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    Pregnancy Pictures

    Erin’s Growing Baby Belly from Tim Betler on Vimeo.

    I have to confess that Matt and I have not capitalized on the photo op provided by my ever-expanding pregnant belly. We haven’t yet come up with a “concept,” and it’s preventing us from moving forward. Lame, I know.

    First, I had the idea that we could bring our camera along on our weekly trip to Whole Foods and we could ask a different random stranger to pose with me each week. Although I like this idea, Matt and I agree that we are both a little too shy to pull this off.

    Last week, we agreed that we would

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    Minimizing Sugar During Pregnancy

    My midwife is kind of strict on the nutrition front. When I was preparing for conception, I looked at the sugar content of my food and tried to keep it below 20 grams for a particular item (since that’s the number I had in my head from my friend’s birth with my midwife a few years ago).

    When I started going to my midwife, I realized the limit was not 20 grams but, instead, 3-6 grams. Gulp! What that means is that I cannot eat things like dried fruit or any type of flavored yogurt or juice. There’s simply too much sugar in pretty much everything.

    For the first trimester,

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    Halloween Costume

    2004 Super-Ego

    2006 Rainbow Brite

    2007 A Picnic

    2008 Scrabble

    Last year I got terribly behind with my holidays. The fall holidays seem to come so fast. First it’s Halloween and then there’s Matt’s birthday to prepare for and then Thanksgiving is here and once Thanksgiving has passed, there’s no time to prepare for a handmade Christmas. This year, I want to slow down, undertake fun projects, and fully savor each holiday.

    So, I hope you can understand why it’s August and I’m already talking about Halloween. Plus, I need your creative help!

    Since this will be my first (and perhaps only) Halloween as a round, pregnant person (I’ll be

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