I have no shame when it comes to trying to convince friends and family to visit us over here in New Zealand.  I’m a huge fan of using whatever means that I have at my disposal.  Offering to pay for part of plane tickets, reminding them of the mild weather, waving the carrot of free… Read More Northland, or “Why You All Need to Visit New Zealand”

This is a photo of Chris’ dad, Chris, and his very newborn little sister, Nicki: And this is a photo of Chris and Joe that I took tonight… I cannot get over how much Chris and his dad look alike!  And look at Chris – a complete tow-head!

Someone’s looking a little devious…

Hey everyone – I’ve tried multiple times to write out the story of Joe’s birth.  I’ve typed, deleted, thrown whole posts in the trash… I kept getting frustrated and wondering why I just couldn’t get it to sound the way that I wanted. Then I realized – nothing that I write can ever convey exactly… Read More The Birth Story… or Lack Thereof

No baby yet, but I do have a photo of his face from the biophysical profile ultrasound {which went well, by the way!}: Chubby cheeks!  I told my midwife that at this stage, I would consider being induced sooner rather than later.  She still wants me to wait till I reach 42 weeks.  I told… Read More Ultrasound Photo

1. My mom made her flight to New Zealand.  It was tense – she arrived in Denver early, but then her flight to San Francisco was delayed by nearly an hour due to mechanical trouble.  Of course, you never want to rush through mechanical issues and I’m glad they took the time to make sure… Read More 5 Things

I’ve recently found that my cousin-in-law, Kim, has a cute little business!  She’s been making personalized items for a few years now and all of the proceeds go into their adoption fund.  Chris brought back several adorable baby items from Kim when he returned from the States, and I was excited to check out her… Read More Four My Cupcakes

My walks to work have slowed down a little bit.  Used to be, I could leave at 6:30am and get to work by 6:45/6:50am.  That all changed after I nearly fainted one morning and had to go home from work early.  Embarrassing.  In my defense, my walk to work is basically all uphill.  And the… Read More Too Much Caffeine

You know what?  I never posted any sort of review or photos of my sister’s visit to NZ.  I know that trip reviews can be a bit dry, but I figure that many of you have never been to this side of the globe and therefore might be interested in seeing some of what we… Read More Visiting New Zealand – Part I

There’s still 90 days left till my due date… Only 90 days till my due date!

There are less than 14 weeks remaining in this pregnancy – at times I can’t believe it’s going so quickly and at other times I think, “C’mon – lets get this show on the road!”  I usually feel like it’s dragging right about 3am when I’m getting up for my umpteenth bathroom break.  I feel… Read More 26 Weeks

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I’m so excited and nervous – we have our ultrasound tomorrow.  I’m praying that baby looks healthy and well, and that we’ll be able to find out the sex.  Oh, how fabulous it would be if they called me today and said that they had a cancellation and that I could come in early!

It’s already 2011 in New Zealand, and I can tell you that it’s shaping up to be a great year.  Current weather: 72 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny, sunny, sunny! Up until April/May 2010, there wasn’t really a whole lot of exciting things going on with us.  I was working 12 hour nights in a trauma… Read More It’s already 2011

Hello, my lovely readers 🙂  I hope you’re all doing well and enjoying your families and the Christmas season.  This is the time of year when many people remember to stop and count their blessings, and being healthy and having healthy loved ones is a huge blessing. For those of you don’t know her, you… Read More It Only Takes a Minute

Thank you so much to everyone for all of the well-wishes!  I really appreciate it – reading your comments and congratulations made my day! I’ve got a lot of things going on in my mind right now – stuff that I need to take care of and accomplish.  It’s time for a bullet-format post! Buy… Read More Scatterbrained

Grover spoofs Old-Spice.  Love it!

Now that its warming up over here, I’ve started venturing outside for extended periods of time.  No more hunched over walks while dodging the rain, thank you very much!  We have a rooftop terrace, but the views aren’t that great. See what I mean?  Not the best views.  So, when its a particularly fine day… Read More A Little Visit to Albert Park