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Pretzel-Crusted Honey Mustard Chicken Fingers
September 18, 2014 by Nicole Morrissey 4 Comments
I’m pretty terrible at all things surprises.
This waiting game to go into labor is HARD. I know that every woman thinks they’ll go into labor before their due date. I mean, when you’re beyond uncomfortable, have no clothes that fit, and every movement feels like a stride in the last miles of a marathon…life isn’t the most pleasant (eye on the mommy prize!). But since my OB is even predicting a prior-to-October-10th arrival, I’m on standby. And finally packed for the hospital…
He made the 48 hour trip with no issues. PHEW. It would likely have taken me a lifetime to get over him missing the birth of his first born. And…
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