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Archive for June, 2008

…Make a baby! And maybe it will look like this:

Please note: Lemons + Water ≠ Baby (I mean really, what kind of sex ed. course would teach you that?)
We are in the 14th week and Sprout is now the size of a lemon – approximately 3.5 inches long and 1.5 ounces. Hopefully, Sprout will not [...]

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Sprout the shrimp

So apparently at 13 weeks, Sprout is now the size of a shrimp.  This means little to me, but I always thought of shrimp as small.  Apparently not, for they say the wee parasite that makes me feel shitty from time to time is actually 3 inches long, and weighs about an ounce.  Is it [...]

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Sprout’s First Mail

Yesterday, Sprout got it’s very first piece of mail – a onesie from Marc & Elysabeth! Sprout is one lucky fetus. The package even came perfectly addressed to Sprout Blachly-Nelson. Voila, a picture of the appropriately hip onesie. Thank you Marc & Elysabeth!

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Bean and the Bee

“Bean and the Bee” – sounds like a children’s book.
Anyway, shortly after buying our stroller Abby and I decided we needed to test it out to see what it’s like. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a baby lying around the house and we thought better of going to Whole Foods or some other baby-infested location and [...]

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Adios first trimester and hello second! Today marks the 12th week of pregnancy and Sprout is now the size of a lime. Funnily enough, Abby craves and mostly drinks limeade and/or sparkling water with lime.
Also, now that we have heard Sprout’s heartbeat and are through the first trimester we have begun telling friends we’re pregnant. [...]

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heat.

It’s hot. Very hot. After a few 90+ days, my mom and Liza bought us an AC for the bedroom (you know, so we don’t over-cook their grandkid). So now we sleep nice and peacefully (10 hours last night! beat that!), but during the day is a different story. I [...]

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We just got back from our appointment with the midwife.  Sprout is doing great, we’re just over 11 weeks now (fig sized).  And we got to hear the heart beat!  Apparently, old wive’s tales say that a low heart rate means boy, and high means girl (normal ranges from 120-180ish).  Well, Sprout was loud and [...]

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kumquat

Sprout has reached kumquat size at long last (a little over an inch long).  

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