Eva
Helen (“Leni”)
Francesca (“Frankie”)
Malia (“Molly” or “Mali”)
Emaila/Amalia

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26 weeks again

I forgot to mention the one who inspires my subject lines…the baby! She's doing fine, and kicking up a storm. Still feels posterior, and possibly sideways. We can watch my belly jump when she gets going. Fun! Still working on a middle name, though the first name is written in wet cement.

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26 weeks

Just spent another nice weekend “up north” with Jason's family. It was the annual Christmas party on Jason's dad's side, and it was our year to host. (By the way, hosting is really easy when your in-laws do most of the work. They were wonderful.) The kids exchanged gifts, the older children shared their musical [...]

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A Little Crooner

Maya now joins in when we sing “Holy, Holy, Holy” to her before bedtime. She knows the words to the entire first verse. Imagine a barely two-year-old singing phrases like, “Lord God Alminghty” and “blessed Trinity.”
I know–it's so cute, isn't it? I wish you could hear it.

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