November 9th, 2009
At my check-up two weeks ago, my fundal height – the length from the top of my uterus to the top of my pubic bone – measured a few centimeters too small, so my obstetrician ordered an ultrasound to measure the size of my baby and the amount of amniotic fluid around him. It turned out that his size is just right and I got a few glimpses of my baby just a few weeks before his due date!
This is the foot that incessantly kicks me in the right side of my rib cage.
My due date is the day after tomorrow, but I’m hoping that I’ll go into labor any minute now. I can’t stand not knowing when it will happen!
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November 5th, 2009
After I have this baby (my due date is in six days!), I will be working only part-time and I am expecting to use my extra time at home to pursue more creative endeavors. I am determined to continue blogging both as a way to document and archive my progress on creative projects and as a creative project in itself. My renewed motivation to be active in the blogging community has me redesigning my blog to reflect a new style and allow more dynamic content. I’m hoping to launch the new design at the end of the year.
In particular, I want to open comments on my blog, highlight my Flickr feed and Twitter feed more prominently, and try to write a new post every day. I want to design a new masthead each month and I want to create more collages and hone my graphic design skills. I want to have a digital scrapbook of my life with a baby and I want to get more practice writing, taking pictures, and using Photoshop.
Inspiration for my new color palette came from a Bacardi Mojito advertisement that I saw in a magazine. I love the crisp, lime flavor that it evokes!
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November 2nd, 2009
We went camping in the George Washington National Forest with our friends a few weekends ago. Several of our friends live in other cities, so we don’t get to see them often unless we plan an event like this. Camping is allowed anywhere in the National Forest, so instead of camping at an established campground, we found a primitive campsite at the end of a dirt road near Lexington, VA.
It rained during the first night, but the inside of our tent stayed dry. For breakfast the next morning, we cooked scrambled eggs, bacon, fake sausage, and coffee on a propane stove. It tasted better than breakfast cooked at home!
After breakfast, we enjoyed the conversation under a tarp while it rained during most of the morning.
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When the rain stopped, we drove around the mountain to the base of Crabtree Falls, the tallest water fall in the United States east of the Mississippi River.
We hiked for two miles, a lot of which was walking up stairs, to the top of the mountain and we talked about video games for almost the entire time.
The waterfall, which is composed of five major cascades, was gorgeous surrounded by the changing leaves. Yellow and orange are two of my favorite colors.
I was thrilled to reach the top of the mountain, despite being eight months pregnant! Overcoming the physical challenge felt great.
When we returned to our camp site, we started a fire and cooked hamburgers, hot dogs, and fake chicken patties for dinner. We also ate pasta salad that I brought from home.
After dinner, we sat around the campfire playing Mafia and scaring ourselves by unidentifiable sounds in the dark woods until we all went to bed.
For breakfast the next morning, we cooked hobo pies over the fire. We made cherry pies, pumpkin pies, and chocolate-banana-marshmallow pies. I ate one of each! We also cooked Jiffy Pop.
This is our campsite just before we packed out gear and drove home.
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