*This letter has almost 20 pictures of the baby’s room, so your e-mail may cut it off. My recommendation: Get on the Substack app. I know, I know. One more app to download. But reading, liking, and commenting through the app is 100x better than e-mail. I promise.
It always makes me LOL when I see bloggers title posts “My HONEST review on XYZ.” I know it’s for SEO/click bait purposes, but it just makes me laugh. It’s so earnest. “My HONEST review. I swear I’m not lying. For real, this is me telling the TRUTH.” Methinks doth protest too much? In fact, I shared this post on my blog four years ago as a parody but I actually really was being honest.
Anyway. We are nearing the end of my first pregnancy, so I felt now would be a good time to do a pregnancy-in-review type of recap. Pregnancy isn’t 9 months — it’s 10 and it’s a fucking journey, so after 262 days of being with-child, I have some things to say.
I also am sharing an exclusive first-look at the baby’s nursery! It’s been a labor of love and is finally ready for him (even though he won’t be in it for the first few months, but whatever), and I’m so excited to share the setup with y’all.
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