Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 9th, 2008
Mother’s Day Is Coming!
I’m guessing that most of you already knew that Mother’s Day was this weekend. And technically, of course I knew too. It’s just that I only actually realized that Mother’s Day is the day after tomorrow about one minute ago.
You can guess how much preparation we’ve done. Although to be fair to us, we have […]
5 Comments » - Posted in Personal, Writing, The Rest of the Fam by Liza
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Finally A GOOD Symptom!
I saw the baby move today!
This afternoon, at work, she kicked a spot about 4 inches to the left of my navel, and slightly below. Three times in a row! I could see them, just looking at my belly. I think I actually saw it in my peripheral vision just before I really looked, and […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Personal, Knocked Up Again by Liza
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
A Geek on the Inside
Yesterday, I had a very funny experience that drove home for me how much less like a geek I look in real life, than I do in my mind.
I went out to a late lunch with a co-worker and a former co-worker, both big Science Fiction fans; indeed, people with specific roles and responsibilities at […]
10 Comments » - Posted in Personal by Liza
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Not a Fluke
This evening, after dinner, Noah and I took a walk around the neighborhood.
He told me no less than 10 times, “Mommy! We got to watch where we’re going!”
Definitely channeling Jill.
No Comments » - Posted in The Real Live Boy by Liza
Monday, May 5th, 2008
Nature vs Nurture
The thing about babies and little kids — or maybe it’s just Noah — is that some things seem so innate that the “nature” side of the “nature vs nurture” debate can start looking eerily obvious.
For example, especially around the eyes and nose, Noah looks just like me. And he’s every bit as conversational as […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Personal, The Real Live Boy, Knocked Up Again by Liza
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Baby Report
Yesterday I had my regularly scheduled monthly prenatal appointment, with the artist known in my birth story posts as Calming Older Midwife. That name for her is slightly misleading — she is calming, but she is also a spitfire!
My weight is up 10 lbs so far, which is — shockingly — on the low end […]
