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Hello again all,
Last week was crazy but we finally have a nice clean house void of all people.  We love our friends but we were glad to see them all go.  It took two different washings to get all the mud out of our laundry room and I still want to do it again.  Perhaps this is part of the "nesting" but I doubt it- It would have driven me crazy ( Read more... )

Cramps!!!!
This past week has been exhausting.  We have had people from out of town, a wedding and a camping trip followed by a party at my  house.  I quite frankly feel completely broken at this point.  Lucky for me I get to go home and immediately fall into my bed and not get up until tomorrow.  How did the little Spawn handle the crazy?  Crampy ( Read more... )

I am exhausted...  My little spawn has started a trend waking me up in the early hours for food.  I figure that this is just training me for the late night baby feedings but it is rather annoying.  The night before last I got about 4 hours of sleep, last night I got about 5 (granted I was up late cleaning the house with Nick).  I pretty much want ( Read more... )

Well... no more throwing up this week which is a plus.  I still am dealing with nausea and tiredness.  It seems like after I eat I always want to take a cat nap.. which turns into 3 hours.  Food is still a mysterious puzzle.  Can I eat it?  Will my body reject it?  Will I once more find myself pulling off the road to dispose of a vomit bag?  ( Read more... )

So I was driving in my car this morning listening to NPR when they started reporting on the poison control center in Grand Rapids closing down due to budget cuts.  This got me thinking about what to do if you have taken poison.. which started making me think about swallowing salt water to force yourself to throw up.  That is when the first dry ( Read more... )

We have nearly made it throw the first trimester!!!!  Let me tell you, I will be more than happy when this week is up.  Not that I expect my symptoms to magically disappear in one week but hopefully they will lessen a little.  Nick and I went to our appointment on Monday and nothing terribly special happened.  Nick got to see his first pap smear ( ( Read more... )

Still dealing with crazy nausea.  It is a slight degree better in that there are actual times throughout the day when I actually want to eat food and occasionally I don't feel nauseous.  This is very short lived but always welcome. I have also been having bouts of ravenous hunger where I need food and I need food now!  Even with this my stomach has ( Read more... )

It has been 9 weeks and what have I learned... I have learned that there are different kinds of nausea.  There is the kind that keeps you up at night that feels like a sour stomach that nothing will cure.  There is the kind that gets you up in the morning when you know you need to eat but all food smells and looks horrible.  Then there is the kind ( Read more... )

Last week one of my good friend's uncle died unexpectedly  and another one lost a grandparent.  This morning my mother called to inform me that my Grandpa Moe died last night in his sleep.  Later this morning Nick receved a phone call that his Grandma Thrasher was in the hospital and was going to be taken off the ventilator this afternoon.  Two ( Read more... )