http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal swimming through water when the mountain explodes Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:00:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en this site will probably become pretty random in amount of posts. I may post things i don't want family or others to read. or angst as i fumble through motherhood, etc. but for more .. see zaiabee.com  http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=73 After having my membranes stripped at my Friday (oct 24) monitoring appt, my water broke at 11:15pm just after getting in bed. Zaia Bee was born saturday October 25th at 4:07PM. she weighs 7 lbs 1 oz. we're having some breast feeding issues, but she's getting her colostrum. She's long and ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=72 The baby can come any time now! really. i'm ready. but at my appt yesterday, while my cervix was forward and soft and short... no sign of kiddo yet. no dilation.. no plug..no nothin except a few contractions here and there. and I was so sure she'd be early! Tomorrow is her ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=71 I'm too lazy to blog most of the time. In fact lately i'm too lazy to do much of anything except nap. I don't even cook anymore. I reached 37 weeks today! my belly is heavy and distended and I can't sleep very well and there are all kinds of aches ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=70 I will have to come back later and post about pregnancy and the fact that I only have about 5 weeks left and all the things I have left to do and all the nerves i'm fighting (hmmm.. why is the inside of my cheek all chewed up . ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=69 dear patrick,  our family will now  have a giant patrick shaped hole in it. You will be deeply missed. If this baby girl inside me has half of your zest, wit, vibrancy, childlike wonder and humor.. she will be an incredible kid. I wish we cousins had listened to you and tried harder ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=68 I have to create a link to this cuteness because it's pretty much my dream baby outfit. (and the pattern in the fabric has an image that is actually the baby's middle name) I remember to check grosgrain fabulous a few times a week, but I always feel "This is beyond ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=67 Ok, so for 7 months I pretty much have had no interest in food. I could take it or leave it, and I was not really gaining any weight.  (after losing weight at first) Now.. I love food! especially farmers market tomatoes, farmers market organic locally made peach sorbet! or the ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=66 The little girl (now confirmed) in my belly would seem to be quite the little swimmer swimming around in her mama's fishbowl belly. She is constantly doing flips and moving so her head is down at one point and then is to the side and she's laying sideways 10 minutes ... http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=65 We have friends who have had a lot of bad luck (which sounds so.. mild compared to the truth of it) this year. http://www.saltandpickles.com/journal/?p=64