Feb 2nd, 2011 Posted in Aidan | no comment »
I’m at the point right now where I really REALLY want to meet my baby. And I’ve got about 4 months left to go! I am just so anxious to see what he looks like, hear what he sounds like and fill my nose with that soft baby smell. I am sure I will be tired and cranky and wishing to still be cooking him in my belly once he is finally here. I know the diapers will be stinky and that sleep will not come easy. But right now, I want the baby!
I am also ready for the nursery stuff to get done. I feel like even though we have months and months of time, that the time is going to fly by so quickly. Before we know it, we’ll be rushing to paint and put together the crib and all that jazz. Now that I have registered for everything we want/need, there is a vision in my head of how everything will look and I can not wait to see it in person!
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Jan 31st, 2011 Posted in Aidan | no comment »
I cut caffeine from my morning ritual, which was hard at first because I was so used to prepping my travel mug with a k-cup of Donut Shop flavored coffee from my Keurig. There is a small amount of caffeine you are allowed to have per day while pregnant, but since even decaf drinks have some caffeine in them, it is wise to cut it out all together.
I did switch to decaf k-cups for my Keurig and brought some to work to use in the Keurig there. However, I lost the taste for coffee when I was about 6 weeks pregnant. I no longer wished I could brew a cup and needed to avoid the smell at all costs.
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Jan 29th, 2011 Posted in Aidan, Cali | 2 comments »
It is hard to keep up an exercise routine when you are tired ALL THE TIME! When I get in the car after a long day at work, I envision flopping down in bed for a nap. And some days, after an hour’s commute from work to home, that’s exactly what I do. But I try to get outside for a walk 3-4 times per week, usually 1.5 to 2 miles–just far enough to get my heart pumping.
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Jan 27th, 2011 Posted in Aidan | no comment »
Last weekend I went to Babies R Us and went scan-happy selecting everything and anything that I thought my baby may need. From strollers to car seats, diapers to bottles, clothing to swaddlers, breast pumps to monitors–I think I finally got it all done. Phew!
I did some research on ConsumerSearch.com before going to the store and found the top rated & reviewed brand of every single thing that anyone has ever bought for their baby. It was time consuming to search item by item, print the page and highlight the best reviewed product, but it was so easy to reference those print-outs while in the store. It took a little over an hour for me to get about 85% of it done in the store and I got the rest of it done online. I am convinced it would have taken me so much longer if I hadn’t done the product research prior to going.
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Jan 25th, 2011 Posted in Aidan, Cali | one comment »
I think that Cali, my basenji-lab mix, was the first one who knew I was pregnant. Towards the last few days when I did not know I was pregnant, she was constantly leaning on me when I was on the couch and practically laying on top of me when we would be close to sleepy time in bed. After I found out that I was going to have a baby, I could see her doing this more and more.
Although she always followed me around before I was pregnant and would be at my heels or under foot throughout the house, she does so even more now than ever before. Even when I get up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, she will hop out of bed and sit at my feet in the bathroom and wait for me to finish. Then she follows me back to the bed, does her circle-pace-circle-pace to find the right spot and lets her body fall to the mattress with a flop and a groan as she leans up against my leg.
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Jan 24th, 2011 Posted in Miscellaneous | one comment »
Today I’m 29 years old and you know what??? I couldn’t care less!
On our refrigerator at work, they post a list of when everyone’s birthday is throughout the year. Someone came up to me and started to say, “You have a birthday coming up!” But before I could let her get past “You have” I blurted out, “I know! I’m having a boy! I’m so excited!”
She burst out laughing. I told her I didn’t care about my birthday! I’m having a baby boy, waaaaay better than turning 29!!!!
However, just because I don’t care about my birthday doesn’t mean I can’t celebrate it over 4 days…
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Jan 22nd, 2011 Posted in Aidan, Poetry | one comment »
It is hard to foresee a Christmas wish in early September when thoughts
Are blocked by a cathedral’s gothic frame and flying buttresses.
Dark clouds quickly gather to suffocate the sky,
But we escape the pending rain and enter the abbey.
Names, dates and poems still etched clearly in stone walls
Render us speechless as we silently shuffle from room to room.
Before exiting the church, I donate a pound to the offering box;
Pick up a candle and borrow the blaze from an already flickering flame.
Rain and wind sneak in from behind, wicks of fire shake in unison;
I wish and I pray with eyes closed to be pregnant by Christmas.
Copyright © 2011 N.E. Tasker
Jan 21st, 2011 Posted in Aidan | 3 comments »
Every night I am so thirsty that I am chugging ice water like it is going out of style. You would have thought that I was Tom Hanks in Cast Away after being rescued from the island. My mouth is so dry and it is difficult to quench my thirst. As a result, my bladder wakes me up 4-5 times during the night to go to the bathroom. After the 3rd trip, I usually wake up holding my growing tummy and try to ignore my urge to pee and will myself back to sleep. That NEVER works!
Meanwhile, every morning I rush to the refrigerator and take a couple swigs of grape juice from the big bottle. Before I can take the dog out to go to the bathroom or before I start getting ready for work, I have to have a drink of juice. I don’t know what it is but I need that sweet, fruit taste on my tongue when I first wake up. Water just will not do.
I have heard other women who said the same thing about fruit. When they were pregnant, they needed that fruit taste–but in most cases, citrus. One of my friends told me that they would drink bottle upon bottle of orange juice in one week’s time. Another person told me that they would suck on lemon wedges–they just needed that citrus flavor. As I think about it now, my mouth is watering. So odd!
