The Story of Our Pregnancy

Seamus and I had sex.

(No pictures available).

The first month I did not get pregnant.
Seamus was confused.


The next month...

At first we didn't believe it. We took a lot of tests.

I thought it would be great to take a photo of every day and track my belly's growth.
This is day 1.
This is day 4.

It seemed to be taking a while to see a big change, so we waited a little bit before the next photo.

Maybe too long.
This was the next in the series - about 5 months later.


Since Seamus was on the WGA strike line every day, we were planning to write "My Tummy Needs Healthcare" on my stomach and march with the strike baby.

But luckily the strike got settled before we pimped our unborn child.

This is the dress that my friend Anna wore to our wedding 9 months ago.

And here it is on me.


This past weekend Expectant Grandma Betsy was in town.
She and my friends Alexa, Deb, Sonia and Kendall threw me a baby shower.
There are a ton of photos up at http://aliyahandseamus.smugmug.com


The party was amazing. Just an overwhelming experience of games and gifts and friends and honey baked ham.


While the ladies and babies did their thing - Seamus and baby James went to a Red Sox Game and played poker.

Two of the gifts we got were hooded towels.
I thought they were for 3-7 months, but it's actually 3-7 years.
Seamus and I will enjoy them in the meantime.

Man I'm getting big.
Just 55 days to GO!