I had an appointment with my midwife this afternoon, hopefully the last one before this baby is on the outside. We did schedule another for January 11, and all I have to say about that is that you don’t want to know me if I’m still pregnant by the time that date rolls around. Olof’s… Read More 39 weeks

While the tiny little part of me that can still see the Big Picture is hoping the baby doesn’t arrive until Saturday, at the earliest, the larger part — and trust me, it is L A R G E — has reached the point where every hour I’m still pregnant is an hour too long.… Read More So ready

Taken yesterday at the pre-school Lucia pageant:

We had an appointment with the midwife on Thursday morning, and as expected, all is well. Aside from iron levels, my numbers are all good. Babe is following the growth curve perfectly and is now head down (I suspected as much, having been pretty sure that hard bulge up under my ribs was a little… Read More Update

We’ve been pretty much decided about baby names for months and months (and, no, I’m not sharing just yet), but today, for the second time this pregnancy, I saw a baby announcement in the local newspaper with our girl name. Gah! Today’s baby, thankfully, lives far, far to the south of us and the picture… Read More Inte nu igen!

After mostly ignoring several days’ worth of pep talks about the virtues of underwear and potties, Brynja embarked upon her diaper-free life yesterday. We were successful enough in keeping diapers off of her, but the rest of it was less than stellar. We were 0-for-6 in getting the pee in the proper receptacle, and I… Read More A big girl now