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Pregnancy Pictures: FINALLY!
Photos taken with our refurbished Nikon D60Okay. Matt and I still don’t have a concept for how we want to organize and present our pregnancy pictures, but we took your advice and just started–um–taking photos. You were right. It was something we had to start doing.… Read MoreTwo weekends ago, we trekked to northern Indiana for a wedding. So fun! I was 17 weeks pregnant. My belly is growing quite round, if you ask me…
The second trimester is way more fun than the first. Aside from the stupid sinus infection I get every year at this time, I’ve been feeling great. I’m still avoiding refined sugars and going to
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BellaBands and Bras
As we get deeper and deeper into this pregnancy, I continue to be very conscious about what we purchase. I’ve managed to get used maternity clothes from one of my acquaintances. As we think about what we need to buy before the baby comes, we’re trying to take more of a minimalist approach (in order to be better for the environment, our budget, and our 1,000 square-foot house).… Read MoreHowever, two products have been absolutely essential so far: a BellaBand and a soft bra to sleep in. The band has helped me extend my wardrobe. I’m able to wear all my old pants (unbuttoned with the band hiding the gap).
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Parenting on Instinct (or Not)
I get a lot of parenting advice that goes something like this: “Just trust your instincts.”… Read MoreIronically, my “instincts” tells me not to blindly trust my instincts. Maybe it’s because I’m an INTJ on the Myer’s-Briggs personality test. I like to do research. I like to read multiple perspectives. I like exposing myself to different paradigms and new ideas.
Of course, at the end of the day, Matt and I will have to trust ourselves to select from the various informed perspectives and piece together a parenting philosophy that resonates with us.
That’s kind of like “trusting your instincts,” but not exactly. I happen to believe that a lot
