Bloomin' Babies

My sweet girl is catching some Z's in her swing, and I know the moment may be fleeting, so I thought I'd grab the opportunity to wri...

Miss Alice Avery was born Monday night at 10:16PM. She is beautiful and happy and perfect. I'm still recovering from a surprise C-sectio...

So Friday morning, my water broke. Sort of. More accurately, I was lying in bed at 6:30 and felt a gush of fluid. Fluid that, upon further i...

Another week (or two), another update. Tomorrow we hit official full term and, at this point, time is just starting to drag. I'm so read...

I'm not even going to look at when my last post was. It will only depress me and remind me that I have been neglecting the blogsphere fo...

Today Baby Cherry Bud is officially 23w1d. I am amazed at having gotten to this point. Before I dive into updates on the pregnancy, I am goi...

Getting ready for our little one has really put me off my blogging. There just seems to be so much else to do. I've said, every day, for...

Hello, ladies, and welcome, new buds! Seriously, I have to post more. Life has been hectic, but even I'm starting to go "Wait, Cher...

I will officially be 14 weeks this Monday, which means that I have been out of First Tri for one glorious week. To commemorate the blessed e...

Oh dear. My internet was down all last week and part of the week before, which means I came back to miles of Bloomin' Babies updates and...

Today marks double digit weeks, which I feel like is quite the accomplishment, though whether its me or the baby that has accomplished somet...

Being pregnant is wonderful. The idea of a teeny little person growing inside me, the congratulations from all the nice church people, the w...

Today was my first official exam. Here's the report: - Apparently I have a "good pelvis". The only explanation I could get tha...

...but it is far from the best. I am a nanny. I love my job, I love the baby I take care of. This was the conversation with my employer toda...

I have a theory. I think morning sickness waits, and lulls you into a false sense of "Oh, I'm not going to be sick during my pregna...

Technically, I'm 4w6d, but c'est la vie. Not much progress this week, but a few things that have been my lifesavers: Because it'...

Today marks, OFFICIALLY, the beginning of Week 4 of my pregnancy. Huzzah! At Mr. Cherry Bud's insistence, I have stopped peeing on every...

But today I did. It felt like the right thing to do. And there it was. A second, oh-so-faint line. I don't even have a picture for you, ...

Look! Cherry Bud's chart is having a cross-hair fluke! (ETA: Oh, Maybe not....) Thankfully, we made it through Thanksgiving with NO ques...

I'm not sure why, but after writing this post, I feel like it may be a bit...umm....controversial, perhaps. Who knows? You be the judge,...