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Holiday Magic

Posted on December 28, 2009
This has been such a fun Christmas. Having a two-year-old who is a little ball of delight with no idea that presents were involved in this time of Christmas lights and Christmas trees, which were worthy of clapping and much celebration all on their own, has been just beyond awesome...

Traditions, old and new

Posted on December 25, 2009
I took a forced mini-break from blogging. All the posts I wrote in my head on Monday through Wednesday were neither happy nor positive. I was extremely busy and stressed at work. I was angry at the internet for ruining a loving tribute to my husband and keeping me up at night thinking of responses to rude and frequently incorrect commentors...

The Pretty Lights

Posted on December 21, 2009
One of the most wonderful things about this holiday season has been Landon's overewhelming excitement over every part of it. He's old enough to know something special is happening, but too young to know he's supposed to expect presents at the end of it all...

JP's Present

Posted on December 20, 2009
We spent 8 hours at various car dealerships yesterday and I cried at one of them. Not because I was pregnant and tired and hungry (though I was all of those things) and not because I had entertained a toddler for 8 hours (though I'd done that too)- and not even because JP had been playing one dealer off another for hours and couldn't make up his god damn mind about which car he wanted...

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Better

Posted on December 18, 2009
I am back at work and feeling better. Yesterday was very, very bad. The Vicodin and sleep did not help and I woke up with a headache worse than anything the previous three days had given me. By the time I got to the doctor I could barely move or turn my head without blinding pain...

Down. Very Down.

Posted on December 16, 2009
We're three days in and my week has been so bad I called in for narcotics. It's not quite like it sounds. I have a medical need. On Monday afternoon I started getting a headache. And by "started getting a headache" I mean sharp pains started shooting around in my forehead...

Again

Posted on December 15, 2009
I left out one special little detail about Landon and my trip to Houston. On Saturday night I got back from the bridal shower around 12:30 a.m., had a terrible stomach ache (possibly related to the three cake pops I ate), and fell asleep a little after 1 a...

Houston and Holidays

Posted on December 14, 2009
Our weekend in Houston was a good one. It started on Thursday with my firm's family holiday party. Landon helped me finish up my work before heading down to the conference center. He thinks anywhere the clients give you toy electric cars is a pretty awesome place to work...

Update: Companies Can Be Awesome

Posted on December 10, 2009
I put off calling Shutterfly this morning because I was busy and it was all my mistake and I felt silly even hinting at getting anything from them because of it. But I did, because you all gave me permission to redo the cards and I knew I needed to report the details of my efforts here...

Christmas Card Redo?

Posted on December 10, 2009
Yesterday in a fit of productivity, and an overwhelming need to cross a few things off my two-page Christmas to do list, I created and ordered 75 Christmas cards on shutterfly.com. We never got a good family picture this year, probably because everyone around me is allergic to cameras, so I made a collage of four favorite pictures of Landon with JP or I and one with just Landon and his giant smile...

Holiday Happiness Update

Posted on December 10, 2009
I put off calling Shutterfly this morning because I was busy and it was all my mistake and I felt silly even hinting at getting anything from them because of it. But I did, because you all gave me permission to redo the cards and I knew I needed to report the details of my efforts here...

CHICAGO

Posted on December 08, 2009
I just spent 52 hours here:and it was everything I knew it would be. I walked until the soles of my feet felt bruised, talked until my throat was hoarse, and ate Chicago Mix popcorn until my fingers were stained yellow.I also found time to buy a few very cute maternity items, including a pair of jeans that make me feel sexy despite their elastic topped waist band...

It's Like I'm Going Home

Posted on December 04, 2009
I will be in Chicago tomorrow. I fly out at 9 a.m. and will spend 52 glorious hours with my friends in my favorite city before I head home Monday afternoon to my current city, which I also love, even though it FREAKS OUT at the mere possibility of a few snow flurries...

Ear Fail

Posted on December 02, 2009
(Scene: 6' x 6' soundproof box with a chair in the middle. There are large drawings of animals and other toys on the walls. Landon is in my lap ready to begin his hearing test)Audiologist(quietly)Landon, can you find the elephant?(several seconds pass as I hold myself back from repeating the question that I know he heard)Landon:(turning his head to look at me)Mama, I want a cracker!Audiologist:(a little louder)Landon, can you find the monkey?Landon:Look mama, a el-e-phant!Audiologist:(even louder because obviously my child is almost deaf)Landon, can you find the train?Landon:Mama, where did my crackers go?Me:Landon, can you listen to the sounds please? We'll have crackers later...

Thanksgiving Wrap-Up

Posted on November 30, 2009
Thanksgiving came and now it is gone. Everything went well, though I was forced to realize that being pregnant does make hostessing big events a little harder. I had lots of help getting all the food together and it didn't feel particularly taxing at the time, but I got knocked down by a terrible headache around noon that refused to go away for the rest of the day...

