Thank you for your patience…please stand by.

Two more weeks left in this class, and then regular blogging will resume. Random thought of the day: if we name the baby something that starts with an A, then I can arrange the kids’ first initials to spell out HAZE. Not that there’s any need for that,...

Because you all want to know…

GIRL! (Eli’s name suggestions so far: Bacon, Ice Cream, Poopy, and something along the lines of Gzhijyw. Really. He spelled it.)

GFO Day one week away!

Ok, everyone! So what I’ve been calling (in my head) GFO Day (Gender Find-Out Day) is next Tuesday, December 29. Let’s see if the wisdom of the masses is right. Answer the poll! Boy or girl?(polls)

World of Work at World of Julie

I am in the midst of an incredibly intense, compressed, massive-workload-inducing class for library school — my last class, in fact. It runs through January 22 and is going to run me ragged. Updates to World of Julie are likely to be sporadic and spotty during...

Wait, what were we talking about?

Conversation I had with another mom while Eli and her daughter were in swim class: Other Mom: So you have an older son too? And then Eli and Zuzu? Julie: Yep. And I’m pregnant. Other Mom: Wow! You’re pregnant! When are you due? [Which I mishear as...

I’m ten minutes away from legwarmers

Ok: I hate being pregnant. I know there are some women who get all ecstatic and rejuvenated and glowy, but that’s not me. I’m not glowy. I’m ashen and sullen and there’s a permanent crease between my eyebrows. I hate being sick, that’s...