With a month or thereabouts to go, it’s really starting to hit me. This baby is coming soon. The only question is how soon, and how close to my son’s birthday near the end of next month. By my calculations, if she goes two weeks over, they could be...
THAT is my belly button. It is not an exit, nor will it be one at any time in the future. Pushing on it will not help you get out. THOSE are my lungs. I need them to breathe. Kicking them day and night may be entertaining, but they...
I posted a while back about my goals for 2009. I like to think they’re pretty achievable, but of course there’s one big complication: Planning around baby. That’s going to be roughest in the early months of the year. You don’t want to know how very tired I get...
Electric toothbrushes. No, really. In the things my husband and I gave them, the electric toothbrushes were the biggest hit. Just simple ones, a blue and a pink Crayola electric toothbrush. It was hilarious how delighted they were. But the toothbrushes did finally get beaten out by a gift...
Life’s been crazy here lately. That happens in most families, but since I’m pregnant I’m really feeling it. This got me thinking about ways to take just a quick break from the stresses parenting sometimes causes. The goal here is to think of things that can be done at...