I wanted to post all of my maternity week by week photos in one post. Here they are… And I almost forgot about the bebe pool where everyone was guessing the gender and due date. The winner… our birth photographer Jessica Peterson who guessed girl on 10/31/10. There were a lot of...

Introducing… Talia Sabine Brown Born at 9:35 am 11.01.10 8lbs exactly 21 inches long So happy not to be posting a 41 weeks photo : ) Here is the very abbreviated version of the birth. I think it was about 7 hours from first contraction to when she was out, so not all that much shorter...

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yep, I was dreading it – I didn’t want to make it to 39 weeks but I did and now I am right on my way to 40. I had to think of something to make 39 weeks special and ended up getting my belly painted with henna If you are not familiar with henna its traditionally used in Indian...

Ok maybe not really but I spent some time on this so I thought I would show it off lest I never get to use it. The background story is that Simon was born at the Puget Sound Birth Center and it’s a really beautiful and relaxing environment. Since this time were are planning a home birth I...

At this point in my pregnancy with Simon (38 weeks 4 days). I had a baby! I think it’s torture to have your first baby early because anything less than that for subsequent children is just torture. Hopefully our little one decides to join us soon, I would really rather not take a 39 week...