I have been afraid to step on the scale this month, worried it would say I’d gained 10 pounds. My belly is growing fast these days and with all the junk food I ate during the move, I was just worried. Turns out I’ve only gained 3 pounds this month! That makes 11 pounds total.…

I’ve been suffering from the driest nose on the planet. My whole face feels so dried up at night. I haven’t plugged in my humidifier since we moved. I’m deciding they are a necessity when you are pregnant. My poor nose. I often have dreams of being so thirsty, and trying to drink but I…

I’m past the halfway mark now and looking more pregnant every day. The profuse farting is back and I’m definitely having a hormone surge lately but I feel pretty good otherwise. I had cravings for legumes last week so we had lots of lentils, chickpeas, and cannelini beans. Tonight we’re having bowls of beans and…

We snuck away from the boxes for the weekend and headed up to the Hood River area of Oregon. We stayed at the Mt Hood Hamlet B&B in Parkdale. It was a lovely, friendly place and since it’s off season, we practically had the place to ourselves. In the mornings I would bring my books…

I feel like a bad parent. Mississippi was whining to go outside last night. I got dressed, went downstairs and let her out. She had to go. She came back in and I cuddled with her on the couch for a minute. It took me forever to go back to bed. She woke me up…

Turns out baby must be reading my blog posts because she kicked the bageezus out of me last night. Big strong kicks, just below the belly button. It was downright freaky. She’s got some legs on her already. Maybe it’s the lentils we had for dinner. I’ve been feeling really grateful to have a working…

Today marks week 20 of my pregnancy with our little Juniper berry. Wow! Halfway! The consensus is that I really look pregnant now. I definitely feel pregnant. I get a few good kicks every day and lots of flutters. I wish there were more, they are so reassuring, but I bet I’ll be sorry I…

So guess what? It’s (probably) a girl! We had our big midway ultrasound yesterday and though the ultrasound tech said he always tells people to avoid decorating their baby rooms in all pink, he checked a million times from all kids of angles and it appears we have a cute little girl in my belly.…

We’ve lived in Portland Oregon for one whole year now. In that time we’ve gotten a dog, got pregnant and bought a house. We’ve been busy. Do we like Portland? We love it! This move was a really good idea for us. We haven’t looked back. Strangely I don’t miss San Francisco. I still love…

If you’re in Portland Oregon and you’re looking for a great realtor, I’d like to suggest ours. Benjamin was great throughout our entire house hunting and buying process. He made sure we got pre-approved in the very beginning of our search so that if we found the house of our dreams, we’d be ready to…

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at Barbican Centre, help London

Lordy, is it 17 weeks already? I’ve been trying to take photos of myself but I keep getting freaked out at the site of my full body. Tom took this pic of just my belly and I think I can handle it. I feel really big. Actually more accurately, I feel like I look really…

I’ve decided to join Alison and Meg for a Yoga 90 challenge; in my case 90 days of prenatal yoga. You can follow my progress on yoga90.com Happy yoga-ing!