Wednesday, September 26, 2001


OH, almost forgot. Tara's weird
OH, almost forgot. Tara's weird craving of the day. Click here. And NO, it's not Pat Sajak & Vanna White...it's the dressing!
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Still feeling sick. Getting sicker.
Still feeling sick. Getting sicker. I've been thinking all day..."gotta add to my blog," but I don't have anything to say. My life is boring. Officially 17 weeks pregnant today. The one week countdown has begun for our ultrasound. I hope he/she is cooperative and flashes us the million dollar shot. I've heard to drink a can of Mountain Dew before we go in so they'll be up and hyper because it's hard to wake them up if they're sleeping. We'll see.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2001


Well, I think I'm catching
Well, I think I'm catching a cold. One of the very considerate girls here at work came in for a whole week with a fever and coughing, sneezing, and snotting all over the place. Then, she finally went to the doctor and they gave her 2 separate antibiotics. But not before she infected the pregnant woman with her nasty germs. I'm so much more aware of "germs" now and the sorry people who spread them without thinking (or caring) for others. So, here we are....I am getting sick.
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Monday, September 24, 2001


Thank you AGAIN to Robyn
Thank you AGAIN to Robyn for helping get my archives straight. I think after all the "events" of the past few weeks, my brain just shut off. I could just NOT think. Anyway, so they're all fixed now, and I have a "comments" section as well. If you would like to leave me a comment about something I said just click on the link at the end of each post. We had a wonderful time at Nags Head with Bobby, Shelly, and the boys. It is such a different experience to hold a baby when your pregnant. Before, it was like, "Yeah, I'll have one someday." But now it's like, "Oh man, I'm going to have one of these in 6 months!" I think being at the beach was theraputic for me. The ocean air and sea breeze helped to clear my head and get back to myself again after all the craziness in recently. Hopefully this will help my recent brain failure too!
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Friday, September 21, 2001


I'm still struggling with the
I'm still struggling with the archives a bit. Hey, what can I say, I'm a slow learner. All my "net" friends know that. How long did it take me to make a sig? Ha Ha! I'm having a horrid day at work. There are about 6 functions today and my boss called in sick, so I'm putting out fires all over the place. It's terrible. My head is hurting and my face is flushed which translates to my blood pressure being high. I really can't control this and I'm starting to get worried about it. I do not want to be put on medication, but I can't seem to calm down on my own. I'm just an uptight, stressful person. My Mom says I come by it honestly as her and my father are the same way. Things have calmed down a bit this afternoon and I can tell my body is chilling some. I *CAN'T WAIT* to get my ultrasound, have I mentioned that? I'll finally be able to buy stuff and call him or (hopefully) her by their name. And seeing the actual picture will make it so real to me. We're going to Nags Head this weekend with Tommy's sister and her husband and their 3 kids (all under the age of 4!) We were planning to leave tonight after I got off work, but that has fallen through. So we leave tomorrow morning. I'm actually glad we can't leave tonight so I can watch the 2 hour "star studded" marathon on TV tonight. Oh, and speaking of TV..I'm not a big reality TV fan, but was sucked into Big Brother 2 by my friends Debbie and Yvette. MAN WAS IT FABULOUS LAST NIGHT! First of all, Will, my favorite one emerged victorious! I was so glad. Even after some of the arrogant and ignorant stuff he's said, I still wanted him to win. It was great. *AND* Mike Boogey proposed to Krista (whom he met in the house) and she said YES! It was so sweet, I cried (there's those pregnancy hormones again). I loved it!
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Thursday, September 20, 2001


For Tara's weird craving of
For Tara's weird craving of the day, click here.
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Well, one of my fantastically
Well, one of my fantastically talented blogging friends *DID* help me with my archives. Thanks Robyn! It's so great to have smart friends. :-) Well, as Robyn has linked in her blog, they are suspecting another attack on Saturday, the 22nd. Apparently the 11th and 22nd are special dates on the Arab calendar. My "doubting Thomas" of a best friend just called because she thinks this "attack on the 22nd" is crap. I hope it is. We'll see. I guess I'm having a good pregnant day. Last night was kinda rough. I was washing a plate that Tommy had used the night before for dinner and it made me throw up. So, then I was kinda "sick feeling" for the rest of the night. So far so good for today. I didn't feel sick around lunch time, had a nice big plate of pasta, yummy!
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Wednesday, September 19, 2001


