It’s a good thing that ‘blog more’ isn’t one of my new year’s resolutions.

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Jan 202013
 

This month has been really busy- so busy, in fact, that even a week of illness didn’t slow us down. Last week, all of us had what I have been referring to as THE CRUD. The Crud, as you can imagine, is unpleasant. Basically, your head is full of snot, and you cannot breathe through your nose. And, since you are now a mouth-breather, your throat gets dry and irritated from lack of moisture. Jacob, Henry, and I have all had a slight fever in addition to The Crud. It has been making us all lethargic, yet we have had trouble sleeping. You know how exhausting it is to be incredibly tired but not be able to sleep? It sucks- plain and simple.

So, while fighting The Crud, we continued to go to the park, do school work, write, and cook. I didn’t work out, but I’m getting back on track this week.

Honestly, with all of the work I’m doing in order to be the best mom, wife, and person I can be, I have absolutely no energy left to write in my blog. Lately, I have become more of a reader than a writer– and I’m okay with that. At least, it’s okay for now. To be a good writer, you have to be a reader. So maybe I need a break from writing.

I’m glad that I took the time to share these pointless thoughts with you.

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Snooze.

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Oct 212012
 

I have nothing new to say (but when has that EVER stopped me from blogging!?) but I wanted to whine a little bit about how tired I am feeling today. I slept just fine last night but today I am DRAGGING. I know that I need to get moving but I really want to go back to bed. This is truly not the time for me to feel totally zapped of energy but that’s exactly how I feel. I feel drained. I feel like even a nice, long nap wouldn’t cure me.

Maybe some coffee will. I need to get on that. Like, now. If only I could get coffee without having to move.

Damn.

(A real post, mostly photos, is coming later today. I promise.)

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My Belly Itches.

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Oct 122012
 

This doesn’t really need its own post. In fact, earlier I tweeted about my stomach feeling itchy and that should have been enough for me.

It’s either the henna, or the stuff that the acupuncturist rubbed on me, or the baby is coming.

I bet it’s the middle one.

Oh yeah, ACUPUNCTURE. Wanna hear about it? Sure you do. And I’ll tell you tomorrow because I’m going to bed. After I put lotion on my itchy-as-fuck stomach.

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It’s Like Four Blog Posts Rolled Into One!

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Oct 042012
 

This post is going to be quick and dirty (just how your mom likes it) since I have a lot to say but am entirely too lazy to devote a post to each item. Let’s bullet-point this shit.

  • My first week as a stay-at-home mom has been stellar! Other than being in pain (which I’ll get into in a moment), Avery and I have had a good time. We baked, did some crafts, cleaned, and snuggled. It’s been really nice and I’m glad and very lucky that I get to stay home with her and the new baby. Also, not having to spend two hours in the car everyday has made me a more pleasant person. I’m sure that I’m still kind of a bitch (sorry Jacob) but remove the commute element and bam! Happy Lauren is happy.
  • On Sunday night, I slipped on a wet tile floor (while running… I know.) and slammed my left hip onto the floor. The baby is okay- I went to my midwife and got checked out just to be on the safe side- but I’m NOT okay. My pubic bone is en fuego and not in a good way. It hurts to move. I have been to the chiropractor three times this week to get realigned and adjusted and it has helped a little bit but I still hurt. Taking hot baths feels good and eases the pain but not much else helps. I’m going to continue to see the chiropractor until I have the baby so hopefully by then I won’t be in as much pain. Or, it won’t matter because there will be a human coming out of me so I won’t be able to distinguish one throbbing crotch pain over another.
  • I hate the name we have picked out for the baby. There is no logical reason why I dislike it, but I do. I can’t stand it. When I imagine saying his name, Xavier isn’t what comes out of my mouth. So while we’ve already told everyone that Xavier is his name, it isn’t going to be. Tonight, we sat around and tossed names at each other. I think one of them stood out more than the others on our very VERY short list of names we actually like. I may just keep my mouth shut about it until he’s born in case we (I) change our (my) minds again. Thankfully, Jacob isn’t being a jerk (he’s never a jerk though, so I’m not surprised) about the whole thing and is agreeable to the name change. He’s a trooper.
  • I just ate a slice (okay, TWO slices) of homemade banana bread that I put so much butter on that I could barely taste the bread. I love butter. Not by itself, of course. Okay. Sometimes by itself.
  • My 38-week prenatal appointment is tomorrow and I hope the midwife checks me to see if I have dilated at all. I’m curious. Avery was taken from my body at 38 weeks, 4 days and that’s what I’ll be tomorrow. I wasn’t dilated with her at this point (until they gave me drugs) so I’m interested to see if my body is opening up unlike last time. These two pregnancies have been very different but in a good way. I don’t think I could handle hypertension and bed rest and all of that hospital shit a second time.
  • This week, I wanted to stick to a sort-of schedule so that Avery and I would have some structure during our day. I knew that being strict about it wouldn’t work for us and I’m glad that I just kind of winged it this week. The only things we do at the same time everyday are eat (breakfast between 8:30-9:30, lunch around 12-12:30) and nap (we lay down around 1pm and hopefully she’s asleep by 1:30; she usually sleeps for about an hour and a half). There is some freedom to do whatever we feel like and I think it works for the time being. Maybe I’ll do a “typical day for Lauren and Avery” post next week. That might be fun. Or not. I make no promises.
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September… I Hardly Knew Ya.

