<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from kristinatirva.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 kristinatirva.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-09-17T15:14:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-06-17:links.412174466</id><title>Here&apos;s my promise</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/heres_my_promise.htm"><![CDATA[I may not have anything to say, but I promise to update at least some sort of nothing at least three times a week. &nbsp;&nbsp;Right now, I am updating that I got about an hour of sleep last night.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/heres_my_promise.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-06-17T17:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-17T17:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-06-14:links.412174132</id><title>Senseless update</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/senseless_update.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m full of a whole lot of raw, ugly, negative emotions.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/senseless_update.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-06-14T08:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-14T08:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-31:links.412172698</id><title>Yes, I know</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/yes_i_know.htm"><![CDATA[I have totally been neglecting my blog.&nbsp;I promise I&#39;ll get something together this week.&nbsp; Something good.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/yes_i_know.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-31T22:36:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-31T22:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-23:links.412171608</id><title>Thank you, London</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/thank_you_london.htm"><![CDATA[England,  London,  United Kingdom, 0 returning visitMay 23rd 200906:10:59 AM&nbsp;www.google.co.uk search = dogs wee drying into crystalskristinatirva.blog-city.com/&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/thank_you_london.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-23T12:56:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-23T12:56:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-17:links.412170595</id><title>5.17.2009</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/5172009.htm"><![CDATA[Today is the day.&nbsp;My Benjamin Boyd will be here within a matter of hours.&nbsp; Tiny and snuggly and smelling of that sweet new baby smell. &nbsp; &nbsp;It&#39;s funny how a single thought can run through your mind a thousand and one times and h]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/5172009.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-17T08:47:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-17T08:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-16:links.412170492</id><title>Baby tomorrow at 7:15 am</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/baby_tomorrow_at_715_am.htm"><![CDATA[That about sums it up.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/baby_tomorrow_at_715_am.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-16T12:22:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-16T12:22:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-14:links.412170089</id><title>5.14.2005</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/5142005.htm"><![CDATA[Here&#39;s the thing, I think I am having a baby today some time.&nbsp; I need to get my ass in gear.&nbsp; Last night was a challenge.&nbsp; I kept waking up with cramps and back pain.&nbsp; Turns out they were contractions and they are still coming]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/5142005.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-14T13:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-14T13:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-12:links.412169733</id><title>Andy - crib + toddler bed = notsogood</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/andy__crib__toddler_bed__notsogood.htm"><![CDATA[Night one . . .&nbsp;&nbsp;Day two, nap . . .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/andy__crib__toddler_bed__notsogood.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-12T17:52:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-12T17:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-08:links.412169044</id><title>Speaking of the Duggars</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/speaking_of_the_duggars.htm"><![CDATA[I don&#39;t watch the show, I find them annoying, but I have always wondered . . .&nbsp;&nbsp;Are they LDS?&nbsp; Are they secret polygamists?&nbsp; Are they a cult?&nbsp;It&#39;s just so odd that anyone would want such a large family.&nbsp; Can you]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/speaking_of_the_duggars.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-08T14:59:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-08T14:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-08:links.412169014</id><title>Anyone else having weird SPAM day?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/anyone_else_having_weird_spam_day.htm"><![CDATA[Gmail was giving me crap this morning.&nbsp; It kept telling me it wasn&#39;t available which had me in serious panic, as you can imagine.&nbsp; (What&nbsp; if there was something important I needed to get to?&nbsp; Not that there ever is.)&nbsp; Now]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/anyone_else_having_weird_spam_day.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-08T11:16:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-08T11:16:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-08:links.412169012</id><title>I&apos;m not calling this &apos;nesting&apos;</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/im_not_calling_this_nesting.htm"><![CDATA[Oh my stars, I&#39;ve got a lot to do.&nbsp;Clean out fridge (probably won&#39;t do)Scrub sink (definitely will do, since I love the smell of Comet and how I swear it makes the porcelain twinkle)Wipe down cupboards with ammonia (should be okay to use]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/im_not_calling_this_nesting.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-08T11:06:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-08T11:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-07:links.412168890</id><title>You can tell Mother&apos;s Day is coming</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/you_can_tell_mothers_day_is_coming.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m not overly mushy with Hubby.&nbsp; He&#39;s more the romantic one than me.&nbsp; Today, with the baby coming soon and all, I was feeling a little emotional and told him how I loved him and I was happy being married to him.&nbsp; His response?]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/you_can_tell_mothers_day_is_coming.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-07T17:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-07T17:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-07:links.412168850</id><title>Officially two weeks to go, unofficially not going to make it</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/officially_two_weeks_to_go_unofficially_not_going_to_make_i.htm"><![CDATA[Week 38            Baby: Your baby is about 21 inches from head to toe and weighs about 6.8 pounds. Most of the baby&#39;s downy hair, lanugo, and whitish coating, vernix, is disappearing. Your baby is getting its antibodies from you to protect again]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/officially_two_weeks_to_go_unofficially_not_going_to_make_i.