• Towards the end of this pregnancy

    [This post was written at the beginning of April] I'm currently almost 35 weeks pregnant. Today, I finished a major deadline at work, and that has freed up mental space to properly acknowledge that

  • Third Trimester: Weeks 36 and 37

    Week 36 Between weeks 35 and 36, my belly noticeably grew. And so, I guess, did my general discomfort. Luckily, week 36 started out with Thanksgiving weekend, which meant I could stay home for four

  • Third Trimester: Weeks 34 and 35

    We're getting so close! Week 34 This week started out with Veterans Day. I stayed home and got lots of work done, which was great, since everything is taking longer than expected, as it always

  • Third Trimester: Weeks 32-33

    Week 32 During weeks 32 and 33, we made some serious headway on our remaining baby related to-do items. In week 32, we got a crib, courtesy of one of Paulus' colleagues and his family (a big thank

  • Third Trimester: Weeks 28 – 31

      We've arrived at the third trimester. That's both exciting and scary. Long-term scary and short term scary, at that. Long term scary because now is the time to think about what kind of