• bath tub (he can bathe with you in the big one)
• lots of blankets (they aren't "supposed" to use blankets anyway)
• pants/shirts (they just need 1 piece sleepers)
• swing/jumperoo/excersaucer (we have none of this crap and it is fine)

• diapers
• clothes
• stroller/buggy
• car seat
• burp cloths/rags
• breast pump
• breast pads
• bottles
• a place for baby to sleep
• a baby chair/bouncer, somewhere safe to put him while you shower/cook
• somewhere to put his clothes
• some things for him to look at (books, toys, pictures)
• baby monitor

• Have bottles of water all over the house so you always have a drink in arms reach
• before you sit with baby get all of your remote controls, phones, computers, ready. A utility belt would be nice
• Make those freezer meals in advance
• If a friend asks if they can bring something, have them bring food! Casseroles, sandwiches, cakes, whatever!
• Have power bars in the house
• Have a variety of foods in the house...

• waking up at the strangest times, yet not having set an alarm clock in weeks
• breast pads all over the house
• greg wearing a wife beater undershirt because we have not done laundry
• making more trash than i would like (effing diapers)
• referring to myself in the third person
• lots of talk about poop and pee

• Was induced due to pre-eclampsia
• Went in hospital on monday 21 Jan
• Got some meds
• Waited
• Got more meds Tuesday 22
• Water broke Tuesday 11pm
• Spent the night in labor
• A bath helped
• It felt better standing up
• Got epidural at 5am
• Slept for 2 hours
• Started Pitocin at 8am
• It hurt
• Ouch
• Pushed during 4 contractions
• Baby Owen was born at 10:53
• :)

• We love our little boy, owen martin
• life is a cycle of 2-3 hour naps
• this makes it hard to do my bedtime routine (brush teeth, wash face, etc), because I never really go to bed, just grab a few hours sleep now and then
• he likes to wake up just when I make a cup of tea
• it is fun to give him a bath
• we go through a lot of diapers :( sorry mother earth.
• its fun to go for a walk with him and get some fresh a...

of course I want to meet the guy and hug him and kiss him and dress him and bathe him...

• Exercise
• Eat carbs for dinner I am on a diet by my doc)
• Split a bottle of wine
• wear my jeans
• rediscover my wardrobe
• not breathe like tony soprano
• take a HOT bath
• roll over in bed without a ton of effort
• not be stared at
• not have to make a nice joke when people say how HUGE i am

1. Budapest, hungary (with Greg and Lindi!) (12/2007)
2. loipersdorf, Austria, Spa! (with Greg and K, K and C) (11/2007)
3. Salzburg, Austria (with bro!) (10/2007)
4. Villach, Austria (dinner in Italy) (9/2007)
5. Philly and Santa Barbara,US, home leave (8/2007)
6. Croatia (dalmatia) and Kotor, Montenegro (with linda and tim) (7/2007)
7. Paris, France, easter holiday, spectac! (4/2007)
8. Frankfurt, Germany for lax, not so grea...

• 17 Nov. Spa weekend in Loipersdorf!
• 21 Nov Karen's goodbye gluhwein
• 24 Nov Our thanksgiving dinner
• Early Dec. - Meet linda somewhere, Budapest!
• 25 Dec xmas in wien
• 08 Jan - start new post
• 13 Jan - baby shower
• 18 Jan - Go on Maternity leave
• 28 Jan - 32nd bday
• 02 Feb - Baby boy comes?

• Don't rush to wear maternity clothes, because soon enough you will have no other option
• Go to the gym as long as possible, because soon enough you won't be able to.
• Check your weight gain regularly, so it is not a shock when you don't check for 3 months
• Don't stand for too long/do too much, because you will feel worn out afterwards
• When tossing and turning at 4am, get out of bed, make herbal tea, read...

• Day Care, both of us will work. I hope we find a good day care or a fine lady to come in and stay with mr. man. I need to keep working if we want to stay here and Greg just got a great job after Grad skool and a few years not working, so this is how it is
• Our apartment, 3 flights of stairs no lift! But we really like it
• Our apartment, the layout is a little weird, he will not really have his own roo...

i know people mean well, but...

