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“ Typically I try not to get worked up over celebrity death, but today Maurice Sendak ...”

“I want to talk about the weight loss but it feels disingenuous. As we all ...”

“When I think of the past winter and spring, I think of a deluge. I don't ...”

“A year ago this week I was diagnosed with postpartum depression. I want to say something ...”

“As of right now I'm heading into the office. On the train as we speak. ...”

““Wow,” she remembers thinking, “now I can fall and I’ll break.” - from '109 Minutes ...”

“I have not been feeling well for the past few days, primarily because I've been ...”

“Tonight, as I snuggled with AG in her glider before putting her down for bed, ...”

“My favorite part of the day is the moment when I crawl into bed with ...”

“I needed a win. It's probably sad to not only come to that realization but also ...”

“1) Not writing here because I don't have the time I'd like to carve out ...”

“Saturday starts my first Derby Lite class. It's hard to articulate what this symbolizes for me ...”

“Yesterday AG and I hit a couple of stores to buy her some clothes. It ...”

“Oh this poor neglected blog. The intentions I had for it have just not seen ...”

“Sometimes I forget that I was ever separated and divorced. In all honestly, sometimes I ...”

“The other day my girlfriend posted a link to my Facebook timeline, to this blog ...”

“So here we are, at the end (not technically, I know) of Week One of ...”

“I have had a boot on my foot for nine weeks now. NINE. I have gained enough ...”

“Despite spots of 2011 being the darkest I've known, it was, quite simply, the best ...”

“ 1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? Had a baby. ...”

“So we found a new nanny. Sorry to be so dramatic and then leave, but ...”

“I've spent the past three weeks holding my breath. Seemingly out of nowhere, our nanny told ...”

“I am still With Boot. I am not by any stretch of the imagination a Shrinking ...”

“Very very soon, I'll be taking a vacation. We haven't had a vacation since June ...”

“Yesterday in spinning class, the girl next to me rushed out with 15 minutes left ...”

“Most days, we go about our business. We are people of repeat. Of routine. Of ...”

“Abigail is knee-deep in the eight-month sleep regression. And it is killing us. Last night was the ...”

“At some point in my maternity leave, Sarah Bryden-Brown reached out to me to ask ...”

“Next week I'm having sinus surgery - septoplasty, turbinate reduction and endoscopic sinus surgery, which ...”

“I just agreed to run the New Orleans Half Marathon in March with AB Chao, ...”

“...in maybe just about everything. I know I said I wouldn't talk about work as it ...”

“If you've been around me in the past couple of months, and dared to broach ...”

“I have officially lost all of the baby weight. For those of you counting at ...”

“...most of you are old LTB readers! Well, not all, but from the emails and comments, ...”

“Oh I am an awful blogger. I have about five posts that I've started and stopped ...”

“My computer is on the fritz so there isn't much of a way for me ...”

“There was a moment about a month ago when I realized, while making the half-mile ...”

“So I've lost eight pounds since Mother's Day and have shaved a minute off of ...”

“I think I always knew I would be a work-outside-the-home sort of mom. My own Mom, ...”

“If you're just joining this blog, you probably don't know that when I wasn't obsessing ...”

“Tomorrow marks my last day of maternity leave.  Since tomorrow Scott is taking the day ...”

“So last week I started a new workout routine. I'm working on losing 35 pounds. Now don't ...”

“(This post has sparked an interesting, yet respectful, discussion in the comments. Before you comment, ...”

“Oh dear friends what a difference a few days can make. Last night, Abigail slept in ...”

“A couple of weeks ago our friends Bill and Laura were visiting and of course ...”

“Ahhhh. It has been a much better week. There have been a confluence of events - my ...”

“Thanks, everyone, for sharing your stories and kind words. As always, it means so much ...”

“My friends AB and Eliza (I believe) introduced me years ago to the phrase "dropped ...”

“Sigh. She has colic. Darn it.”

“When I explain to people that we have "sleep issues" with Abigail, I think they ...”

“Abigail has reflux. She's also nearing on her sixth week on the planet, the combination ...”

“"And I always felt that if something happened to Steve or Pammy, if they died, ...”

“Last night I went out. By myself. Without Scott. Or, most importantly, Abigail. AND IT WAS ...”

“Today the moment Scott walked in the door I handed Abigail to him. Oh, yesterday. Yesterday ...”