OK, well, I'm very new
OK, well, I'm very new to the world of "blogging" and even newer to the world of coding. I don't know the first thing about it. And, it looks as if that's the way these blogs are done. So, I've heeded advice I've received in the past and have been sneeking peeks at other people's blogs to see how they are coded. So, you will notice that I have sucessfully added LINKS to the right of the blog. And I've begun the archive process.....still hitting a brick wall on that one though. Maybe one of my fantastically talented blogging friends can tell me what I've done wrong?
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I felt a little sick
I felt a little sick this afternoon before lunch time. But, I'm feeling better now. My job is getting worse by the day. It's not exactly that it's a stressful job, but some of the people I work with are such miserable, hateful, and awful people that it makes me mad and stressed. So, who knows, I may be searching for greener pastures once the baby is born. I don't know how much more I can take here. Before I got pregnant, the plan was for me to go back to school next Fall (when the "forgiveness policy" kicks in) and quitting here to get a part time job somewhere. I'm hoping that might still be the case. We have so much to think about. Countdown to the ultrasound and WE CAN'T WAIT! It's two weeks from today. Oh, and I am officially 16 weeks (4 months) pregnant today.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2001


I had a terrible headache
I had a terrible headache on Saturday night, took some Tylenol and it went away for a few hours, then came back. That same thing happened on Sunday AND Monday. My doctor's office told me to call if I ever had a headache that rest & Tylenol couldn't fix. So, I called them on Monday and they called me in a prescription of Darvocet! GOOD STUFF! I took 2 last night and have never slept better! I woke up this morning and my headache was gone. It was great! And now, the hunger has started. You always hear how hungry pregnant women always are and how they eat all the time. Well, the first trimester, I was so sick that I didn't want to look at food. And even now, the past few weeks, I've been been eating, but not "starving". Well, today it started. Every 2 hours I feel like I haven't eaten in days! It's a fierce, deep down hunger. I was so hungry that I ate Yvette's Chex Mix today and I don't even like chex mix! I guess I have 6 more months of this! :-)
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Thursday, September 13, 2001


I still don't think any
I still don't think any of this is sinking in with me at all. I watch the same news reels over and over. I almost feel "desensitized" to it, or even numb. I really don't think the full severity of it has hit me yet. You'd think being a pregnant women, I would have cried a thousand times by now. I'm sure, in a while though, it will all hit me at once and I'll break down. I just don't think I'm ready to do all that right now. Baby wise, I'm great. I'm conciously trying to stay calm and just "chill out". I think I can tell a difference. My appetite is coming back around too, sometimes. I've been feeling tired this week too, but I think that's more due to the weeks events than anything. I pray until I can't think of words to say. I find myself thinking about all throughout the day at work. The whole thing is really just wearing me out. And I think, one day my baby is going to ask me where I was when I heard the news, just like I asked my Mom where she was when Kennedy was shot. And then, I can tell him or her that I was in the car, coming home from my second "baby" checkup.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2001


I'm having a better, certainly
I'm having a better, certainly calmer day now. I felt sick and so upset last night when I got home from work. I basically plopped down on the couch, covered up with a blanket and tried to chill out. Tommy cooked dinner and took care of the boys (the dogs). And I just vegged on the couch, being bombarded with scene after scene of tragedy on my television. I'd seen all the pictures over and over and over again and it still didn't seem they were real. I think every single Amercian has a long road of recovery ahead of them. As we wade through the fear, the anger, the shock, and disbelief I pray that we can all come to terms with this. And move forward as a stronger nation.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2001


