The countdown to due date is at 11 days. 11 days till the day I’m expected to pop. 11 days till we meet Baby Hess. 11 days. 11! I used to judge pregos for holding and rubbing their bumps and now I am regularly asked if I’m okay because I’m unknowingly carrying myself along or […]
Category Archives: Musings
The Importance of the Mani/Pedi
…high. I got my nails done yesterday at your run of the mill, strip mall, kind-of-English-speaking-but-not-really nail salon by an adorable and very talented Tammy. Yes, her name was obviously Tammy. I didn’t ask if she was a Tammi or Tammy. But she struck me as a Y kind of Tammy….I digress. This seems pretty […]
Hands on
So far, I still have no qualms or complaints about the inevitable ‘unsolicited’ belly rubs, pokes, pats, whispers, and in some little kid cases, jiggles and adventures in belly button hunting. If these gestures were coming from strangers, I anticipate I’d take issue, but I guess I’ve only been surrounded by well-behaved, appropriate strangers as […]
Feelin’ it.
Holy. Moly. I can feel the growing. Like as its happening. I feel like I ate all of thanksgiving all of a sudden. Like an explosion is imminent because my stomach cannot possibly contain this growing human. Like my skin is undoubtedly going to pop off and there is no way around it. I feel […]
GENDER REVEAL
…April fools. J/k. LOL. Obvi. Not really sure how Mom felt about her late night ‘ITS A GIRL! ITS A GIRL’ text gag because no response was received. This was either a miserable 4/1 fail or she really hopes this baby is a boy and couldn’t bear to respond. Or her phones dead. I’d place […]