“1) The Sleepy Wrap. I love this hippie contraption. Our kid prefers to be held. ...”

“The moment Abigail was brought to me in the recovery room after the c-section, she ...”

“Abigail - They say it takes two weeks to establish or break any habit. I don't ...”

“1) We are hitting a stride. I won't say it's "the" stride or "our" stride, ...”

“I'd spent most of my life wanting/expecting to bestow on my kids names so Irish ...”

“I wrote these items, obviously, prior to going into labor. I'd knew I'd want them. ...”

“(First things first: I'm closing the comments for the time being. You're all incredibly kind, ...”

“We're less than a week away from my due date, which as any smart person ...”

“Well I'm sick. If I were to track down the person who gave me this cold, ...”

“No baby today or this weekend, theoretically. Or at least I should say the chances ...”

“Oh dear. Did you guys know that I'm pregnant? Because I am. I'm officially at that point, ...”

“Just got off of the phone with my dad, and mentioned to him that there ...”

“At this very moment, weatherpersons all over Chicago are predicting Snowmageddon. Even the lede in ...”

“We here in the Smith house have gotten so much done so far this weekend ...”

“A couple of snapshots, courtesy of Jessamyn, from the baby shower. The first one just kills ...”

“Baby Girl Smith is due in a month. Now I know that could mean she ...”

“Number of times  I've fallen since learning I was pregnant: 4, all on the same ...”

“A long time ago, my father told me that after about three paychecks, what you ...”

“This morning I received this note from an old friend who, after reading my blog and expressing ...”

“Probably the most significant difference that first hit me this week as we had our ...”

“I'm better now. I really needed a couple of days off. I've gotten sleep, tons of ...”

“I just broke another tooth, sitting here at my desk, working and sucking on an ...”

“ 1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Ran a half-marathon. ...”

“The other day it occurred to me that I'm going to have share this daughter ...”

“1) This morning Scott finally felt the baby kick. Several times. I've read that if ...”

“We had our first appointment of the third trimester. It's here when things start to ...”

“The last time I registered for a gift registry for myself, it was 2004 and ...”

“A year ago Scott and I moved into our home. Today officially marks a year ...”

“"My wish for this pregnancy, besides a healthy happy baby, is for the paparazzi ...”

“According to the paperwork faxed over by my doctor, something like 15% of pregnant women, ...”

“I don't know if it was the end of the day-and-night-long nausea, but sometime in ...”

“Mostly it's at night, when I'm done trying to wrestle our lives into submission, that ...”

“When I mention that Scott and I are taking hypnobirthing classes, I'm always, without fail, ...”

“Today I fell right in the middle of Rush Street downtown. In front of a ...”

“Two years ago, Scott and I boarded a plane for New Hampshire, where we'd land, ...”

“I have an awful, awful toothache. I'm really, really hoping our daughter inherits my husband's teeth ...”

“Hey everyone! I just got an email letting me know that comments here have been screwed ...”

“Last night I had to enlist my husband for a task that I never, ever ...”

“I think the joy about adulthood isn't the dessert for dinner or watching TV for ...”

“I have gained a total of 10 pounds since May. Do not ask me how that's ...”

“So tomorrow is a big day. It's the BIG ULTRASOUND DAY. I feel like this is ...”

“Oh, you guys, the crying. Something to know about me: I am not a crier. And ...”

“A huge thanks to all of you who have been reading and commenting and sharing ...”

“Thanks to my friend, Rachelle, for this. Thought you'd all like it. ”

“Recently I attended a reading event here in town, and while normally I love these ...”

“I am in day four of being sick. And it has been h-e-double-hockey sticks. I've mentioned ...”

“Dear God this kills me every time I watch it. Damn hormones. ”

“This has been such a great time to be pregnant. Aside from the work...complexities I've been ...”

“This has been the most perfect weekend. The weather could not have been better, I got ...”

“I walked into my friend Danielle's office the other day and she said, "You look ...”

“I am awake because I have awful leg pain waking me up. It's not restless ...”

“"In my mind, Pink is the pastel specter that hangs over our pregnancy. A ...”

“...the heavens parted, the angels sung, and I managed to eat an apple. Consuming fruit that ...”

“So this hasn't been the easiest pregnancy. I had heard women go through some rough ...”

