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We’re currently camping near the Oregon coast but I’ve decided to really make the effort to blog more once we get home. My plan once we’re back in Portland is basically to sit around working & waiting to pop out this baby (We’re almost at 34 weeks!) so I figure it’s a good time to [...]


I have only done a couple of pregnancy updates because I think they’re kind of boring if you aren’t pregnant yourself, but I am in my third trimester now and this doubles as a Look of the Day post. After an extra month of winter weather, yesterday was close to 100 degrees so I spent [...]


I’m not in the camp that is completely against leggings as pants. Like anything, it depends on the person wearing them. Or maybe I’m just using pregnancy as an excuse not to give a fuck. Either way, here is my look from today (photo taken at Walgreens). Leggings from Target, black tank from Express, Husband’s [...]


This morning was my first ultrasound. Normally I would have had to wait until the anatomy scan at around 20 weeks, but there was some question about exactly when we conceived so my OB scheduled an appointment to date the pregnancy. As my doctor and I had guessed, I’m right at 16 weeks, meaning I [...]


Here is my formal announcement: I’m pregnant. On Friday I had my 10-week appointment, although my doctor suspects I may be closer to 12 or 13 weeks, and we heard the heartbeat. Overall I’m a fan of pregnancy. I’ve lost a few pounds in my first trimester (normal) and actually falling asleep the moment I [...]


Last Wednesday Donny and I decided to get married.  On Friday (my birthday; I turned 23) we filled out papers, and on Monday, May 11th, we were married in a quick ceremony by a minister I found via Craigslist! I really wanted to wear white at first, but when I found this gorgeous cappucino dress, [...]