Our baby turned 4 mos on Friday. And in honor of the event, he cut his first tooth! His cheeks had been rosy but that was it– the only sign. He grabbed my finger to chew on it and cut me and th...
Wow. It has been forever. Not sure where to pick up. Hard to even tell where I left off. Not sure where I am going with this blog. Not sure I want to keep going, but not sure I am ready to close shop...
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I am still here… My absence has been the result of the crazy that is 2 kids and work and commuting and life… I miss blogging. A lot. And I have stuff I am thinking and working through but...
Every night, after M is tucked in, I take baby K for a few hours so Jen can sleep. The house is silent, and I put our flail-y baby into his kangar00 wrap and he instantly goes slack, fat check presse...
Actually, NO time is more like it. The schedule these days in beyond grueling. I wake up at 6:15. Wake the older kid 15 minutes later (if he isn’t up already). Get us both dressed. Make his lun...
***Pics in a password protected post to follow. Same password as last time. If you need it, let me know.*** We have a three week (and one day) old. I can’t believe it. As I gear up to go ba...
We did it! We made a baby! We grew him, jen birthed him, we brought him home, and here we are. He snorts and grunts and squawks and we are learning his language. I am reawakening. It has been som...
Remains in the belly. His days in there are numbered. He has been served his eviction notice. The clock is ticking. Yesterday’s MW appt revealed that Jen is 2 cm dilated and her cervix is very ...
It’s new years day. Jen and my 13th anniversary. 41w 0d. No baby. No contractions. No sign of action. A few days ago Jen had bloody show. We got excited. We bought castor oil. Jen chugged ...
Coming soon to s a uterus near you… Or rather a uterus near us. Hoping we can avoid it though– still some time before here and there. MW says that 90% of women go into labour between 10...
Here we are. 40w 3d. Somewhat peaceful despite the anticipation. The busy helps. As does the existing child who is fun and demanding and charming and needy and adorable and filthy faced with seasonal...
Big. Bellied. Beauty. ’bout. Bursting.
Sooooo…. Jen has been stretched and sweeped. Not fun, but a good fact finding mission nonetheless– they discovered that She is 1 cm dilated and 50% effaced! The midwife told us that she h...
Last night was all latkes and brisket chez casa halfadozen… We had some fellow interfaith Jewish neighbors over and made the most of the greasiest holiday in existence. We reenacted the story o...
Tick tick tick… The waiting game continues… What tricks did YOU use to bring labour on? We know that technically there is nothing you can do to make it happen, but it doesn’t hurt t...
The belly!! Holiday snaps!! The midwife home visit!!! (it is starting to feel so real!!!) Hopefully, a more detailed post will follow. One with, you know, actual words! And I guess that this is as go...
Today is jen’s last day of work. With the setting of the sun, the next phase of life pseudo-officially begins (i think the screaming infant will be what makes it official). And to mark this lan...
So now the picture post to accompany the post below… First, Jen in her 36 week glory… Now… The baby’s room… It went from a pit of piles and garbage bags and chaos to a s...
Technically, we are at 36w 3d. So many times I have meant to update, but it has been crazy here. Been working like crazy and also trying to ready everything else– it has been a big job. I have ...
Yesterday, we dropped M at daycare. They then walked him to his school (where he has class from 12:30 to 3:30). At school then went on a field trip to the local library. Which is next door to the day...
A boy’s reunion with his dearly beloved, long lost exersaucer…
34- Number of weeks pregnant jen is (plus one day!) 7- Number of garbage bags of baby clothes I went through yesterday. And that was for just 0-12 mos!!! And mostly left over from M… 1- Baby...
Yesterday’s u/s was uneventful and the words “wonderful” and “perfect” were thrown around when discussing my baby’s femur, fluid levels and practice breathing skil...
Our families rock! See?* We know it. We live it. And slowly, but surely, the research is being done which, in time will give the haters less and less to work with. I am sure they will find another...
At this precise moment in my pregnancy with M I was at work, talking to a colleague in the lobby about his mid life crisis and how he blew his down payment for a house on a ford mustang when I felt a...
Check this out, my friends– the line dance version of the M0nster M@sh… It seems to be what they are teaching kindergarten kids in gym class these days. I wish that we had captured M cou...
While I pondered whether it could be done (see yesterday’s post), I have now discovered that no, it can not. That I essentially have ZERO will power. Although I DO have a garbage can full of t...
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