Just got back from the
Just got back from the DR this morning. It was a good news/bad news kind of visit. All the test they ran last visit all came out great. And the exam went well too. The mid-wife said my uterus is growing just they way it should, and things are looking great. The bad news is that my blood pressure is high and they're concerned about it. The midwife consulted with the doctor to see if they needed to do some urine test. He said it was too soon now, and not to worry. We want to go with a midwife so bad and she said that if my blood pressure continues to go up, I may need to be put on medication and would have to have a doctor deliver instead of a midwife because I would be high-risk. That's a little disappointing. We'll see though, maybe it won't go up that much. I only gained like 1 and a half to 2 pounds. Due largly inpart to my total nausea the first tri-mester. But, there's no looking back now, I'm hungry a lot more frequently now. My next visit is on Wedensday, October 3rd, when I'll have the sonogram. So, fingers crossed, we'll know the sex in 3 weeks! That's all for now. I have so much on my mind in light of todays news. I'm very scared. MOST ALL of my family is in Woodbridge, VA which is right outside Washington, DC. Aunt Wanda is at the Pentagon. I can't get a hold of anyone. Phones are down. The message said, "The area you are trying to call is unavailable because of the tornado." Guess they didn't have a message that said, "is unavailable because of the terrorist attacks." so they threw the tornado one on there.
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Friday, September 7, 2001


Well, I'm off for the
Well, I'm off for the weekend and won't be posting. Sunday is my one year wedding anniversary! I can't believe it. Exactly one year ago at this time I was getting ready for my rehearsal and wedding. And now, just one short year later, we're getting ready for the arrival of our baby. I can't believe it! Anyway, won't be posting again until Tuesday because I'm spending quality (away from computer and work) time with my wonderful sweet husband that I promised to love and cherish for the rest of my life. Man, that's a long time...I can't wait! I'll post the recap on Tuesday!
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I'm really starting to *feel*
I'm really starting to *feel* pregnant today. I felt something when I was so nauseous and sick, but it wasn't really like I felt "pregnant". And now that that's all over, I'm feeling "pregnant." I was walking down the hall a few minutes ago, and my stomach just felt full and solid. It was weird and I can't really describe it, but I felt like I was pregnant.
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Well, I finally did it.
Well, I finally did it. I got the "chop". My long hair was just way out of control and very unhealthy. It was a little past the middle of my back. I decided it was time to get a "Mom" cut. So, I sit down in the hairdressers chair and she pulled it back into a pony tail and right above the rubber band, she started snipping. It was at least 12 inches of hair. I hadn't had a real cut since the wedding (which was a year ago on Sunday). Anyway, it's short. Very short. Shorter than I've ever had it in my entire life. You can see the entire back of my neck. I wasn't planning on going this short at first, so I didn't really take a "before" picture. But, I dug up an old one from our honeymoon (my hair was MUCH longer than this when it was actually cut) that should give you some of an idea. So, the kinda "before" and after shots are here. When the hair massacre was all over and I stood up, Mom looked at me and said ,"You look like a Mom." That's what I was going for!
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Thursday, September 6, 2001


WOW! That wasn't hard at
WOW! That wasn't hard at all! I have finally done it! I am now a "blogger". I'm so excited. I still have a lot to learn though....like, I'm using a template, but I want to change some of the stuff it says. Maybe some of my super "blogger" savy friends like Robyn can help me change some of that later. I'm just so excited to be joining the blogger world though! I plan to keep this page updated with the latest happenings in the life of "Baby Cahoon" who is due March 5th. I had a kind of "do it yourself" blog on this page previously, some of you may notice that is gone now. I only had a few updates on it, so it wasn't that much information. It was mostly the "I'm so nauseous" stuff. We heard the heartbeat at our first doctor visit about 4 weeks ago. We were excited. Right now, I'm at 14 weeks. I'm into my second trimester and I'm really feeling SO MUCH better. The nausea is almost completely gone and my energy is really coming back. I'm looking forward to posting all the details of the coming months right up until the arrival of Thomas Edward, III or Margaret Marie "Maggie".
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