We took Claire to the pediatrician for her 9 month checkup this morning...
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As I rolled out of bed this morning, I almost collapsed to the floor in a ball of agony. "Hello, pregnancy hip pains," I muttered to myself. "Now I remember you!" Hip pains and crotch pains. Hip pains from my hip joints loosening (I was not officially diagnosed with Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction in my last pregnancy, but it was still bad enough that I couldn't exercise for all of my third trimester) and the crotch pain from the increased bloodflow to the pelvic area. If you weren't around the first time I was pregnant, the hip pains feel like my right hip joint is about to pop open with every step or movement. Crotch pains feel like someone's been repeatedly kicking me in the...
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No, not for me. I wish I could go on a business trip. I was only sent on 1-2 trips per year when I worked, so I actually quite enjoyed them and would LOVE to go on any sort of trip right now. The business trip is for J, who will be shipped off to Silicon Valley next week for three days. I hadn't realized that "mid-July" is literally next week, so I had been putting off on making any sort of plan for our household while my better half is on the other side of the country. Option 1: Stay home and stick to my normal routine as much as possible. Comang will have to be walked while I push Claire in the stroller...
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To my fellow Americans, Happy Independence Day! As usual, the web is filled with Fourth of July celebrations and dedications. My favorite for this year is Code for America's Tweets and Stripes: The site aggregates twitter avatars from users who tweet about #July4 and beautifully mashes them up into a mosaic representation of the stars and stripes–again representing the diversity and unity of the original flag. The best part? The ever-changing mosaic is interactive in that when you mouseover an avatar, the user's tweet is nicely displayed, as such: Coincidentally, one of my first mouseovers displayed the above Star Wars-related tweet. :mrgreen: I hope everyone reading this is having a great Fourth and that you're enjoying your holiday weekend! Via Boing Boing....
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This past Thursday, Claire turned 9 months old and I became 22 weeks pregnant with BebeDeux. I feel that we're due for an update, yes? First up: my Claire Bear. I haven't been keeping track of Claire's age by weeks, but according to BabyCenter she is now 39 weeks and 2 days old. I gave birth at 39 weeks and 5 days...
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