Day 4 of
being a stay-at-home mom. I’m struggling to find time to do the dishes much less write. Who ever thought that such a little person could require so much work?...
Author: Heather Paige Hunt
Birth Story
I don’t know if it was the raspberry tea, pineapple, spicy meat pizza, evening primrose oil, walking or just nature that did it, but I am glad to report that ou...
Pumpkin Bellied
At Battleview Orchard in NJ two weeks before our first was born. Thanks, Troy, for the pictures!
Re: Email to Mrs. Masalin
Momma Maz, Thank you! Things are going well. I was saying to ppl at church on Sunday, “Good morning, I hope I don’t see you next week!” This is one of the onl...
Pregnancy Diaries
You know you are 9 months pregnant when you count to yourself “1-2-3” before sliding out of a restaurant booth. Oh yes. Counting to get up out of a low car wa...
Where I worked featured on TV show
Click the link to watch a TV episode featuring the historic village museum where I loved working this past year! You can just watch the first minute for a grea...
Anticipating Summer’s Pending Ending
The crisp clean cold of winter cannot be replicated by an air conditioning unit. Nor can the toasty warmth and smell of a furnace imitate summer heat. We have ...
Pregnancy Diaries: Counting Kicks
Husband of pregnant wife: “Honey, can you move around a little less at night. You’re keeping me awake.”Pregnant wife: “Sweetie, I understand what you are sayin...
Pregnancy Diaries: You know you’re 9 months pregnant when…
Started my ninth month yesterday.You know you are nine months pregnant when you try to squat to accomplish a chore, but fall down 30 seconds later.You know you ...
Take a Guess at Where I am Standing.
I look up from my food stand burrito to see bright yellow river taxis, jet skiers playing in the wake of the brighter orange Staten Island ferry, crazy kayakers...
Questioning My Questions
I reread my post: http://heatherpaiges.blogspot.com/2011/06/provocation-of-thought-during-prayer.html today. From where does this sense of entitlement spring? H...
Fancy Little Smoothie
I just made the fanciest little health nut smoothie I’ve ever encountered: blueberries, strawberries, spinach leaves, 1/2 nectarine, banana, yogurt, 1 raw egg y...
…but I can’t say I like it.
Two of my favorite sites are leaves falling in late autumn and blossom petals falling in late spring. (I also enjoy watching rain fall and snow fall, but those ...
Hurricane Irene
Apparently sudden drops in barometric pressure often cause women to go into labor. I am glad to say that we made it through the hurricane without this effect. L...
Pregnant from the back?
As I left Starbucks today, a woman that had been sitting behind me for 2 hours stopped me, “When you stood up, I was shocked to see that you were expecting. You...
Sandy Hook. And my belly.
I accompanied Chris to a First Aid/ CPR class at CG Station Sandy Hook yesterday. The class was helpful, but draining enough to warrant a nap on the beach after...
Common Question: So, how are you feeling? (often accompanied by belly touching,
which is actually okay as long as I know the person because I am pretty touchy myself.) Answer: Well, I am feeling pretty darn pregnant. I am not ready for him ...
Activity of the Day:
Lay down and read a book with my apple sauce bowl sitting on my belly. And watch it move. bap bap rooole woooddaddoop bup bup.
Pregnancy Diaries:
Chris came home from work to me cooking. He plucked some food off of the underside of my belly, “Did you know that was there?” Embarrassed, I answered, “No. I c...
An excerpt I recommend:
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/motherhood-is-a-calling-and-where-your-children-rank
“Tut tut it looks like rain.”
When I open the shades on both the living room window and the breakfast room patio door, one can see straight through our apartment. And when I open the glass o...
provocation of thought during prayer (personal journal entry transcribed on whether or not God is good)
These questions have weighed heavily on my mind since Levi Masalin’s death and were furthered by a recent sermon by Thomas Wong, pastor at Point Community Churc...
NYC with dear friends
Last year we had a reunion in Maine, where I lived at the time: http://heatherpaiges.blogspot.com/2010/02/lovely-friends.html. This year we selected NYC, so I w...
Wedding Anniversary Flag
A few months ago, Chris informed me that he wanted our baby to be born in Texas. I, in turn, informed him that that would involve a 9 months pregnant woman flyi...