enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: pregnancy
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This week marked The End of my alone time. My mom comes tonight and she'll be here until Paul gets home for leave. And then when Paul's gone again, my mom will come back to help with the baby. And of course… very soon there will be the baby. My new sidekick will make sure…
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photo from my maternity shoot with the fantastic Tara Whitney. More to come. Rounding the corner here. Still reasonably patient. The end of the pregnancy sort of reminds me of the end of high school or the the end of college. You wait about nine months (and many, many years in those cases) for the…
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I'm writing this post partly because I have gotten a few requests for specifics about my GD diet and what my meals look like. But I am also writing it in the hopes that six months from now, a stressed out pregnant woman will perform a google search for GD meal recommendations and wind up…
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I'm at that point. That point where complete strangers are interested in the baby and want to know when I'm due. And if it's a boy or girl. And if she's my first. I don't mind the questions at all. I spent the last 10 (15? 20?) years being totally curious about pregnant women and…
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The past few days, I have made a point to take photos from the time when I wake up until when I sit at my computer to start working. This is usually about a 45 minute time period. I wake up without an alarm, usually between 6:10 and 7:15. I am loving the early rise…
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I've talked before about how my "one little words" for the past two years have stuck with me past the calendar end. "Brave," my 2013 word, will no doubt be the same. "Magic" & "Choose" have become almost mantras and feel like old friends. While they usually exist in the background, sometimes I'll read something…
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Same outfit, same room. A million large and small changes, both inside and out.
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I spent the beginning of the week in funk. Like a normal funk, it was totally exhausting and frustrating. Unlike a normal funk, I knew exactly what the issue was. I miss Paul. And that is an understatement. I physically hurt for Paul. Before deployments entered our lives, I am not sure I fully understood…
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April blew February and March out of the water. My bold intentions for the month were set and almost met. The bedroom still needs some work, but it will get there. We are closer to having a welcoming space which is the goal. And the baby girl has everything she "needs" for those first few…
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Two weekends ago, a mix of my high-school and college girlfriends helped shower the baby girl with love in my friend's backyard. It was so fun to see the girls, of course, and celebrate this little lady – she's the first of the next generation. I failed at getting a lot of great photos from…
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