• please don't stare at my stomach/boobs
• DON'T ask if it was planned. What if it wasn't. DO you seriously want someone to say, nah we got drunk and forgot birth control and here we are! Just don't ask.
• please don't tell me i am huge
• please don't ask "are you sure its not twins?"
• please don't tell me i am small
• seriously people, its not okay to talk to someone about their fi...

• I did not have morning sickness
• yes we know the sex
• its a boy!
• not sure on a name (well we are but not telling :))
• he kicks mostly at night, but also now
• no weird cravings
• I don't know how much weight I have gained
• Yes i know i am not really eating for 2
• we are having him in austria
• he will be american and not austrian
• he is due 03 feb

Shows we try to watch, god bless the internet

• Gossip Girl (Sad, but true)
• The Office
• Friday Night Lights
• Heros
• The Hills

• Crib ordered 10/27
• Changing table ordered 10/27
• light fixture
• install light fixture
• baby bedding
• mobile
• rug
• Stroller ordered 10/27
• Car seat
• Baby "toiletries"
• breast pump?
• play pen thingy

i have a strange type...

1. my husband, he is not strange
2. strangely, vince noir/noel fielding
3. Leo D
4. jim halpert/ john krasinski
5. julian mcmahon/ dr. Troy (droooool)
6. Jason bateman (never thought I would say this)
7. jake G, ala Donnie D
8. the son in transamerica, kevin zegers
9. J. Depp, still cool, but the younger years, meow...
10. isaac brock, yes played out, but the demons and lyrics and images
11. tony soprano, a power thi...

my sis sent me all of the episodes, and without having any idea what it was i watched them all. I am now obsessed. esp with noel....

• "greedy for the verse" and "juicy dangler" bit
• the tundra rap
• mod wolves
• when ruby is beating howard in milky joe
• and thats why i don't like cricket
• electro boy
• Spirit of jazz, my hats on fire!
• old gregg, love games

but often have to

• dry cleaning
• gas
• gifts for co-workers i never talk to
• rush delivery charges
• booking fees for airline tickets (what are these?)

Today was a glorious day in vienna, happy to be alive

• stadtpark
• stephansdom
• heldenplatz
• volksgarten
• staatsoper
• karlskirche

• Hofer its in the US too, but called ALDI
• Tchibo, every week a new world,
• Julius Meinl, gourmet goods am graben,
• Zeilpunkt, strangely they have good tortillas
• Leiner, huge household store

cause i like 'em

1. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (I like survival at sea stories)
2. The widow of the south, from mom from xmas
3. what is the what, eggers, fiction/non about the lost boys
4. A place in the reeds, memoir based in Botswana
5. 1776, I tried once, want to try again
6. dracula, still getting through it from the romania trip
7. the mayflower, philbrick - non-fiction about the pilgrims, pretty good, i...

• being told to smile when i am in a boring ass meeting
• being told that i look really tired (this happens a lot, maybe thats just how i look!)
• my POS windows machine
• sexist jokes and comments, i mean grow up people
• the steady hum of my ancient sun sparc 10
• having my office face the mens room, don't want to know their schedules!
• paper copies of things in general

can be hindered by being in austria

1. dark days, i was surprised by the happy ending
2. blood diamond, i really liked it, and yes it is hollywood treatment of a heavy subject, still better than most crap put there
3. the last kiss (was even worse than i expected/hoped it would be)
4. Dreamgirls, good and fun, hollywood spectacular
5. The departed - so amazing, best love scene ever
6. talledega nights (ganz toll)
7. dr. zhiv...

we have 3 tv channels, and many of these are just to practice german

1. Caddyshack (all times fave!!)
2. Scary movie 3
3. The bourne identity (i like this one)
4. Lammbock (a well-liked german movie, but i thought it was pretty juvenile and not so good)
5. armegeddon (still bad)
6. in good company (it made me notice the sweet iron and wine sdtrck)
7. the life aquatic
8. E.T.
9. top gun
10. trainspotting
11. office space
12. lord of the rings
13. titani...