Wednesday, August 31, 2005
The SummaryAt least someone in this family remembers to check her Outlook calendar! The Short and Sweet VersionSweetie Pie was born on Thursday, August 25 at 5:55 p.m. via c-section. She weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is beautiful and has five fingers on each hand and five toes [...]
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
I want a friggin’ medal. And if not a medal, then at least a T-shirt that reads, “I survived my son’s 2nd birthday while 9 months preggo.” Yesterday, Doodles turned two. Bizarre for me to comprehend that my little boy has reached the number two. Of course, if you ask him how old he is, [...]
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
How many months did we try to get Doodles to sleep in his cosleeper? We tried to cajole him, beg him, trick him… anything to get him sleeping off of me an on his cosleeper. The cosleeper basically became a place to change his diaper and for me to store my oft-referred to Caring for [...]
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Happy happy joy joy, it’s a Tweedly Twirp birthday! Hope your tummy is feeling better and that you’re not cloistered somewhere! At least I amuse myself.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
I wake up bleary eyed, because I’ve been up three times in the night to pee. My Braxton Hicks are becoming painful, the heartburn is becoming daily, and I’ve got a sinus headache. I walk into the bathroom where Adam is rummaging around the drawer looking for a nail clip. “Don’t you hate it?” he [...]
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
I’ve been loading up my ipod with music I want to listen to while I labor. At first I was trying to think of songs that would be appropriate for a birth, and then I thought, “Screw that!” I’m putting in the songs I want to hear regardless of whether they are birth appropriate. At [...]
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
I really have nothing to say today. Actually, I probably have plenty to say today, but it’s hot and I’m tired and my tush hurts when I sit and my groin hurts when I stand and I just don’t have the energy to truly blog. I could tell you how Doodles pulled a no-nap day [...]
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
This afternoon Doodles and I were running errands not far from Adam’s office, so I called him to see if he wanted to meet up for lunch. He was game. As we walked into Bertucci’s, I said to Adam, “We haven’t been out to eat for a while as a threesome.” “You’re right,” he agreed. [...]
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
My big fear about having this baby is that I’ll go late and have to have a c-section by default. As a VBAC(and for those who are curious, we found a doula!), I can’t be induced (Pitocin can make the contractions strong enough to increase the risk of a uterine rupture), so if I go [...]
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
It’s not enough any more that everything belonging to Doodles is “Mine! Mine! Mine!” Now, it’s also “Not yours!” We’ve been having many meaningful conversations about exactly what Doodles owns in this world. Doodles has become a garbage man. He loves to pick up garbage whenever we go to the park. He’ll walk as far [...]