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Fable Lately

It occurred to me that she is officially 22 months old.Every day she tells me she wants to see her friends, whom she refers to by name. And if its not her friends, she wants to see "Gee-ma" a...

09 may 12

Its a...

I had convinced myself this baby was a boy, so I was very surprised when the ultrasound technician announced we were having a baby GIRL!I made cake pops to share this news with our friends.Baby girl ...

04 may 12

Pink or Blue, According to the Old Wives

Well find out later this month if baby is a boy or girl, and, because I did this before, I thought itd be fun to do again. For giggles and grins, here is a list of popular wives tales and what they m...

20 apr 12

Fable Lately

She is 21 months, which is just three months from two, OHEMGEEE.She is starting to speak in sentences, putting up to five words together. "I wanna read this book!"She loves to sing the ABCs. ...

18 apr 12

Confession

Sometimes I have no idea what Im doing. As a parent, I mean.When I was pregnant with Fable, I chose not to read any baby or parenting books because I thought, every baby is different and everyone has...

28 mar 12

A Much Different Story

We conceived this baby without Clomid. And quickly. So quickly I hate to admit it. Because it was women like me who often broke my heart with stories of accidental pregnancies when I was trying to co...

19 mar 12

The Good News, and The Bad

I am 13 weeks pregnant with our second child, due mid-September. Of course Im happy. Im very, very happy. But Ive been holding my breath, thinking its too good to be true. Afraid to celebrate, afraid...

12 mar 12

Surprise!

12 mar 12

Dear Fable (a very, very late Christmas letter)

I was saying how its February and theres really no reason our neighbors should still have Christmas lights on in the evenings, but then, I still havent written about Christmas.Ive always loved Christ...

11 feb 12

Fable Lately

She is 18 months old, and going on 13. If you ask her, shell tell you shes five. "Fiiife!"Shes putting words together. "Help, please!" And she gestures for me to follow and says, "...

09 jan 12

Dear Fable

Today we made sugar cookies. Actually, I made them and you ate them. Silly me, to think I might put something sweet within your reach and it wouldnt go straight into your mouth! First it was the doug...

23 dec 11

Dear Fable

At 16-months, youre still not a consistent sleeper. You often wake in the night and require some attention before youll go back to sleep. Or when Im really tired, I just bring you to bed with us. Sin...

23 nov 11

Fable Lately

She has Elmo-radar. If there is an Elmo, she will find it, "Ehl-mo! Ehl-mo! Ehl-mo!" She carries around her very own little Elmo everywhere, and he sleeps with her every night.I sneeze and sh...

09 nov 11

Dear Fable

Im sorry to say, your daddy started calling you "stinky" a long time ago, and it stuck. We call you "the stinkster" and many other names derived from "stinky." But of course w...

02 nov 11

Kiddo App

I upgraded my iPhone 3 for the 4S (HALLELUJAH!) and Ive been on the hunt for new apps for Fable. The pediatrician actually told me about this one - Peekaboo Barn. It teaches animal sounds and names.F...

22 oct 11

One Day

I attempt to brush her teeth, and she clamps her mouth shut and shakes her head.I put green beans on her plate and she throws them on the floor.I tell her not to stand in the bath or the high chair o...

21 oct 11

Fable Lately

She brings a book, turns herself around and plops down in my lap. I read the first two words before she turns the page. "Brown bear... Red bird... Yellow duck..."She reaches out her hands to ...

29 jul 11

A First Birthday

07 jul 11

Dear Fable

How can it be that you are already one? Wasnt it just yesterday that I was holding my brand new baby in my arms? But tonight, when I was giving you a bath, you stood in the tub completely unassisted ...

07 jul 11

On Breastfeeding

I nursed Fable to sleep last night, like I do every night, but when I put her down and left the room, she started crying. I let her cry for a few minutes, and then because Im a sucker, I went in to r...

09 jun 11

Fable Lately

She pulls herself up on the furniture, and makes her way around the room. She touches the sheepskin on the arm of the sofa and says, "Saaaaaaf." She finds the remote control, points it toward...

02 jun 11

#2

Some days I think Im ready to try for another baby. And then some days I think Ill be ready when Fable is old enough to have an after-school job.I swore off birth control forever before we conceived ...

18 may 11

MA-MA

Just in time for Mothers Day, Fable has learned to say mama. Of course she doesnt know what shes saying, or that my heart explodes each time I hear her utter those two little syllables, but it does, ...

09 may 11

On the move!

29 apr 11

Then and Now

Then:Now:My, how quickly she grows.

21 apr 11

40 Weeks, 4 Days

Today my darling girl has been outside my womb {approximately} as long as she was in it. 40 weeks and 4 days. She is now 19 pounds and 2 ounces, 28 inches long, laughing, babbling, clapping, waving, ...

17 apr 11

Some days I think I should give up blogging. Because I rarely make the time for it anymore, and I often feel guilty for that. I still Twitter, and I record short daily notes on my phone, but I seldom...

16 apr 11

My mom watched Fable for me this morning while I went to the gym. When I came home, I walked in the door, grabbed a package that had been mistakenly delivered to us, and quickly ran it over to our ne...

12 mar 11

Clapping!

21 feb 11

V-Day

V is for virus. The influenza virus, to be exact. It hit me first, last week, and now it has passed on to Fable. Her fever was 102 this morning, before we started ibuprofen. Not a very happy Valentin...

15 feb 11

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