Growing Paynes

The Adventures of Two First Time Parents

Posts from ‘April, 2010’

Maternity Leave

I had one of those days at work on Friday where you wish you could go on maternity leave 6 months before the arrival of the baby.  Needless to say I am not looking forward to work tomorrow. Thankfully 5 months from now I am going to officially be on maternity leave, for an entire [...]

Week 15

With the high last week of finally announcing the pregnancy to the world this week just didn’t have anything that really measured up, in terms of the pregnancy.  Sure my clothes are getting tighter and the belly that always seemed to disappear in the morning is now sticking around but it just feels like another [...]

Benefits of Pregnancy

Up until now I wasn’t sure what the benefits were to being pregnant. I guess it is nice at times to eat what I want and use the excuse that I am pregnant, or going to bed without doing the dishes because I am just too tired, but today I discovered the best benefit so [...]

Not Pilates Thats For Sure

Tonight was my first prenatal yoga class and it was really good.  I went in thinking it might be sort of similar to my pilates class but with less ab work but it was far from that. We spent the first 15 minutes or so getting to know each other which was nice to visit [...]

Happy Birthday Finley Cole!

When Finley Cole arrived 3 years ago I was reminded that there was nothing better in the world than being an aunt.  It has been so amazing over the years to watch him become the active little boy he is today.  Although I only get to see him once a month I thankfully keep up with his [...]