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Woo hoo! According to the weekly emails and such that I get (the same ones that tell me which item of food the Turnip currently resembles) we have reached a crucial point in the pregnancy. VIABILITY. The Turnip would obviously be quite premature, be at risk for all kinds of problems, and not come home from the NICU for months and months, but still! Holy cow, we're going to have ourselves a

Yay! Mystery solved, thanks to the wonders of technology and the internet! A big thanks to Aunt L, rock star aunt and awesome reader, who sent the adorable outfit from yesterday's post! We had a completely lovely and very social weekend, another example of something that may seem normal to others but is a total joy for us. Friday night, we went with some friends to see WALL-E, which is possibly

This is a little awkward, but I have been left with no other choice. Some very, very nice person has sent the Turnip an adorable little outfit. It even has an elephant on it, which is my new obsession. How did you know? This thing is so cute it makes me squeal, and I'm not much for kids stuff to be perfectly truthful. Behold the cuteness: And the little elephant - squeal! The best part was

Sorry if yesterday's post was a downer - I didn't mean for it to be, but I guess my absolute lack of any energy and total deprivation of motivation shone right through my good intentions. I'm feeling a bit better today and have managed not only to make myself food, but also to climb the stairs three separate times trying to finish moving all of my clothes downstairs. Yes, internet, that's right.

I think it was for my birthday last year that I received the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman. I specifically asked for it, but am just now (like, today) getting the chance to finally dive into it. I'm about halfway into it and won't pass judgment on it yet, but I will say that I am finding it to be devastating. Not emotionally, cry my eyes out devastating, but very