winter hat...

maybe next year

belly shots (warning - there's a lot of skin here)

i really loved my belly. the bigger and rounder i got, the more i loved being pregnant. we don't know if we'll want another baby... but i would risk GD all over again to get that huge belly back. and to feel baby kicks.

 

this last one was taken the weekend before she was born

music appreciation

before bed sing-along to some old amnesiacs tracks

bath time

story time

la fontaine, fables

hug-a-bub

kp and i decided not to buy a pram for baby joey, but instead, to wear her whenever we go out (we have a travel stroller that we'll use when she's a bit bigger). wearing the baby seems like less fuss, and it definitely makes for easier navigation. of course, it's not without its challenges - how do i not drop crumbs all over her at breakfast? where do i put her at the ob's office during my checkup? - but they're minimal. 

also, isn't the sight of a big bearded dude carrying a newborn the most wonderful thing?!

headed to the market

at our favorite bakery

great scot!

kp and i took joey on her first transcontinental holiday 13 weeks into my pregnancy (we couldn't have gotten luckier on the timing - i'd just gotten over the morning sickness). it was a working holiday - we started in edinburgh (the holiday part), then went on to aberdeen, london, oxford, and liverpool, where we were giving lectures and participating in conferences.

it was a lovely trip. kp tried haggis and sampled many glasses of scotch. lb declined both.

edinburgh:

 

kp as john knox

 view from the edinburgh castle

on the road:

 st. andrews

 the scottish highlands

aberdeen:

london:

 kp at the goodenough club

oxford:

 magdalen college

 lb (and baby joey) before her lecture

liverpool:

mathew street

a pilgrimage i would have liked to have made with my dad

 all the lonely people

early morning cuddles

so. much. laundry.

boppy

i broke down and bought a boppy pillow, thinking it would solve all my breastfeeding problems. that's $100 down the drain... but it does prop my (orange!) baby up nicely.