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Entries for March, 2009

Downer stuff (not baby related) – my email chain with ProFlowers

—–Original Message—–
From: Chris Carrier
Sent: Apr 2, 2009 9:42:13 PM
Subject: Will not be ordering from ProFlowers again
Your service has been fine, product of high quality and I’ve use PF for four years with maybe 10-15 orders.  However, your association with Easy Saver means I will NEVER order from you again.  Now I have the pleasure of [...]

Baby Registry

We’ve been asked about whether/where we’ve registered. We’re just starting this process, but for now we’ve set up a registry at Amazon.com.
Keep in mind we’ve already bought MOST of what we need ourselves, so if it’s not on this list, we already have it. We found a list of must-haves at Consumer Reports [...]

Mini vacation to Los Angeles

We’ll not be able to pack up and go whenever we like after Luke is born so we’re taking a couple of babymoons. I’m not entirely comfortable taking a full week off at work because of the economic situation so we’re splitting two trips between Los Angeles (where we moved from two years ago) [...]

First kicks!

Well, actually, Elizabeth has been feeling him move around for about a month now.  She’s had me put my hand on her belly in the past and while I thought I felt something, there was nothing definitive.  So when I felt a distinct foot or fist yesterday, that was significant.  Obviously, he’s getting bigger and [...]

Level 2 Ultrasound

We had our Level Two ultrasound today at ~20 weeks. We underestimated the time it would take us to get there so we were running about 20 minutes late.  Fortunately, they allowed us in. We’d been consistently zipping from Oak Park to the hospital in about 25 minutes, even in traffic, so we [...]