Hello and welcome to the third installment of Baby Steps, about a series of small steps for man and giant leaps for humankind — in this instance, the giant leaps are being made by me and my wife Gretchen, who is now seven months pregnant. The last two columns have been a lot of Catching Up but now we're shifting into present tense to talk about what life looks like at this moment!
We're At 31 Weeks, Baby Fell Out of a Coconut Tree
I can't believe how soon this baby will be living and breathing! But we're in the home stretch now. The baby is the size of a coconut according to The Baby App. We're turning my home office into the nursery so I've been moving all of my possessions out of the office and into other parts of the home and garage. We...
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Riese is the 43-year-old Co-Founder of Autostraddle.com as well as an award-winning writer, video-maker, LGBTQ+ Marketing consultant and aspiring cyber-performance artist who grew up in Michigan, lost her mind in New York and now lives in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in nine books, magazines including Marie Claire and Curve, and all over the web including Nylon, Queerty, Nerve, Bitch, Emily Books and Jezebel. She had a very popular personal blog once upon a time, and then she recapped The L Word, and then she had the idea to make this place, and now here we all are! In 2016, she was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism. She's Jewish and has a cute dog named Carol. Follow her on twitter and instagram.
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