Early in my pregnancy, I had a dream where I met a nice man wearing a hunter-green colored coat named “James Striding”. Mystified, I looked up this person and found that he doesn’t exist, at least on the internet. I decided to purchase the domain name and put it to use for this blog.

No, we will not be naming our child, “James Striding” even though his first name starts with a “J”. Our last name’s not Striding, either. You’ll notice that I now resort to calling my baby “Bebe” instead of “Baby J” on the blog. Easier to type.

The (Updated) 411

Updated as of May 2008

Well, these days I am blogging bebe’s growth and milestones, but mostly…

I am blogging about
being sleep deprived and
feeling lost as a new parent and
getting frustrated with all the unsolicited advice and
enjoying my baby’s first year and
projecting (my ego) way too often onto bebe and
catching myself when I’m projecting and
figuring out what to do with the rest of my life while being bebe’s mom.

The (Original) 411

We were married for 9 years before becoming pregnant. We wanted to enjoy our marriage, get our finances and careers in order, and buy a house before jumping into parenthood. In 2007 we started trying. Luckily, we became pregnant very quickly.

I was 35 and my husband was 39 when we became pregnant in 2007.

This will be our first child. We are having a boy and our due date is December 5, 2007 Our baby boy was born on December 2, 2007.

This blog is mainly a chronicle of my experiences with pregnancy, including:

- coping with pregnancy symptoms (that’s done!)
- how pregnancy influences career and business (ibid)
- life and couplehood during pregnancy (ibid)
- experiences as first time parents

Thanks for visiting!