Life
This is our life. The nitty-gritty, day-to-day story of what we’re doing and our adventures as a family. Sometimes detailed, often mostly a photo journal, filled with lots of pictures of cute little people and occasional longer reflections on Hinds family happenings.
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Seventh Month
June 1st marked the beginning of our seventh month – with an expanding belly to prove it. I traveled to Dallas to visit my mom for a long Memorial Day weekend, where we had a mini baby-shower BBQ with some of Chris and my friends. Our friends Sarah and Matt came; they were married the…
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The Long Post
So Chris and I have been slackers this month, that’s for sure. But here’s a random post to (hopefully) make up for it. First up, baby news: I had my six month appointment Thursday morning. Twenty-Five weeks, I can’t believe it! I met Helen, the second midwife in the practice, which was good because I’ll…
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Ready For Spring
It’s almost safe planting time in the northeast and Chris and I spent the weekend getting ready. I have pretty big plans this spring, since I feel like this is a house that we’ll stay in for a few years. I ordered berries and rhubarb from our county extension office last month. Ten Strawberry plants,…
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It’s A Boy! …Maybe…
Last weekend, on a business trip to Vermont, I was lucky enough to get to stay at Mim’s and Papa’s house. (Yay, molasses cookies!!! And, German chocolate cake.) Mim and my Aunt Leslie did the ol’ ring-on-a-string test on me to determine if baby is a boy or girl. And boy, did the ring swing…
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Big Week
It’s been a big week for the Hinds family. Yup, we’re a family again…meet Pip. Though he’s no Puck, Chris and I were happy to adopt a little red dog this week from Puerto Rico, of all places. He’s about a year old, is some sort of Pariah-type and is tiny by our standards, only…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
It’s been a busy week. I went with Danielle, our old roommate, to Key West for a long weekend Friday-Monday. It was a lot of fun, and nice to get some sunshine and relaxation. We met some cool people, laid out on the beach, watched a free Kenny Chesney concert, got a little sunburned, and…
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Small Beginnings
Well, I had time to get a few pictures off of the camera today. There’s one Chris took of my belly on the 1st – just starting to show!!! Chris’ dad arrived today to visit us for the weekend (drove here all the way from Texas in 34 hours without stopping). It will be a…
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To Puck
On Tuesday night, our amazing and funny baby-dog was hit by a car and on Wednesday, he left us, missing him forever. Wonderful Auntie Maliko wrote a eulogy for him, as only she could, and because, like the good friend she is, she probably knew I couldn’t. Puck: October 15, 2005 to February 25, 2009…
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Baby’s First Picture
Today Chris and I had our first ultrasound. It was pretty exciting to see what a perfect little person the baby is. The ultrasound tech was able to get a picture of a little hand sticking up so we could see each individual finger. Getting to see baby is really making this start to feel…
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New Doctor
I had a great appointment this morning with Margi, a certified nurse midwife in Rhinebeck. She’s very friendly and personable, and made me feel comfortable from the moment she walked in the room – plus the birth center she works with is supposed to be one of the best in the area and will give…
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Snow Day
It’s been snowing here since late last night, and I got a snow day. Poor Chris still had to drive to school in the wee hours of this morning – there’s no rest for the weary in his industry, even with 6-12″ and freezing rain on top of that. Hopefully he’ll get home safely …and…
