I have NEVER had an easy time nursing. Parker wouldn't latch on at all, Peyton & Mabry latched with trouble, but it always ALWAYS hurt like the dickens... I called it "shards of glass". That's what it felt like they were sucking out of me. I blistered like crazy and cried all the time. Eventually, with Mabry, I became a sole-pumper because that ( Read more... )

It's funny... I don't really look all that pregnant from the front (I mean, I do... but not AS pregnant as I do from the SIDE). We took these today while testing lighting at a senior session... so I thought I'd post them here for my little timeline of growth. :D


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Tomorrow I'll be 20 weeks... halfway through this pregnancy. It's really difficult to believe because it feels like I just found out a couple of weeks ago. Wedding season makes everything fly by, I suppose. We have an ultra-sound this Thursday and I got permission from the doctor to bring my kids (there's a sign in the lobby that says not to). Of ( Read more... )

There's no way to write out everything that's been going on... there's just too much. So, for those that are interested, I'll do bullet points and you can ask me follow up questions if anything comes to mind. How's that sound? None of this is in any particular order. :D ( Read more... )

This is me at 18 weeks.


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This was a week of milestones:1. I hit my 2nd trimester ( Read more... )

So... Jeff's Aunt Sissy (who we loved dearly and who passed away shortly after we moved to NC) had the middle name "Mae". I don't like it as a stand alone (neither did she)... but if we could figure out a way to blend it into a name (either at the beginning or at the end), then I think it could be nice. So help me think of some. Just don't go all ( Read more... )

I think we ran out of ideas after the third kid.

Peyton: *sitting by me, both his arms around me* Am I hugging YOU or the BABY?

Me: I think you're hugging ME.

Peyton: *scootching his arms down a little lower* How 'bout now?

Mabry's in the living room doing wii boxing... with every step up and back, she's chanting:

"I'm having... *step step*... a baby... *step step*"