Posted by Melanie on Aug 15, 2009 in
Blog The past couple of weeks have been pretty eventful. My brother’s wedding was last weekend in Wilmington, NC. He married a wonderful girl and we all had a lot of fun visiting with family and celebrating the happy couple. The hubs and I also finished up our Preparing for Childbirth classes at the hospital. It was a five week course that went over preparing for labor and delivery and caring for a new born. It was very helpful and I learned a lot (I just hope I remember everything when the baby comes)!
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Posted by Melanie on Jul 25, 2009 in
Blog Full on into the third trimester, the pregnancy is still going well! I’m starting to feel more tired, and I definitely feel my growing belly more (especially at night when I try to roll over in bed). I’ve gained a little over 20 pounds, and the baby currently weighs about 2 1/2 pounds. We’re closing [...]
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Posted by Melanie on Jul 22, 2009 in
Blog “Hello, Melanie. Welcome to your third trimester!”
“Oh, thanks! I’ve actually been looking forward to being with you! It means the baby is close now!”
“Oh yes. The baby is getting closer. In about 12 weeks, life as you know it will be completely different. Enjoy your last 12 weeks.”
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Posted by Melanie on Jul 12, 2009 in
Blog At the beginning of every school year at UNC, my friends and I would line up at Student Stores to purchase very expensive and very boring text books for the first semester, along with various school supplies. The lines were always long, and the books always so heavy. It was a right of passage, a signal that summer was over and that long nights at the library and many cans of Diet Coke were in our immediate future. Between class (which of course was the reason we were at UNC), different social functions (read late night pizza and movie parties) and participating in campus activities (read football games and hearing local bands at Cat’s Cradle), it was hard to keep up with where we were suppose to be and at what time. Sure, I had the entire aerobics schedule at the Student Rec Center memorized but did I know when I my Shakespeare class was? Well, to keep us on track, a few of my friends and I religiously and enthusiastically included one critical school supply during our first semester book buying event…
The Carolina Week-by-Week
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Posted by Melanie on Jul 5, 2009 in
Blog As many of you know, we adopted Sydney in September 2006 when she was just about 10 weeks old. She weighed 16 pounds and was such a curious and inquisitive little pup. We adopted her after spending a weekend volunteering at an adopt-a-thon with the Franklin County Humane Society at a PetSmart in Wake Forest. Sydney was one of seven new pups on display and up for adoption that weekend. Her mom, a Labrador Retriever was found pregnant and alone, wandering in Franklin County one day. The animal shelter picked her up and she was scheduled to be put down, until a kind soul with the FCHS rescued Sydney’s mom. A week later she delivered a litter of seven dark brown and black puppies.
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Posted by Melanie on Jul 3, 2009 in
Blog This week we added a new piece of furniture to the house – a crib! We found a great crib online at JC Penney, and my mother-in-law graciously gave us the crib and mattress as a gift. The crib is solid wood with a nice cherry finish. It converts into a toddler day bed and [...]
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Posted by Melanie on Jun 29, 2009 in
Blog This past week I traveled out of town for work to the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC. Now, I know what you are thinking…
Melanie gets to go to a lot of nice places for work. A couple months ago it was The Homestead in Virginia and now the the Grove Park Inn in Asheville? [...]
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Posted by Melanie on Jun 20, 2009 in
Blog Today – the day before the official first day of summer – was unbearably hot and humid in North Carolina. For the past few days, the meteorologists have been warning us about the heat forecasted for today. The forecast you ask? High humidity and temperatures reaching 100 degrees.
And this only meant one thing to a [...]
Posted by Melanie on Jun 19, 2009 in
Blog Today I am 24 weeks! Our baby is about the size of an ear of corn. What is more astounding is that my uterus is about the size of a soccer ball! Sometimes I look down at my belly and wonder where all of that is. I mean, my belly is certainly big, but I [...]
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Posted by Melanie on Jun 12, 2009 in
Blog Today we’re 23 weeks! Our little boy is about the size of a large mango and weighs just over a pound. He is still kicking, and seems to be a late sleeper – he prefers to kick in the early afternoon and late at night.
The husband and I are slowly preparing the nursery and gathering [...]
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