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recipe of the week: pork chops and applesauce (and smoothie redux)

It’s too freaking hot outside to cook anything even remotely like this today. But a few days ago, on a cooler evening, this masterpiece emerged from my kitchen:

The recipe comes from the Food Network website, with a few minor changes based on my pantry and personality.

For example, one should deglaze a pan . . . → Read More: recipe of the week: pork chops and applesauce (and smoothie redux)

belly photo: 27 weeks

Me in my supercool Daring Young Mom t-shirt, from friend Kathryn, blogger extraordinaire. Maybe I’m sticking my belly out a little — but still, it’s big.

yoga, pain of being, hair-removal advice

This morning my yoga teacher cried at the beginning of our class. Yoga is about being present with whatever happens. So we were all cool with it. Even though it has never happened before.

She was being present with her feelings about her five-year-old starting kindergarten. It’s a transition, she said. You all are going . . . → Read More: yoga, pain of being, hair-removal advice

houston, we’ve hired a post-partum doula

Just in case you missed it, here is the post about the one that we let get away.

And here is the post about the one we’re keepin’.

i heart blog stats (a love note for the “boring”)

I admit it, I look at my stats a lot. It’s a new world to me, this blogging thing. And I love that you, whoever you are, are here. Hello YOU!

Oh, and when you COMMENT! I’m over the moon! Seriously. I used to pass notes to my friends constantly in my classes in junior . . . → Read More: i heart blog stats (a love note for the “boring”)

small babies in the news

“Nonstick Chemical Exposure Tied to Small Babies”

Early on in my pregnancy, I made the decision to stop using nonstick cookware. Based on a few health risk studies that had been publicized around that time, and a discussion with my psychic chiropractor, I felt that the fact that there could be negative effects from the . . . → Read More: small babies in the news

52% of babies can’t be wrong

With all the mental preparation behind, under, and inside of me, I went for my 26 week 2-vessel cord growth check ultrasound today.

As soon as we walked into the darkened room, I asked the ultrasound technician to please speak to me as he works — let me know if he is getting the pictures . . . → Read More: 52% of babies can’t be wrong

tiny kindnesses

At 2 p.m. today, after a series of unremarkable events: yoga class, flaking on a friend because I was too tired to go for a walk, coming home to discover cleaning ladies on their way and needing to be let in, sandwich, nap, I take my car to the auto body shop for its official . . . → Read More: tiny kindnesses