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-07T14:47:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-07T14:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-06:links.412168666</id><title>Adventures with Lil&apos; Pup</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/adventures_with_lil_pup.htm"><![CDATA[You don&#39;t need to know me well to know that I don&#39;t love dogs.&nbsp; Well, I like them, I guess, when they are puppies and belong to other people, but a dog owner I could never be.&nbsp; (We continue to thank Tuna for that.) &nbsp;However, th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/adventures_with_lil_pup.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-06T15:38:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-06T15:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-04:links.412168259</id><title>What am I thinking about today?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/what_am_i_thinking_about_today.htm"><![CDATA[That today is my last Monday at work for a while.&nbsp;Yes, my friends, my maternity leave officially begins this Friday.&nbsp; I considered putting it off for a a little longer as long as I was still feeling okay, but the truth is, my ass is tired.&]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/what_am_i_thinking_about_today.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-04T17:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-04T17:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-05-01:links.412167692</id><title>Buzz words (phrases) that need to go away</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/buzz_words_phrases_that_need_to_go_away.htm"><![CDATA[Go greenEconomic stimulusSwine fluBailoutI&#39;m sure I&#39;ll elaborate.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/buzz_words_phrases_that_need_to_go_away.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-05-01T03:27:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-01T03:27:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-30:links.412167502</id><title>Not much longer</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/not_much_longer.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;I should really pack a bag for the hospital.Week 37            Baby: Your baby is about 21 inches from head to toe and weighs almost 6.5 pounds. Baby is getting rounder every day, and skin is getting pinker and losing its wrinkly appearance. Ba]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/not_much_longer.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-30T07:09:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-30T07:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-28:links.412167118</id><title>Two gross things, censor yourself</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/two_gross_things_censor_yourself.htm"><![CDATA[First, a dream I had last night.&nbsp; I have said I am a lot more calm and relaxed this pregnancy than I have been in the past and I&#39;m pretty sure this dream sums that observation all up. &nbsp;&nbsp;I had a dream that I was sleeping on my air m]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/two_gross_things_censor_yourself.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-28T15:42:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-28T15:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-27:links.412166904</id><title>I can&apos;t friggin&apos; take it!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/i_cant_friggin_take_it.htm"><![CDATA[One of the only good things you can say about being pregnant and due in May is that you&#39;ll avoid be pregnant during the extreme heat of the summer.&nbsp; &nbsp;Well, what the hell?&nbsp; What the hell, I say!&nbsp;Weather update: A few more days]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/i_cant_friggin_take_it.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-27T18:36:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-27T18:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-23:links.412165952</id><title>The end is near, my friends</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/the_end_is_near_my_friends.htm"><![CDATA[Week 36            Baby: Your baby measures about 20.7 inches from head to toe and weighs about 6 pounds. The baby may drop lower in your abdomen, usually assuming the head-down position after having frequently assumed other positions during early pr]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/the_end_is_near_my_friends.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-23T06:06:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-23T06:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-16:links.412164546</id><title>Okay, but when the hell is he going to come out?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/okay_but_when_the_hell_is_he_going_to_come_out.htm"><![CDATA[Week 35       Baby: Your baby measures about 20.25 inches from head to toe and weighs more than 5.5 pounds. Lungs are almost fully developed, but if born now the baby would probably be put in an incubator. It still doesn&#39;t have enough fat deposit]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/okay_but_when_the_hell_is_he_going_to_come_out.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-16T06:48:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-16T06:48:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-14:links.412164074</id><title>34 weeks, 4-5 days</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/34_weeks_45_days.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;I don&#39;t want the Gary DiBileo vs. Chris Doherty nonsense to overshadow my pregnancy, so I am redirecting my prior mentioned political focus to gratuitous baby blabber. &nbsp;Here goes . . . &nbsp;I spent the entire Easter weekend contractin]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/34_weeks_45_days.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-14T07:21:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-14T07:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-13:links.412163859</id><title>When idiots campaign</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/when_idiots_campaign.htm"><![CDATA[I have noticed over the last few weeks an increasing number of individuals being directed here after Googling my favorite political figure, Gary DiBileo.&nbsp; Doing a little research, I found that after a defeat against current mayor Chris Doherty i]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/when_idiots_campaign.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-13T14:20:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-13T14:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-09:links.412163130</id><title>Thirty four down, six to go</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/thirty_four_down_six_to_go.htm"><![CDATA[Week 34            Baby: Your baby measures about 19.8 inches from head to toe and weighs about 5 pounds. Baby is probably settling into the head-down position, although it might not be final. Organs are now almost fully mature, except for lungs, and]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/thirty_four_down_six_to_go.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-09T17:27:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-09T17:27:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:kristinatirva.blog-city.com,2009-04-07:links.412162628</id><title>A frightening thought just occurred to me</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/a_frightening_thought_just_occurred_to_me.htm"><![CDATA[Both boys were born exactly six days early.&nbsp; Naturally, I&#39;ve just been assuming that this one would be similar.&nbsp; I figure I&#39;m about a week ahead.&nbsp; &nbsp;It was easy to determine a due date with the first two because I was on th]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://kristinatirva.blog-city.com/a_frightening_thought_just_occurred_to_me.htm"/><dc:creator>Kristina</dc:creator><author><name>Kristina</name></author><updated>2009-04-07T18:01:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-07T18:01:00Z</published></entry></feed>