Our baby was born on December 18th, 2011 at 10:31pm and weighed 8lbs and 3oz. It was an incredible day. It was painful – it was fast and it was miraculous. I was induced at close to 40 weeks because of my history of high risk and fast labors. Luckily I was because it took a long time to get my blood clotting medications in me. Of course, it was very painful because inductions typically are. I was in active…

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Tonight I attended a kickboxing class. Tomorrow I’m scheduled for a dance class. It’s hilarious to watch me and my pregnant belly kicking, punching and working out to loud music! I’m going to miss my cute belly though –  because in about a week, this baby will be out of my tummy and into this world.  I will also miss exercise because I literally don’t work out for six weeks after giving birth. Funny how active I am considering I…

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I am a cookie fanatic. I make tons of cookies every year, for every occasion and for every season! Most recently, a girlfriend posted a link to a cookie recipe on facebook, and wrote, “Can someone make this for me please?” Of course, she didn’t think I would actually go do it! I found the recipe to be pretty simple. There is some extra components like rolling the peanut butter in and adding the cinnamon sugar on the outside. Besides…

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Last week I didn’t step into the gym once. I was so busy. I don’t even know what I was doing. I just know that there were a couple times when my youngest son didn’t want to stay in the Kids Club, which made it difficult to work out. Instead, I had to leave early and go play with them in the park somewhere. This week doesn’t look any better. I am slated to go to San Francisco tomorrow night…

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I get a lot of positive comments when I’m pregnant. I think it’s funny when people say, “Pregnancy suits you.” I admit that I don’t have the regular issues that most pregnant women seem to have. Most recently when I went to get a facial and massage, both the esthetician and therapist commented on how good my skin was and how little swelling I seemed to have. My husband  always compliments me on my minimal weight gain, level of activity…

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Earlier this week I had an article deadline. I stayed up until 2am the  night before its due date just so I can re-draft it a couple times before submitting it the next day. Ever since then, I have felt exhausted, tired and incredibly sleepy ALL day long. I could probably catch up on the sleep loss, but because I am generally uncomfortable all the time, it doesn’t help! I’m sleepy. But I’m not getting a really good, long, Stage…

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I’m due in about a month! Crazy how time flies by. It’s funny because I always forget I’m pregnant, until someone asks how far along I am. I think I am pretty small still depending on what time of day I’m staring at my belly and what kind of clothes I’m wearing. My weight gain has been on target with my past pregnancies. I will probably end around 35lbs gained total. I’m  excited because my husband will be coming home…

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I’ve been a bit absent this week in posting because I’ve been very busy. I’m also in the middle of updating Mariakang.com, which is really exciting. Naturally, it’s hard to concentrate when I am awaiting the facelift of another site. In this time period though, I’ve been thinking more about what I want to do to this site and how I can provide better content. I’ve considered re-doing it, adding readers, even selling it! In the next week I will…

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I’ve been feeling very efficient these past few days. I wrote an article days before deadline. I’ve been completing lots of paperwork, cleaning laundry and keeping the house immaculate. I’ve also been potty training Christian, which is a feat all by itself. Right now it’s Friday – it’s around 3pm…and as usual, my body is getting tired. I am usually very efficient in the morning and early noon times. I take the kids out or I run errands. Around this…

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