Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Baby news

Finally! This post has two parts. One that's very exciting right now and one that will be exciting in February. So if you know what's good for you, you'll read the whole thing.

First, Laura, my dearest most loveliest most thoughtful most midwife-in-training-knowledgeable-about-birth friend had her little one on Friday.

In the midst of wedding chaos, I didn't see the text until late that night and then missed her call on Saturday while we were taking photos. BUT STILL. He's beautiful, he's a boy!

Judah Alexander



Isn't that the cutest thing ever??

And luckily I had already determined that the bunting flag card was for her, so it's all ready to go. But now includes his name:



(cutting out words in cursive is harder than you think).

She's a little preoccupied with figuring out the breastfeeding/infant care thing, so I'm pretty sure she won't see the card here before it arrives in her mailbox. But if you're out there Mama Laura, here's your card!

Next on the baby news front. There doesn't ever seem to be the perfect time to post this particular piece of information, but now that we're on the subject of babies...

I'm with child.

Haaaa. I love that saying. But yep, I'm pregnant too. I'm just about 19 weeks (see, I told you I've been mysteriously holding out!) and we're so super excited. And nervous, a little. And we have to come up with a new #1 boy name because ours was too close to Judah. Friends can't have sons with nearly the same name. Of course we might have a girl. We'll find out in February.

So there you are. Now perhaps my aversion to cooking all summer long, my hiatus from shopping (with the exception of maxi dresses), my uncharacteristic pass on those AWESOME blue shoes, my flighty posting, and other unexplained things are more understandable.

This also calls for a new blog category! But what should it be? Temporary one in place and I shall ponder further.

62 comments:

  1. MAZAL TOV!!! Wonderful news, so happy and excited for you! eat good food, dance, and rest rest rest! Many congrats!!!

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  2. congratulations! have been reading your blog for months - and never left any comment but THIS is SO cool! being myself 4 months pregnant, I was very much looking forward to seeing you posting about baby+kids issues. am sure you'll post wonderful stuff and give wonderfully charming ideas as usual!...kind regards

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  3. Aw, thats great news. Congratulations!!

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  4. Oh my goodness! Congratulations. How wonderful and exciting for you both!

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  5. I've been reading your blog for a few months now and have really been enjoying it. Hopefully, it's not too weird that I throw in my "CONGRATULATIONS!"

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  6. congratulations!!!! i heart reading your blog. eat lots of cake. ;)

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  7. Oh Kristina, congratulations! How completely exciting for you both

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  8. Congratulations!!! That's such exciting news! While I don't know you personally, I feel that I know an awful lot about you by reading your posts. Some of the most important things that I know about you are that you're an incredibly loving, kind, giving, selfless person - all traits of a wonderful mother. Congratulations!

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  9. A little! You're going to have a bitty little! Congratulations, my dear! Huzzah.

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  10. Yay!!! Congrats! I think the new category should be "with child" :)

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  11. AHHHHH FELICITATIONS!!!
    Babies are love.

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  12. Hooray! Congrats to you two! No WONDER those chickens waking you up at the crack'o drove you up the wall- you need your "withe childe" sleep. Yay!

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  13. Congratulations!!!! How exciting. And, baby Judah is adorable...

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  14. yay for babies, was your original name Jude? I love that name...

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  15. Congratulations, lady. That's going to be one stylish kid. xoxoxo

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  16. You guys are so nice! Thanks so much for all of your nice comments and encouragement. It's a little surreal, growing a human.

    I'm so glad that you who I don't know piped up.

    Karole-anne - weeeeird. we'll be doing this at the same time!

    Jora - i like it.

    Style-for-style - yep. Jude. We like it too, but there are thousands of names so I'm sure we'll come up with a few more. Boy names are so much harder than girl names.

    Meg - you give us too much credit.

    All of you, so happy you're all here!

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  17. I've never left a comment before, but this deserves a congratulations! And this is so funny, because my 10 month old's name is Jude Alexander!

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  18. man, i love announcement posts! CONGRATS to you + your man! :)

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  19. Big Congratulations to you! You are going to be a beautiful mama and this little baby will be very lucky having your creative/artistic soul to follow.

    My little one will be 2 in February! Fun times!

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  20. Oh! That is so wonderful!! Though I don't know you, congratulations Kristina!

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  21. So very happy for you! I love reading your blog. Congratulations!

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  22. Oh so happy for you both. Congratulations. Looking forward to the new genre of posts!

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  23. From yesterday's post:
    "The october issue is not normally a favorite of mine, I have to say. Perhaps I'll appreciate it more when I have kidlets to dress up ..."

    Haha, you danced around that one nicely! Congratulations!

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  24. We are SO ecstatic for you Mrs. Kristina + Mr. Brocky. Love you both and can't believe you're going to hold out till you give birth to find out the sex. But, it is one of the biggest surprises of your life.

    xoxo, Jillian + Scott

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  25. I'm SO glad you finally posted about the little bundle of joy growing inside, Stina! I've been in such suspense.

    And for those of you that cannot see her...Kristina looks beautiful pregnant!

    *amanda

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  26. yay!! so exciting, congratulations!!!

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  27. Congratulations! I love reading your blog, and can't wait to see what baby stuff will appear. Also, next year you will have an excuse to get into the October Martha Stewart. ;)

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  28. Amanda is just being nice. I mostly look fat, but it's cool. I'm up for it.

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  29. CONGRATS!!! That is such exciting news!!! I can't wait to read about all the baby goodies, parties, and loot that is to come! Please keep us posted and GOOD LUCK with everything : )

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  30. Congratulations! Good luck with everything :)

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  31. Congratulations, that is fantastic news.

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  32. amazing news! congratulations!! <3

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  33. oh you are going to be such a sweet and lovely mother. congrats.

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  34. Congratulations - that's so exciting!

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  35. Congratulations! It seems like a baby boom lately! Everyone I know is pregnant. :)

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  36. Congratulations! Thanks for sharing the good news.

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  37. Congratulations! That's wonderful news!

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  38. ooooh that is totally FANTASTIC news. I'm so, so, so excited for you lady!

    xoxox

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  39. Really happy for you! :)
    congratulations!


    :) aww it makes me really emotional whenever I hear this wonderful news...

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  40. Congratulations!!! Lovely news, you must be thrilled!

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  41. Congrats, my dear! So exciting.

    Hmmm...how about "offspring" or "ankle biters" or "teacup humans"?

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  42. Ooh I missed all the excitement while on vacation! Congrats!

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  43. Just catching up from vacation as well . . . Congratulations!!!

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  44. Beyond [strangely] thrilled for you and your husband! I say "strangely" because I am a stranger technically, though I follow your blog religiously. Congrats, and hope pregnancy will fuel your creativity, because I look forward to reading your posts on your projects, be it breakfast you whipped up using goods from your garden, or adorable greeting cards....

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  45. Congratulations!! That is so exciting!!! I'm sure you'll have a fabulously talented and crafty little one!!

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  46. Kristina, I'm so behind on my blogs. And since I'm home sick today, I figured it was a good day to catch up on a lot of them. Anyway, I was reading your blog, and I saw a post about a baby, and I was confused, so I went back in blog-time and found this post. A big heartfelt congratulations to you and your husband. This is soooo exciting! You're going to be a great mom. And that is going to be one well-fed baby! : O )

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