Oh yes I am

Listening to Christmas music and dancing around the house.
A return of my appetite is surely worth this celebration.

Let me tell you about being pregnant and having sex

(Because someone posted a comment about it and I can’t respond to comments.)
Hubby and I have had sex about three times since I got pregnant. Why? Well, at first (in the beginning at 4-5 weeks) I would get really bad cramps after sex and that freaked me out because severe cramping is a sign of [...]

Warning: Pregnancy hormones in full swing

I’m having one of those days where I’m doubting everything. Okay, not everything. Only one very specific thing. Hubby. It started today when I was fooling around online and plugged in data for our Chinese horoscope compatibility. The result? Completely incompatible. Of all of the Chinese signs, we are the two LEAST likely to work [...]

Almost, but not quite

I went to a local Irish pub for lunch today and ordered Shepherd’s Pie mostly because I wanted the mashed potatoes and was too lazy to make some for myself.
The pie comes and underneath the mashed potatoes, there is spaghetti sauce.
I’m so used to these little oddities about China that they don’t really bother me [...]

I am slowly dying

So I caught a cold. Usually this wouldn’t really be the end of the world, but the thing is pregnant women can’t take very many medications when they’re sick because they’re bad for baby. The medications I CAN take, I don’t have access to in China. So basically, I’m feel like I’m dying a slow [...]

So maybe I’m an aunt

I don’t know if I ever posted about this, but nine months ago, my brother had a one-night-stand with a girl who said she was on The Pill and I guess they didn’t use condoms because low and behold, she called him afterwards and said she was pregnant. This girl, it turns out, also slept [...]

It’s official, I’m in love.

On the ultrasound, we saw this little thing wiggle around and its little heart beating up a storm. Hubby cried, which made me cry. Now I can’t stop looking at the picture and thinking, "Holy shit, this is INSIDE me!"

Puppy, I love you but…

… why did you have to vomit on the rug that I brought back from the dry-cleaner FIVE MINUTES AGO? I get that you ate a piece of pork bone when I took you for a walk (that I tried unsuccessfully to pry out of your mouth) but you could have vomited anywhere else but [...]

8 weeks and 3 days

I’ve been torn about whether or not to keep a baby journal. Part of me thinks it’s sweet and the other part (the dominant part) thinks it’s tacky and pointless because really, will my child ever care about the fact that by the time I was 8 weeks pregnant I had lost 10 pounds because [...]

It’s all about me

We’re dog sitting a friend’s dog for a couple week while they’re on vacation. I mention this only because it adds to my exaustion, having these two dogs to walk all the time. I’m tired ALL. THE. TIME. Also, I’m hungry ALL. THE. TIME. But the thing is, I can’t eat anything because the minute [...]