As of today, I have 14 days left of being pregnant. The average baby at this point weighs 7 lbs. I figure that means that my baby weighs 8…..just going off past experience and the opinion of the general public, who all seem to think I’m the largest pregnant woman that ever walked. I couldn’t remember at what point it is that you reach the feeling of complete misery, where it’s hard to even get out of your […]
» Read moreBetsy, Elisabeth, and Margret at my baby shower on Sunday As I was walking Joshua home from his very first day of kindergarten last year, I happened upon a smiling, thin mother of four named Cassie. She was so sweet as to introduce herself (turns out she lives only 3-4 houses down from me) and invite me over to sit with the other moms at the park. She said they gather there […]
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***Too Excited to Sleep*** I have the worse pre-birth jitters ever!!! This is so crazy and ridiculous, but for about a week now I have been too excited to go to sleep at night!! I’ve been having to take naps when Dan does in order to finish out my day, but then when it’s time to go to bed, forget it. I’m not uncomfortable. I’m not one of these that makes constant trips to the facilities. I just lie there […]
» Read moreholding Daniel the very first time. I was so happy to finally see my baby, as it had been a few hours since the birth. But I was in SO much pain, and my head was so fuzzy from the morphine that I was still rather out of it. (And oh, yeah with 2/3 of my deliveries, I swelled really bad, as you can see in my face. What’s up with that? My blood pressure was not high–you can see […]
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Frying Pan Farm Park Today Alan took the day off work, and we all visited Frying Pan Farm Park. Everyone had a good time, in spite of the ever-present chill. They had farm animals, a blacksmith shop, a wagon ride, a carousel, and a playground. They have a nice playground, and of course the boys insisted on playing on the playground as soon as we got there. We felt like Caleb was really channeling his DaddyO in this fleece vest. […]
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Today a very bad, bad, bad thing happened. (And for the sake of anyone new to reading my blog, you should know that I like to whine about my petty problems, as though they are actual problems. Sometimes I just do this for dramatic effect…. ; ) In the world of raising toddlers or babies, your worst nightmare is a bad napper. I’ve never had a bad napper on a regular basis, thank God! I guess he knows I could never handle […]
» Read moreToday’s Snow Day was pretty awesome, except that there was no snow to play in once the snowing stopped. It snowed for about 18 hours straight, and yet it was too warm for accumulation past 11am. This works out nicely though. Everyone got to stay home, and yet Alan was able to safely run errands. Plus tomorrow’s road conditions should be perfectly fine. Happy birthday to me! Ya’ll, today was thoroughly exhausting! It seems like everyday is exhausting lately. […]
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