“I wanted to take a minute to say to you guys, all of you, for ...”

“We got some big news on Thursday. On Monday, we'd gone in for a CVS. It ...”

“The Dog Days Are Over* Florence and The Machine Happiness hit her like a train on a ...”

“I swear on all that's good and holy, I don't know how some people manage ...”

“Last night my plane back to Chicago was delayed by about an hour. I was ...”

“Some bonus elements to being with a fertility specialist? Same day results! So this latest round ...”

“(Let me get this out of the way, because I forgot to mention it: My ...”

“I have this whole politically themed post in my head, but it's going to have ...”

“I'm 34 today. I have to admit that I've been saying I'm 34 for months ...”

“I didn't count a single calorie this week. Not even the ice cream. Or the ...”

“So my old magazine shuttered its doors today. I worked at Restaurants & Institutions magazine from ...”

“I was walking up the stairs to our second floor Saturday afternoon and it felt ...”

“A quick note to everyone who has emailed and left comments about my post: THANK YOU. Admittedly ...”

“I don't know that it's a secret that I've struggled with food. As someone who was/is ...”

“Thanks to everyone for their kind words - even to the troll who commented that ...”

“There is no easy way, and if there is it's been done by other bloggers ...”

“I made a pact with myself that I wouldn't call and nag my doctor after ...”

“Thanks to everyone for their kind, encouraging, lovely comments and stories. I told Lynette yesterday ...”

“First I'm going to start out by saying that I'm facing a personal and professional ...”

“When I learned that J.D. Salinger had died, I was in the middle of sussing ...”

“This week has gone by in a flash. It helps that I have to be a ...”

“The one thing having a week of not being beholden to a job brings you ...”

“With this the last week of work at my current place of employment, I haven't ...”

“I have been going to my OB-GYN for almost ten years now.  So have my ...”

“Yesterday we got our ComEd bill. I'm not ashamed to tell you all, I've been ...”

“1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Bought a house. ...”

“Erin: Know what I have to worry about tonight? Scott: What? Erin: NOTHING. I'm on my third cup ...”

“"For the first time in 18 years, I was going to be home for Christmas. Or ...”

“I hate to even have to say this, again, but please DO NOT reach out ...”

“Look, I'm really exhausted these days. And not in a thyroid way, though I imagine ...”

“The lovely Katie Schwartz at Dear Thyroid e-mailed me a few weeks ago and asked ...”

“Sigh. Right now, my husband and I are watching SNL in the comfort of our new ...”

“Inspired by my friend, Hannah Beth, I'm taking today and tomorrow (I'd say this week ...”

“1) We have been packed for a month. I'm starting to forget what we actually ...”

“Sigh. Seriously, it's ridiculous. Thankfully, it really does look as though we're on track to close ...”

“Or, actually, busy. I am fried, people. I have nothing remotely creative or interesting to say, ...”

“I am sorta tired of peeing on sticks. Swear to God, I've urinated on more ...”

“I hobbled all of last week. Not even an exaggeration. The kickboxing class put me ...”

“Someone asked me a few weeks ago to write about what's going on with The ...”

“Thanks to everyone for your kind words. It really is good to hear it took ...”

“So it's been four months, and there's no sign of a baby anywhere. I don't want ...”

“Earlier today, I made a comment that we all should ignore Tucker Max and the ...”

“The summers of my childhood all mesh into one big blob of unadulterated time spent ...”

“Or as I call it, "yesterday." I got the results of my thyroid scan yesterday and, ...”

“Wise reader Emily commented yesterday that perhaps what is going on with my health is ...”

“1) We put an offer in on a house yesterday. We're haven't heard a word, ...”

“Scott, upon reading my last entry: When we get pregnant, you're going to wait at ...”

“Years ago, right after high school graduation, my friend Ryan, with whom I had drinks ...”

“Does anyone else ever experience that moment during the week when going for a run ...”

“This week has been a bear. Growl. Work has been pretty demanding, and when I get ...”

“Overheard in our house tonight: Scott: Now she's not wearing any pants. Kate: None? Scott: Nope. No pants. Erin, ...”

“Today we looked at another house. It has five bedrooms. And four bathrooms. And 2400 ...”

“So my site is sitting out here, losing traffic by the truckloads, and I can't ...”

“More changing. Can you handle it? WordPress will hopefully not make me want to cry. ...”