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<\/p>\nI got my first baby gift this weekend. It’s not at all surprising that my dear friend EJM was so thoughtful and hopeful about this baby. But I was surprised that I didn’t feel more superstitious about getting a gift. I put that Pipsqueek onsey right on my belly and smiled and laughed without a twinge of fear.
\nMaybe it helps that I don’t believe in superstition. I step on cracks all the time, and my mother is in good health. I didn’t even knock on wood after I wrote that. It also may be that all my assurances that I’m just going to enjoy this pregnancy every day that I can is true. Sometimes I thought I was just saying it because it felt like the right thing to say…then all of the sudden it’s completely true.<\/p>\n
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In other news, I won a blogging award! Ever since I joined the baby-loss\/infertility blogging community I’ve jealously watched other bloggers give each other awards. Getting praise from your friends and family over your writing is nice, but getting praise from the insiders is a particularly coveted prize.<\/p>\n
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\nTHE RULES:<\/p>\n
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1. Link back to the person who gave you the award<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thank you The One in Eight Couple<\/a>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Tell 7 things about yourself<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n -I am an embarrassingly picky eater.\u00a0 As is, I went to Paris and mostly ate cheese and French Fries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n -I am an obsessive reader.\u00a0 I often forgo sleep to read.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n -I never considered getting married or having children until I met my husband.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n -I talk to my parents at least once everyday.\u00a0 Luckily, my husband finds this charming.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n -Instead of lamenting that I didn’t have the guts to major in creative writing in college, I’m determined to someday go to graduate school for creative writing.\u00a0 Unless I write a book first.\u00a0 You can all hold me to it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n -I know how to needlepoint, sew, create mosaic tile art, and paint.\u00a0 All badly but with gusto.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n -I got a D in Italian while I was living in Italy studying abroad.\u00a0 I should have failed the class but my teacher admired my enthusiasm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Award other bloggers- The Versatile Blogger Award is for 15 recently discovered bloggers (I cheated.\u00a0 I only got to 10 and a few aren’t recently discovered.\u00a0 But I really really enjoy them all.\u00a0 I also tried to add a few unexpected blogs for your enjoyment):<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Buck Up Buttercup<\/a><\/p>\n Second Hand Happiness<\/a><\/p>\n Gratuitous World<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a>Here We Go Again<\/a><\/p>\n My Hormonacoaster<\/a><\/p>\n Mommy Odyssey<\/a><\/p>\n The Inadequate Conception <\/a><\/p>\n Feeling Beachie<\/a><\/p>\n Life Philosophy 101 for the Squirrelly Senior Citizens <\/a><\/p>\n Hammanneggs<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks again One in Eight, you made my day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got my first baby gift this weekend. It’s not at all surprising that my dear friend EJM was so thoughtful and hopeful about this baby. But I was surprised that I didn’t feel more superstitious about getting a gift. I put that Pipsqueek onsey right on my belly and smiled and laughed without a … Continue reading “Firsts- Monday May 23rd”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3404,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.poorluckyme.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}