I’ve been blessed with a smooth pregnancy thus far and I’m by no means suffering from any of the lifestyle changes that pregnancy requires. But… There’s a growing list of things I miss: * Sleeping on my stomach (In fact, sleeping in any position that’s not my left side) * Coffee. You know, the kind [...]

Baby Broadwater has treated me to plenty of twisting and stretching and kicking recently — and I absolutely love it. They are subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) reminders of her presence. (I am getting the impression that she is getting bored in there, but that’s just my guess.) This week, however, I believe we had our [...]

It’s been fun to share my experiences through the Belly Report blog, and I should note that I also get a lot of good info, inspiration, “awws” and some hearty laughs from the mommy blogs of my friends. They each have a specialty. Some of their blogs started pre-baby, but have magically morphed into baby-related [...]

One of my best friends welcomed baby Ella into the world last week. Ella (whose gender was a surprise!) came a little earlier than Paige and Roy had expected. Paige, whom I’ve known since the third grade, lives in Arizona. So I’m not entirely certain when I will get to meet Ella. But her arrival [...]

If this topic weirds you out, then feel free to stop reading now. There are a ton of prenatal and parenting classes out there and I winnowed down my list of priorities to just a few. This was one of them. I was once one of those people who thought: Doesn’t this just happen rather [...]