Really, Fetus? That’s your survival plan?

I’m 27 weeks and counting! And things are looking great so far. Except for my feet, which are getting harder and harder to see.

Baby Ecklet Update: It’s a Girl!!

As readers may know from my previous post about gender reveal parties, I stressed a lot about how to tell my family if Baby Ecklet was going to be a He or a She.

Boy or Girl? How to Tell…

Did you know there’s such a thing as a “Gender Reveal Party”? It’s for pregnant ladies and their unborn babies and comes before the Baby Shower (obviously, so everyone knows whether to get you pink or blue baby wipes).

It’s a recent obsession I think. I’m pretty sure my parents were just surprised on my Big Day. But now things are different. If you don’t tell everyone very creatively and memorably what gender you’re having, you’ll be stuck with a lot of awkwardly neutral baby shower gifts that don’t match at all.  Like yellow or green or purple things or farmer-themed, because both boys and girls can grow up to be farmers, right?

And naturally the horror of having yellow, green, and purple, farmer-themed baby gifts

is enough to rally people for a totally unnecessary, thematically creative, cake-filled, bet-filled party.

A Nesting Rabbit: Some Pregnancy Thoughts

Sometimes I wish I were a nesting rabbit instead of a nesting person.

You see, rabbits don’t have to worry about purchasing (on a budget) a