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Little Angels – Friday Photo

Posted on May 13, 2011 by BrassyDel

I know, I know… it’s trite. All babies look like little angels when they’re asleep. Well, most babies. Some babies are ugly. Not this baby, though. This baby is adorable and I could smell his fuzzy newborn hair for hours. In fact, I think I’ll go do that right now.

One Month – Friday Photo

Posted on May 6, 2011 by BrassyDel

Our little Chappy at one month. He looks a little like me in this photo, but usually he just looks like a tiny old-man version of his daddy.

Calorie Counting for Chocoholics

Posted on May 5, 2011 by BrassyDel

As I’m approaching the 6-week “no more excuses not to exercise” postpartum mark, I revisited my DailyBurn account to start counting calories again. That very same day, I went out to run some errands and Target had Hershey’s Eggs on deep discount post-Easter clearance. So. You can imagine how calorie counting went after that. Just a hypothetical question: if I’m…

Before and After, Baby’s Jammies

Posted on April 8, 2011 by BrassyDel

It was clear from how easily Baby Boy got his feet wedged up in my lungs while simultaneously poking my bladder that he was going to be bigger than little Pixie was. I was afraid that he would be too big to ever get to wear my favorite gender-neutral newborn jammies handed down from his big sis, so we took…

Little Chappy

Posted on April 7, 2011 by BrassyDel

When Pixie was born, my water broke before labor got motivated, which meant there wasn’t any question about whether or not we had to go to the hospital. When your water breaks, that’s the sac that’s keeping your little one protected from all of the nasties in the outside world so Baby’s risk of infection if not delivered within 24…

Driving Ms. Brassy

Posted on March 23, 2011 by BrassyDel

I have not driven myself anywhere in weeks. I haven’t been technically forbidden by the doc to drive or anything, but since I’ve been having these painful, random, extremely distracting contractions for so many weeks, it seemed wise not to drive. Those of you who have not been in labor before can think of these as little uterine earthquakes: no…

Clearly, I Can’t Be Trusted

Posted on March 21, 2011 by BrassyDel

As in, I can’t be trusted to be alone with my toddler for all of two hours without winding up in the ER. Again. Friday I told you guys about my first ER visit, which was about three or four weeks ago. After rehoming those two adorable snugglers-slash-allergen-launchers, my breathing improved quickly. Unfortunately, I was still battling the part where…

Air Purr-ifiers

Posted on March 18, 2011 by BrassyDel

I am one of those idiotic people who grew up allergic to cats, yet as an adult adopted a cat. In my defense, Damien was so low dander that he didn’t seem to cause me any issues, and my cat allergy in general is very mild (according to the doctor’s office test I had years later, which pinpointed that I…

Momma’s Caffeine Fix

Posted on March 16, 2011 by BrassyDel

The running gag is that I like to start my day with a mug of creamer and sugar and just a dash of coffee. Knowing that, it should come as no surprise that I’m not a coffee snob. The Hubbles has been known to ban me from his fancy-pants coffee using the reasoning that it’s not like I can tell the difference between that…

State of the Brassy

Posted on February 9, 2011 by BrassyDel

When I made my two resolutions at the end of December, I wanted to be able to track my progress throughout the year via the blog. I figured I would post once a month through the year. To be honest, one of the things I hate most about New Years Resolutions, as an institution, is how they are often very…