Kings of the Road

We are so excited to announce the arrival of Stella Moxie King, born April 16th, 2008. She weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 15oz and 21 3/4 inches long. She has a head of long reddish-brown hair and big blue eyes like her daddy.
After an unexpected C-section both mommy and baby are doing fine.

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Larry is going to twitter the labor and birth of the baby.* Well, he’s going to try, although I have my doubts that when things get really heavy that he’ll want/remember to do it. (What I mean is, he’s supposed to be my Labor Coach–I need him to coach me, not type messages into the [...]

I am a complete SLACKER. It’s been far too long since I updated the blog. But for a good reason: besides the whole growing a baby thing, I’ve won several online lotteries!!! Lotteries that I didn’t even enter! It must be the internet lottery fairies signing me up for all these great contests. I’ve been [...]

A little update on the pregnancy…
Everything is still going well! I don’t have gestational diabetes, nor am I anemic. Yay! I joked to the doctor that it must be all the hamburgers I’ve been eating, and she sternly said “that’s not the course of action I recommend for anemia.” KIDDING, Doc. Then she told me [...]

She returned my coat to the nail salon. THANK YOU. I was half-expecting there to be an apology note in the pocket, and a gift card to starbucks or a $20 bill, you know, for my troubles. But as my co-worker reminded me, I should be thankful just to have it back.

Dear Person Who Took My Coat at Modern Nails in the Pentagon City Mall:
I hate you. That was my only maternity coat, and the only coat I own that fits over my baby belly. Now I have nothing. It is cold. You suck. I know it was probably a mistake, and you will hopefully soon [...]

Did I mention that I moved? I’ve been super busy around here, but I unpacked the last box today and it’s really feeling like a home. We have almost everything organized and decorated except for Larry’s office/studio and the nursery. And we have a huge pile of boxes in our corner. (Anyone need some cardboard? [...]

It’s a girl!
I had the big ultrasound today, and my intuition was right! There’s a little girl in there! I’m so excited, and it seems so much more real now–a daughter. I wonder if she’ll be a blondie, like me.

Of course, I would have been just as happy with a boy (and I would have [...]

I try not to blog about work. But I just have to mention that Larry is taking a job the same Large Unnamed Consulting Company that I work for. We’re going to be a little family of consultants.
Welcome aboard, honey. You are now one of us.

Larry received his Masters of Science in Information Architecture and Interaction Design from the University of Baltimore this past Friday! Congrats, hubby, you big smarty pants!
His parents and sister came to DC from Indiana for the graduation ceremonies and to do a little sightseeing. After the ceremony on Friday, we all ate dinner at Amiccis [...]