December 31, 2008 – 10:30 am
At breakfast this morning: Me (to Ben): It’s New Year’s Eve, the last day of the year! Nathan: Are we really going to stay up until midnight? Me: Pfbbt! Nathan: Ok, maybe we’ll just be up at midnight.
December 8, 2008 – 11:29 am
I wonder if she gets tired of me constantly smooching her cheeks? Our sweet Madeleine, now 11 days old. She already looks different to me. Other parents always say so, and they’re right–the time goes so fast. Meanwhile, we’re still adjusting to having another member of the family. Nathan and I have established a fairly [...]
December 2, 2008 – 3:22 pm
transition in labor, at home is painful Me and my babies–aren’t they beautiful? Ben sports his big brother sweatshirt, though he’s still not at all sure about the role. After spending nearly 9 months worrying about being separated from her, I never would have guessed that being separated from him (while I’m tied to the [...]
November 19, 2008 – 2:38 pm
more waddle than walk stretch marks fan across my belly the thirty-sixth week
November 14, 2008 – 8:07 am
Happy 15 months, beautiful boy. Your childhood is whizzing by at break-neck speed. I intend to enjoy every last minute of our next few weeks together, while you’re still my oldest and only.
August 29, 2008 – 8:48 pm
As mentioned in my last post, Ben has his first cold this week. I guess it’s a cold. He’s not used to being sick, I’m not used to him being sick, and it’s been pretty miserable. He’s not eating much, not drinking much, he’s tired but too uncomfortable to sleep much. Being 25 weeks pregnant [...]
August 22, 2008 – 2:34 pm
Ben’s babbling has seemed much more varied and complex during the last week. Instead of chains of the same syllable over and over again (‘da-da-da’ and ‘ga-ga-ga’), he’s combining different syllables into babblings such as ‘da-ga’ and ‘bo-bo-ga’. He’s making more and more consonant sounds (I occasionally hear a ‘sh’ or a ‘t’), and I [...]
August 15, 2008 – 2:04 pm
Ben turned 1 yesterday! Last weekend we celebrated with a party of family and a few close friends. In his first journey around the sun, our little bub has gone from a tiny 5-pound preemie to a whopping 25-pounder who’s a little tall for his age. He’s acquired the ability to eat and breathe at [...]
March 31, 2008 – 10:09 am
“The work we are doing as parents is often on the scale of picking up toys or cleaning scraped knees, yet it is joyous and vitally important. Our children will shape the world to come, and especially at this precarious time on earth, what is more vital than raising sane children who are compassionate and [...]