Category: Photos
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Swift kick to the ribs
We have about 10 weeks left. Give or take. I guess in some unconscious way, most of us chose our birthday. Well most of us that came naturally. I know I was a week or so late. I liked the month of July better, I guess. That should be our last ultrasound, that pic up…
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Slideshow for the last few weeks
I haven’t written here in a while. I haven’t felt like sharing much. Maybe because the baby takes so much of me already, but it’s far less dramatic than that sounds. I’d gladly give it. I’m just staying quiet inside and don’t feel emotionally strong enough to delve into the goings on in myself or…
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Our sweet face
Last week, we got to see our baby’s sweet face. They spent most of the time on the heart – measuring chambers, listening to chambers, measuring valves, watching valves, it’s amazing what they can see on such a little thing. The baby last week was only 11 inches, how small is the heart of an…
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Belly progress: Weeks 19-23
Work, potato vine, TuneYards/Sylvan Esso concert, breakfast, Tula giving me the stink eye about how much her life is going to change.
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Van Blankenwedding
So my brother’s hitched! This year our families got a wedding and a baby (baby to come), but I’d say we’re growing up, yeah? The wedding was May 3 in Los Angeles at Yamashiro restaurant, a small ceremony at the beautiful Japanese-inspired palace built by two German brothers, go figure, overlooking the Hollywood hills and…
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How many weeks does it take for your feet to come back?
Pat felt the baby for the first time last night. The past week, the kicks have been getting stronger. I’ve been feeling them more frequently. Over the weekend, we lay in bed and I put his fingers on my belly to see if he could feel it. No dice. But last night Baby O was…
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155 beats per minute
A dead cat lay on the sidewalk this morning, dangerously close to the street, not that it matters anymore. It’s body almost sunning itself and I would have believed that if it weren’t for the gaping, red mouth pulled unnaturally open, broken. Was it hit last night? This morning? The neighborhood on the other side…
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Tonto Natural Bridge, Payson, AZ
A few weekends ago, the baby and I went on our own adventure to the Tonto Natural Bridge near Payson, AZ. About an hour and a half, two hours north or Phoenix. I climbed through the entire thing, although, that may be the last time I do a “bouldering” adventure with my belly. The rocks…