matt’s famous lineage

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned my progress on Matt and my family trees, but I’m still plugging away. I’ve been focusing on Matt’s side for the past several months and recently stumbled across a pretty impressive ancestor – President Abraham Lincoln! Granted, this is a fairly distant and indirect ancestor, but he [...]

32 weeks

Eight months. I’ve made it to the eighth month. Which means it’s the next-to-last month before I finally get to meet my little man. I’m starting to get more uncomfortable, especially by the evening. These discomforts arrive mostly in the form of leg cramps, back pain, and tiredness. I’m definitely starting to get that “tired [...]

31 weeks

Starting around 30 weeks, your doctor appointments move from monthly to every other week, which means we were due for another one again this week.  The inclement weather caused our appointment on Thursday to be cancelled, however, rather serendipitously, we had an impromptu appointment on Tuesday. Baby has been very active lately. Nothing aggressive - I’ve [...]

old man winter

Old Man Winter came to visit Seattle this week and, boy, was he in a grumpy mood! Starting on Tuesday, the Puget Sound began to experience, what national weather reports were calling, our worst winter storm since 1985. Some areas received over 18 inches of snow, which is pretty incredible considering our annual snowfall is around [...]

my week in the kitchen

My un-official new year’s resolution is to cook more dinners. I’ve never really had to learn how to cook…my 5 staples in college were Easy Mac, Ramen, grilled cheese, enchiladas, and spaghetti. Since that was pretty much the norm for everyone else there, I got along just fine. Shortly, after graduating, I met Matt who is [...]

30 weeks | the home stretch

First, my apologies for the lack of update last week. The website was down and then I got busy…and quite honestly, I thought it wouldn’t be missed. To my surprise, I received a number of comments and questions from people wondering where the weekly update was – so thank you to all of my loyal readers; [...]