http://www.heatherbergman.net What happens when a native Brooklynite moves to California... Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:58:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alice and I took our first trip to the Target at Vintage Oaks together yesterday, and while I spent a good ten minutes figuring out that the car seat is supposed to balance precariously on the shopping cart, I witnessed a true pro in action. This woman managed to keep track ... http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=20 ... until I brought home a baby!  I expect to do most of my blogging at AliceBergman.com, but still may occasionally pop in over here with something that is not baby-related.  Alice is wonderful--she's alert (when she isn't sleeping, which she seems to only do during the daytime), hungry, and ... http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=19 Home to parks, hiking trails, Target, and this guy. http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=18 Jason already posted about last week's hospital odyssey, and that's pretty much exactly what happened. I've been on bed rest and haven't seen the first floor of my house in a week. I have a doctor's appointment tonight and I'm hoping that he'll set me free, but it's ... http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=17 My friend Diana sent me this link to a neat new baby namer.  You can plug in up to six names and it uses your entries as inspiration for suggesting other names.  You can probably also pick out pet names, I won't tell anyone. http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=16 Today on my walk, I passed the Scottsdale Marsh about half a mile from my apartment and saw a man taking a shit. Okay, I didn't actually see any poo accumulation, but the guy had popped a squat behind a tree, pants down. About five feet from the ... http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=15 I had an ultrasound yesterday, so I have new creepy pictures to show everyone. Actually, she looks like a baby now. I was hoping she'd do something cute, like suck her thumb, but she seemed to have her arms crossed in defiance. Must take after me. http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=14 For those who have asked, here are some pictures of pregnant me. I think the dress makes me look smaller than I actually am, but you get the idea. 13 more weeks to go, give or take a couple of weeks! http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=13 It's been a long time since I've gotten up on my Pretentious English Major soapbox. But I just finished a book that I really, really, didn't like, and I think it's because of the narrator. There are all kinds of narrators in fiction. You've got your third-person narrator, your ... http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=12 It seems like only yesterday that my parents walked me down an aisle so I could meet Jason under a chuppah and we could start our adult lives together. But no, it was five years (and a day) ago. Jason has less hair now, and I've got a ... http://www.heatherbergman.net/?p=11