Here is Pippa yesterday at approximately 1:30pm, enjoying a kid cone at Dairy Queen:

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So, I've hit a speed bump in my morning sickness treatment. Now the medical name for morning sickness is actually "nausea and vomiting of pregnancy" (NVP) because of course it can strike at any time of day, but for most women the morning seems to be the worst time ( Read more... )

The Diclectin has been a lifesaver. Truly, night and day difference. Nausea and vomiting completely gone. Did not even have a problem dealing with diapers ( Read more... )

Yesterday was absolutely awful.

( Morning sickness. )

So since my last post, it's been a week of continuous sickness here at La Casa Us. First Pippa, then on Tuesday I began to get ill, with my illness peeking on Thursday night/Friday. On that day The Husband also began to get ill (although he definitely doesn't seem to have gotten it as badly as I did, and has only had to miss half a shift of work, ( Read more... )

Oh man, today. Today was utter failure ( Read more... )

Baby Gap has these glow-in-the-dark skeleton pajamas that are just too adorable. The problem is that they are 2 for $36 which is way more than I spend on baby clothing usually. But considering that I have received 95% of Pippa's clothing for free, an occasional splurge to fill in the gaps isn't that big of a deal, right? Plus, they also double as ( Read more... )

I'm having a hopefully not serious issue that requires some blood tests. Pray I get results quickly and it all works out. I'm irritated because all the labs in Vancouver close at 5pm or earlier (I didn't get the script until 4:30 today so even hustling I didn't get to the lab in time). So I've made an appointment for 7:50am tomorrow. Which is way ( Read more... )

There's an old story about Evelyn Waugh, in which some woman asked him why he was so nasty if he was Catholic, and he answered "Madam, you have no idea how much nastier I would be if I weren't ( Read more... )

Things have been a bit haywire here ( Read more... )