My husband and I announced that we were expecting yesterday. It was really tough keeping quiet since we found out mid-August. Karl and I felt we were in a fight club of sorts: only those who knew we’re expecting cannot talk about expecting. Special thanks to our family and close friends who did know ahead… Continue reading Pregnancy Fight Club

The week I found out I was pregnant was the same week I was running in the Hood to Coast Relay (a 199 mile relay race done over the course of 2 days in Oregon) with my co-workers and family friends. Now that I was more conscientious about what I ate/drank, I was so worried… Continue reading Diet Changes

Every time my husband tries to get my attention, I am stuffing my face.

We can only hope our future baby will follow his big brother’s example.

Our spare room we planned to use for the nursery has been our storage/library room since we moved in. I was skeptical that Karl would be able to pick up the room of his stuff before the crib arrived, but he is a man of his word.

I’ve heard all the stories of sleeplessness when the baby finally comes, but no one stressed how pregnancy symptoms consistently wake you up at 4am throughout it. My heart goes out to the women who have worse symptoms than I.

My Google searches have gotten very strange since I’ve been pregnant.

Our 1st ultrasound at 10 weeks

No trick-or-treaters again this year, but preggo munchie monster don’t care.