Happy Birthday Jasper!

Sprout – aka – Jasper Daniel Blachly-Nelson made his debut on Saturday, December 27 at 8:56pm. Jasper rang in at 9lbs. 3oz. and 21.5 inches long. We came home yesterday afternoon and are exhausted, but so happy to have the little guy on the outside. He is healthy and just simply adorable. More to come [...]

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Christmas Eve

I haven’t been having contractions in the text-book sense, but I’ve been having horrible cramps and lower back pain for the last 2 days. So yesterday I decided to do my best to speed things up. By walking the baby out. I probably walked about 2 1/2 miles yesterday – more than [...]

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Winter wonderland

I have a confession to make.  I *love* snowstorms.  That’s probably helped by several factors, like the fact that I work from home, don’t have a car, and am seriously too pregnant to even have to help shovel the few feet of sidewalk we’re responsible for.  But I love them.  Especially when everything’s all quiet [...]

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Bah, humbug: Coda aka “Your Landlord Does Have a Heart”

Our faith in humanity has been restored. I’m not sure what we have done to deserve such an act of sheer kindness and compassion, but luck, good karma, or some such is on our side. Our landlord, whom we’ve never met, nor spoken to, found our blog and Abby’s email (she has a unique name, [...]

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Bah, humbug

We’re cranky. It’s a cranky household. Reasons include:
1. Sprout is still on the inside
2. Snowstorm on the way – a lot of snow and cold
3. Stress…come on out already
And, here’s the real kicker
4. Our landlord wants to sell the house
Number four is the real reason we’re cranky. Not exactly a good time to receive the [...]

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I’m a WINNER

No really, I won something! I can’t believe I didn’t post about it right away. Last week I found out that I won this contest on some blog (basically, I posted a comment saying “yes, I would like to win”). And then was randomly selected for the *grand* prize. That’s right, no [...]

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Nonstress

I’ve decided to start collecting hospital bracelets.  Luckily for me, this means all I have to do is keep getting admitted to the hospital!
Early this morning we had our weekly normal pregnant lady prenatal appointment with the midwife.  When the nurse took my blood pressure, it was pretty high.  So at the end of the [...]

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Oh Jon Stewart

If Sprout wants to grow-up to be just like Jon Stewart, then I would be the happiest mother on Earth. I heart Jon Stewart. He is not only funny, but intelligent. That is the best combo out there. True story. This video made my day – Jon Stewart eloquently ripping Mike Huckabee’s beliefs apart – [...]

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37 Weeks

There is not much to report other than Sprout reaching 37 weeks, which officially marks full term. Sprout would no longer be a preemie if he were born now. We were hoping that he was just waiting to hit 37 weeks before coming out, but he is still in. We also thought that he may [...]

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Still Pregnant

The stitches came out today, but Sprout stayed in. Guess he’s not quite ready to come out. After the surgery, however, the doctor told us that Abby’s cervix is 50% effaced and 2cm dilated! At least it’s a start. Abby had contractions for a few hours after surgery that were so minor she couldn’t feel [...]

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