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Oct 012012
 

I cannot recall much from this month. It was full of this and that, stuff, and things. Only in the past few days has the weather cooled down which has been nice but since I busted my ass yesterday I can’t exactly do much other than sit on the sofa with a heating pad wedged between my legs. I’ll write a post about this later. So, in the grand tradition of following up with my new year’s resolutions, here we go.

1. Get knocked up. 38 weeks today!! I sincerely hope that we’re getting close to the end. I’m super-duper-done with this shit.

2. Leave my hair alone. It’s so long and pretty and healthy these days. Happy Lauren is happy.

3. Spend less money on myself. I’m all about  getting ready for this baby to come which means that I’ll need to get some nursing bras and nursing-friendly tops which is what I’ll be doing this week. I also need to find some 100%-waterproof & smudgeproof mascara. If you have any recommendations, leave a comment!

4. Lose an average of one pound per week. I have gained like, 25 pounds during my pregnancy. I feel like my eating habits haven’t been amazing lately but whatever. In a few weeks I will be nursing and burning calories like a calorie-burning fool.

5. Learn at least one song in its entirety on my guitar. Wah-wah.

6. Read at least two books every month. I’m currently reading This Is How You Loser Her by Junot Diaz and I’m not in love with it. First of all, it’s only 130~ pages. I’m tired of paying $13 for short books. Secondly, it jumps around a lot and I’m having a hard time relating to it. I’m about halfway through it but wishing I’d purchased the newest Zadie Smith novel instead.

7. Work on making master bedroom look like a bedroom and less like a large closet with a bed in the middle of it. We are almost there! We need lampshades and I need to make the slipcovers for the glider but then I’d call it done.

8. Be less of a bitch. NO! I’m growing a person and I’m not getting enough sleep so it would behoove you to stay on my good side.

 

Read the previous months’: January, February, March, April, May, June, July,  August

Songs to Jam to While You’re in Labor

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Sep 292012
 

Music is kind of a big deal to me. While I’m a metal-head to the core, I still like pretty much all types of music (except country- there isn’t a single country song or artist that I make an exception for). While I generally won’t openly admit to liking some of what I call my ‘secret shame’ music, I will say this: Justin Beiber is totally the next Justin Timberlake. I know. I KNOW. You can’t un-see that statement anymore than I can un-say it. But it’s true. And I’m okay with it.

So.. labor music! We are aiming to create a relaxing environment so Cannibal Corpse? Out. Opeth? Out. No Black Sabbath either. What the hell am I going to listen to? If you have alternative tastes in music I suggest my playlist- it has a nice mix of songs that won’t make you want to throw your iPod into the birthing tub just so it’ll stop playing (okay, MAYBE the one John Mayer song on the list might do that but I’m keeping it on the list anyway).

Play these in no particular order and enjoy giving birth!

1. “All the Go Inbetweens” – Silversun Pickups
2. “Your Hand in Mine” – Explosions in the Sky
3. “Ever” – Team Sleep
4. “Princeton Review” – Team Sleep
5. “Megan” – Anesthesia
6. “Bloodstream” – Stateless
7. “Wonderwall” – Oasis
8. “Nothing Else Matters” – Metallica (this is OUR song so the list wouldn’t be complete without it)
9. “Cherry Waves” – Deftones
10. “Friends and Lovers” – Incubus
11. ” Echo” – Incubus
12. “Hope For the Hopeless” – Alison Sudol/A Fine Frenzy
13. “God Only Knows” – Beach Boys
14. “Here Comes the Sun” – The Beatles
15. “Across the Universe” – The Beatles
16. “Daughters” – John Mayer
17. “Somewhere Only We Know” – Keane

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