The Menu

Posted on November 23, 2009
Commenters to the last post asked about my Thanksgiving menu, as well as a reminder-link to one of the best appetizer recipes ever. And because I love my readers who stick with me even when I go days between posts (as I seem to do frequently of late), I will grant both of their wishes...

Turkey Trot

Posted on November 23, 2009
Why does craziness always erupt right around the holidays? This year I will have 10.5 adults at my house for Thanksgiving (my original family of 5 + JP + all 4 of my grandparents + Landon, who will probably only eat the rolls and corn pudding), I hurt my back again on Wednesday, and I am slammed at work...

It Begins

Posted on November 20, 2009
I feel like I've been writing far less about my pregnancy this time around. In truth, I don't think about this pregnancy all that much. Now that my stomach feels okay most of the time, I can go hours without thinking about the fact that I am growing a person...

I'm a lawyer, but I play a doctor on TV

Posted on November 19, 2009
As most of my blog readers know, from the age of 10(ish) to 21, my life's dream was to be a doctor. I was pre-med in college and took all the required classes, including the dreaded organic chemistry which forever ruined my 4.0 GPA (and for which I will forever be bitter)...

Baby Bean

Posted on November 17, 2009
At the last appointment we had a little bean- just a blob on an ultrasound with a wonderfully flickering heart. Yesterday we got to see a little bean that actually looks like a baby.We saw his face and arm.Her foot and all five little toes.And even his little nose...

Things, cont.

Posted on November 16, 2009
Once again, a long delay between posts. This situation has devolved from bad to worse and even though I desperately wanted to talk about it, I try to keep this blog about me and not others, a rule I adhere to even more strictly when the person is identifiable...

Things

Posted on November 11, 2009
Sorry for the absence. I always wonder if in the blogging world absence makes the heart go fonder- or does it just make people lose interest? To catch you up, I caught an early flight home from Houston on Friday and spent a delightful afternoon with Landon...

Home Sweet Hotel Room

Posted on November 05, 2009
I'm in Houston on business and I'm learning once again that marriage and motherhood have ruined Fancy Hotel rooms with king-sized beds for me. You'd think it would make me soak up the night of solitude all the more, but I miss my boys terribly. I miss the craziness and the dogs and the cuddling with JP and hugs and blown kisses from Landon...

Happy Tuesday

Posted on November 03, 2009
I was going to write this post yesterday, but ran out of time during the day and then fell asleep very early last night. So now it's titled Happy Tuesday, but most of the happiness is carry-over from Monday. Monday was happy because:(1.) I have a pretty new set of Pilot G2 pens from Costco...

He's Napping With It Right Now

Posted on October 31, 2009
This year is the first Halloween Landon was verbal enough to get to choose his own costume. I was curious to see what he'd pick. He loves trucks, but hasn't quire grasped the human equivalents- I'm sure he'd love to be an actual fire truck, but a fireman wouldn't do anything for him...

Briefs (the legal kind) and Balance

Posted on October 29, 2009
It is such a good feeling to finish a brief you've been working on for weeks. It is a freaking awesome feeling to sit down to read it from start to finish and know that your group has done a good job for the client. In law school I loathed our 1L research and writing class...

Thoughts on a Monday Night

Posted on October 26, 2009
I want rice krispie treats. Really, really bad. The homemade kind, not the ones wrapped in blue wrappers that have a strong plastic taste.I really, really want to go to bed. Almost as badly as I want homemade rice krispie treats.The amount of work I have to do tonight means that I can't do #1 or #2 on this list...

Hello Little Bean

Posted on October 23, 2009
The appointment went great! There is ONE baby bean with a very strong, beautifully flickering heartbeat. I'm so glad JP was able to be there with me, even if he did have to miss an important seminar and write a paper to make up for it. I really like my doctor and her nurse...

Big Day

Posted on October 23, 2009
Tomorrow is my first pregnancy doctor appointment. I'm both more and less anxious than I thought I'd be. On the one hand, now that I feel wretched for most of the day, I finally believe I am pregnant and don't need the ultrasound to prove it to me. On the other hand, both JP and my families have a history of miscarriage (our mothers had a combined total of five) and this first check into the health of the baby makes me nervous...

Happy Birthday JP and Other News

Posted on October 21, 2009
I apologize for the absence. I've been very busy feeling like I'm going to throw up and wanting to curl up under my desk and be unconscious for the next month or so. So there's been no time to share the adorable things Landon is doing or to complain about how JP is still sick and had the flu after all, or even to tell the story about how I was supposed to finish up a section of Motion to Dismiss last night so it could be sent to the client this morning but I fell asleep at 8:45 and then woke up at 8 a...

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