33 Weeks, 1 Day – Finally, a Belly Pic

Here you go. I just never remember to take a picture, so this afternoon, when I had a spare second, I grabbed Maya and had her snap one.  Here at Simply Serina, you get the real deal; I had just ground wheat into flour and washed the dishes. That’s flour on my yoga pants.
Isn’t that [...]

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Diaper Bag Choices

I have used the same navy mini Eddie Bauer bag for the past seven years, and it’s been a great workhorse for me. It’s small, easily wipeable, durable, and holds what it needs to. (I don’t have a pic of it, but imagine your basic boxy little diaper bag with nylon strap, and you have [...]

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32 Weeks, 6 Days; Also, Misc.

It’s gray and wet outside. Also, cold. And still hunting season. I need a nice, refreshing walk to lift my mood, but looks like it won’t happen today…

Related to hunting season: I start hearing guns go off (mostly target practice) in early- to mid-October. It gets more frequent until 11/15, opening day. Then I count [...]

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Birth Blogging

My friend Grace is tweeting her birth, right now! Amazing. I have to say, I’m a little jealous. First, I’d like to be having my baby sooner than later, and 12 weeks seems like a long time to wait. Hearing about birth, especially now, makes me all excited and anticipatory. Second, I’d love to tweet/blog [...]

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27 Week, 6 Days

The girls had fun feeling the baby kick this morning. Asher always tries, too, so I’ll have three little hands on my belly from the outside, and various little appendages kicking me from the inside. Too precious.
I am feeling well. The honeymoon trimester is quickly coming to a close, and I can tell, because I [...]

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It’s a…

…BOY!
Thanks for playing along, all 32-something of you who voted. Either someone let the cat out of the bag, or you all have great intuition, because as of this afternoon, 66% of you voted Boy. Good job!
I always dreamed that I’d have two girls, then two boys. Very, very surreal that it’s actually happening. Girls [...]

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24 Weeks, 5 Days – Girl or Boy?

Just a fun poll. With nearly instant gratification – I will post the gender of the baby within two days! (No fair cheating; if you already know, which a few of you do, keep quiet, okay?)

(Small pregnancy update: While we were planning to continue avoiding ultrasounds for the rest of this pregnancy, I had an [...]

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Pumpkin Butter and Apple Pancakes

Autumn is just around the corner. And I can’t wait. It’s my favorite season, by far. (And not just because it contains my birthday!) The abysmal state of my garden depresses me (that tomato blight just broke my wannabe-canner’s heart), and my pregnant body is keeping me from doing as much garden work as I [...]

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Baby Listy

A working list, mostly for my own benefit, but also for those who asked.
Need for Baby

Car Seat (probably a new Radian 65 or 80, which rear faces to 40 lbs. – great for my heavy babies! – or a high back booster for Maya, shifting the other car seats down to Ellery, Asher, and Baby)

Ergo [...]

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20 Weeks

I finally took a belly pic. Just now. In the grungy downstairs bathroom. With my grungy self. Motivated by guilt that this is my first belly shot this entire pregnancy. It’s a horrible pic, but it’s something, until I can get another adult to take a picture of me.

(And yes, those are THE COMFY PANTS. [...]

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