I get so overwhelmed with the thought of writing this birth story that I’ve started and stopped (in my head, at least) half a dozen times or more. Do I make it funny? Heartfelt? Serious? All of the above? Can I adequately encompass all the emotions I went through on Monday? Have gone through during…
happy is what happens
What We Did This Week, Week 1
Since Dan bought me a new camera, I figured the least I can do is use it. I may not know HOW to use it–yet–but I can certainly turn the thing on and take some pictures in Auto and then use Picasa to do light color correcting, right? Sometimes we do interesting things during the…
A morning with my boy
I always struggle with whether or not I should send Joshua to daycare when I’m home on a break. I feel like such a slacker mom, but I know that he loves his school and his friends and I do love being able to sleep and get things done. Last night as we were driving…
The first of many countdowns
My Fridays are dotted with emails and iPhone notifications that New Girl is growing. And in doing that growing, we’re all growing closer to her arrival. Fridays are my “turn days” where I advance from one week of pregnancy to the next. Today, I’m 24 weeks pregnant. In so many ways I feel completely unprepared…
Already?
Here’s a smattering of the goings on in our house lately: Shoes. In the middle of the floor. Because that’s where Joshua is when he wants to take them off and that’s where they stay when he DOES take them off. As well as socks. And speaking of shoes, the child has an opinion about…