I had my first experience being the mother of a singleton last week. It was only for a little over an hour, but what a difference a baby makes!
Let me cut back to a couple weeks ago. Lucas has had some, ah, how can I put this delicately, “itching” in the nether regions. At first [...]
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One mama, one baby
Posted in Babies, Doctor Visits, Family, Illness, Moms, tagged doctor visit, Lucas, sick on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Take cover
Posted in Babies, Being a grown-up, Family, Me, Psychology, tagged L & C, quick one, thoughts on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we some pretty crazy weather, torrential rain, tornado warnings all over the place, a rumored funnel cloud over the Kennedy , and then, the sirens went off. No kidding, the emergency broadcast system came on the TV, and then the sirens started going off. Of course, Charlotte was sound asleep at this point, [...]
Anxious slacker
Posted in Being a grown-up, Family, Me, Old Job, Post-Doc, Pregnancy, Sleep, Work, tagged Being a grown-up, stresses, surprises on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been terribly neglectful in my postings, and much of it has been due to some personal stressors, some of which I will be putting into separate posts.
Firstly, I am leaving my at-home part-time job to start my fellowship next week. As excited as I am about my fellowship, I’m quite saddened to be [...]
Paying the price
Posted in Babies, Family, Sleep, Sleeping, tagged L & C, quick one, thoughts on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Charlotte has discovered screeching. Ear-piercing, high pitched screeching. And she thinks its hilarious. Oh, joy. Lucas is incredibly out of sorts for his nap and is reaching the point of hysteria. This is the fallout from taking them to the BAM! this afternoon. A good time was had by all, but it still wreaks havoc on the [...]
Fever, in the morning, fever all through the night
Posted in Babies, Family, Illness, Me, Moms, Sleeping, Work, tagged Babies, big days, L & C, sick on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Charlotte and I are both feeling much better, though I suspect she is closer to feeling back to her old self than I am. Its amazing how babies can have fevers much higher than ours, but their recovery can be so much faster. She topped out at 103.1 on Tuesday, which had me nervous, but [...]
Planning for the future
Posted in Babies, Being a grown-up, Family, Me, Pregnancy on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a planner. I like to plan vacations, parties, the next 10 years, 100 things I want to do before I die, how many miles I need to run to reach 1000 miles run in one year, etc. I like to have things written down in my calendar (no Crackberry for me), and I’m probably [...]
Sad day
Posted in Babies, Being a grown-up, Family, Me, tagged thoughts on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Its a sad day for our family. M’s uncle died on Tuesday, today is the service. Its wasn’t a total shock, as he’s been sick, but death still can seem sudden, even when its expected. I knew this uncle pretty well, as his daughter, M’s cousin, was one of my friends from college, and she introduced [...]
Summer outings
Posted in Babies, Being a grown-up, Family, tagged summer, things to do on June 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Its near or above 80 degrees today, which means one thing. Whatever short-lived spring we were hoping and waiting for has already passed, and summer is upon us. Now, that doesn’t mean that its out of the question for us to have a 50 or 60 degree day in the coming weeks, but having lived here my [...]
Happy Birthday!
Posted in Babies, Family, Pictures, tagged birthday, thoughts on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No, its not L’il Dude and Pushpin’s birthday, its their Daddy’s! M is 34 years old today (I’m not far behind, turning 34 in October). Wow, are we really those mature-sounding numbers? I remember when my parents were that age. They started their family much earlier than M and I, and seemed old and wise, [...]
Christening
Posted in Babies, Family, Pictures, tagged baptism, big days, L & C on May 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We had the christening for Lucas and Charlotte on May 4. There was a small separate church service and afterwards we had invited everyone over for a luncheon/meal/whatever. We got to the church on time, even early. I’m impressed with myself how early I am to everything now that we have babies. When I’m getting [...]
