I guess it’s about time I post some pics. It’s really hard to do things one handed but Alta is taking a little nap and I decided pics > doing the dishes. I had no idea that getting anything done at our apartment would be so difficult. I guess that’s partly because Dave has been doing stuff for finals for the past few weeks + looking for apartments. (We may have some great news about the apartment hunt but I don’t want to jinx it by saying anything until all the paper work has gone through)

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I have lots more pics and videos to post but this is a start. I have to say that I fully agree with pregnancy/labor/first week forgetfulness. I’ve already forgotten what it’s like to wait for 9 months, what contractions feel like, and that breastfeeding was impossible in the beginning. Oh and that I was sore and I couldn’t walk very fast for a long time. I now understand how people can have more than one child although this lack of sleep thing is crazy.

First nickname. I know that picture doesn’t quite work but Alta has big blue eyes and we totally have a blanket that color.

She even has a theme song -

I typed this one handed. Adding a baby to your life is way more time consuming than I thought.

Well tomorrow is April 13th. Pretty crazy. Every few hours I think maybe I’m going into labor? Nope, just hungry. Nope, just the baby moving. Nope, nope, nope. There is nothing exciting to say about our lives except that soon we shall have a new friend. Dave got a new camera a few weeks ago and it’s pretty fun to use. I took some pics of the baby’s drawers. Baby clothes are really the most fun little things ever. They are fun to fold and fun to look at it and so colorful. I haven’t taken a pic of the cradle yet because it’s full of stuff. I guess we’ll clear it out when she needs to sleep in it.

I think having a baby in the spring is the best choice. I got to wear lots of clothes to cover my pregnant body all winter. I really didn’t get that hot (except that these old apartments with radiators can get pretty hot but we just opened all our windows when that happened.) As you get closer to your due date the weather and the trees seem to get excited with you. And I’m hoping that I’ll be able to go to swimming and stuff by June.

I wonder if our baby will recognize all the TV friends I’ve made over the past 9 months. Netflix helped me survive working from home this year. Favorite shows I’ve watched:

Pawn Stars (currently watching)
Storage Wars
DC Cupcakes
Some of 30 Days
Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta (I watched the normal one on the bus rides home from FIT last year)
Frasier
News Radio
And some Office, Arrested Development, etc.

Things that Megan has blogged about – our trip to Nahant/Marblehead/Salem and some baby shower pics.

These cinnamon roll muffin things were amazing. Especially after our little kayaking trip on the Charles River. Hopefully Megan has some nice pics of that.

I made chubby stuffed stars for my friends having babies. I used nylon, swishy material that I bought at an FIT fabric sale.

We went for a drive to Castle Island a few sundays ago.

Dave finally had his helicopter lesson! The instructor was really nice and let me listen to the on the ground portion of the lesson and then I got to watch them take off.

On the steps of Bunker Hill Monument.

One of the pics of the view.

Almost 38.5 this week. I keep feeling like I have a lot of stuff to do in the next few weeks and then I remember the main thing – having a baby.

I think Megan took some too. Megan can I have those? And all the other pics you’ve taken of our lives?