Welcome!

We are so excited to share the news of our pregnancy with you!

We're starting the Belly Blog as we enter week 16 and hope you'll enjoy it as a glimpse into our world as we go through this incredible transformation from two into three.

We'd been hoping to start our family since last year, and received the good news in January. We were a little surprised that babies didn't happen as quickly as we'd been led to believe, but it was a good "parental" lesson in letting go!
(image from Jade's Dalies, her cartoon journal)

We're due September 18th, though we all know babies decide their debut. We'll be having the birth at the Monadnock Birth Center with Professional Midwife Mary Lawlor, a 30 year veteran of her field who has equal parts maternal warmth and medical expertise. We plan to use HypBirth for pain management, which has rave reviews from many first-time mothers.

The gender will be a surprise on the day of its birth, and names will also be kept as a surprise.

So far, Jade has had an easy pregnancy with no morning sickness, though she has a nasty aversion to brownies and a penchant for Alexia shoestring french fries... We've entered the 2nd trimester and the heavy sleepiness and queasiness have passed. Jade is just barely starting to show.

We admit the pregnancy was a bit unreal for the first several weeks, but everything became very real the moment we heard the heartbeat at our first midwife visit. Jade cried with awe at the strong sound of this being's heart inside of her!
(photo: hearing heartbeat at first midwife visit)

Please feel free to share your thoughts and stories!

Follow That Belly Blog

Just a quick note about following our page. We'd love to see your names and faces on our blog and now you can follow us in a few different ways.

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Finally, if you attempt to add a comment to any of our blog postings - which we hope you will do, and often : ) - you are presented with the option of choosing a profile from the dropdown menu displayed above.

Whatever method you choose to follow the Belly Blog, we're both just so excited to share this process with you and thank you for all your love and support.

We were all babies once...

I thought it would be fun to display some pictures from when we were babies
can you guess who is who? : )

Early-Bird Registry

It still seems too early to start thinking about diapers, clothes, and baby toys, but we know that many friends and relations are excited to start helping us prepare for our baby's arrival. We've compiled a registry to illustrate the guidelines we hope to follow during the baby's first year.

Clothing, blankets, diapers, etc: Organic whenever possible (a baby's skin is more absorbent during the first year than any other time).

Toys and teethers: Natural materials, imagination-based toys

Look and feel for all: Simple and calm colors & designs, gender-neutral, nature themes

Jade & Jay's Registry

Consider it an early-bird registry – there's a lot of time and a lot more research to do. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Thanks for your love and support!

Surprise

Here are a few cute pictures from our in-person announcements ~



















Is your picture up here? No? Well, send us a photo of you holding our announcement and we'll get you up here : )