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WSU 2012 Playlist

Itโ€™s not deliveryโ€ฆ. itโ€™s dinner, courtesy of my friend Kelly ๐Ÿ™‚ She and her baby came over to chill for a while, and brought the Pilot and myself some dinner. Gluten-free pizza with peppers, basil, and Daiya (the Pilotโ€™s had reg cheese and pepperoni on there- Kelly and her pilot eat almost exactly the same…

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Why I love being a mom

Iโ€™m putting together a Family post together on post-delivery body, and in the meantime wanted to bring you a very special post from my friend Emily. Iโ€™ve had the pleasure of hanging out with Emily before, and sheโ€™s just as amazing as youโ€™d imagine from reading her blog. She has been a great resource for…

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Even better

Per your requestsโ€ฆ. 7 inches, NBD.  Iโ€™m actually wearing them right now! Ok, not quite, but moccasins are close ๐Ÿ˜‰ Speaking of pink and sassy, someone got a haircut today:   So fresh and clean, and she smells like flowers. Keeping up with the theme of the past week and a half, we laid low…

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Adventures in breastfeeding

I can always count on my good friend Jeni for advice. When I first got pregnant, she told me that I would be tempted to learn and read as much as I could about pregnancy and childbirth, but to definitely take the time to learn about baby care and breastfeeding, because breastfeeding is tough work.…

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Quitting the gym

Itโ€™s a gorgeous day over here <3 Iโ€™m still wondering if weโ€™ll ever get a real winter. If not, fine by meโ€ฆ Last nightโ€™s baby meal (and cake!!!) were fantasticโ€ฆ Kyle and Meg came over to enjoy the goods with us, and the shrimp curry was incredible. Giant chunks of potatoes and jalapenos- Iโ€™ll have…

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Pilot Becomes Dad: My Side of the Birth

Hi everybody. I hope you guys are doing well. As you probably know, Ginaโ€™s pretty busy these days, so when I offered to write a post about my perspective on the great day oโ€™birthing, she didnโ€™t argue too much. Well, it was a hell of ride from where I was sitting and I wasnโ€™t even…

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Winter Shape Up 2012

Baby, itโ€™s cold outsideโ€ฆ. and the perfect time to start cranking out those fitness goals and feel amazing, just in time for the spring sun to come out. Winter Shape Up always begins in mid or late January, because itโ€™s the ideal amount of time to see serious results without burning out from lofty New…

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What you didn’t know

Hey everyone! Hope your night is going well <3 While I get things ready for tomorrowโ€™s Winter Shape Up excitement, hereโ€™s a beautiful and very important guest post from Meagan, who has left many amazing comments here on the blog. I sent her a little email to see if sheโ€™d be down with guest posting…

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A chef in the kitchen

A cloudy day: Perfect for morning tea and chocolate   and thereโ€™s a chef in the kitchen making breakfastโ€ฆ. Iโ€™m a fan of that. Kyle accidentally went in to work too early, so he came to chill over here for a while. For breakfast, he made parfaits with gf granola, blackberries, bananas, blueberries and goatโ€™s…

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1/14: Thoughts from the week

My induction was scheduled for yesterday. Watching it pop up on the iPhone calendar blew my mind because Iโ€™m a mom already โ€“that still sounds so weird to say/think- to such a sweet baby, who is already almost a week old. Breastfeeding is no joke. I have transformed into a 24-hour all-you-can-eat buffet โ€“my friend…

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Babies and pets

Hey guys! Tonightโ€™s guest post is a very special one, since itโ€™s something that we were wondering about with our own family: introducing a pet to a baby. (Bell comforted me while I was in labor at home.. I wanted to take her to the hospital with us) Bella has always been the baby in…

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About and out

After last blogging about living in cave mode, we were out and about all day todayโ€ฆ and it was glorious. I packed up a little breakfast (nothing like a turkey sandwich in the morning) and we went to the squadron to say hi, 2 doctor appointments, a lab appointment and back home to free Miss…

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