Betsy, 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 moreAlan took the day off today. I’m really glad he did. I have three weeks left until I give birth, and it was WONDERFUL to not have to take Daniel with me to the grocery store!!! I tried to buy enough groceries to make it my last big grocery trip while pregnant. You should see me, 8 months pregnant, pushing 2 buggies full of groceries through the grocery store. At least this week I didn’t have to stop […]
» 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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In our modern age, we have developed a word I don’t quite recall from my own childhood: playdates. We always had lots of friends over to play, but they were usually impromptu occurrences whenever we’d be driving our own parents crazy inside, so they would say, “Go outside and play,” at which time we would run into all neighborhood kids that had also been kicked outside. : ) This still happens, of course, and we are fortunate enough to have […]
» Read more**30 Days Left!** This is the first time I have been 8 months pregnant with three children, and let me tell ya…..it’s exhausting. Sometimes people ask me if I have trouble sleeping at night, being this far along. I can honestly say that just doing my job is so exhausting that sleep is something that comes super easily! The GREAT news is that I am finally WELL! Hallelujah! No sinus infections, no pulled muscles, all is well. […]
» Read moreLook at this cute picture I got in the mail from the marriage retreat! This was Alan and me, 3 months ago. I was 5 months pregnant in this picture. Looking at it now, I can’t believe how big I thought I was. How ridiculous. I was tiny. You can’t even tell I was pregnant. …..Now, at 8 months, things are much different. When I am 8 months pregnant, it always feels as though I will never ever be small […]
» Read moreThis is my card from Caleb. I’ll give you one guess which one is pregnant Mommy……HA! Joshua made me this vase in Art class. He did a really great job of painting the flowers on it. ******* Happy Mother’s Day to our Wonderful Mothers!!! Now that’s a happy grandmother right there. Nonna, holding niece Tori, and grandson Daniel. ************** Now I’m sure not any of you that know us think this was an uneventful day. We have no such […]
» Read moreHave any of you noticed what a controversial word antibiotics has become? What with all the super-bacteria popping up that we don’t have antibiotics strong enough to tackle, people are starting to run scared from “unnecessary” antibiotics. The thought there is that if you take them too much, they won’t work when your body really needs them. When I was a kid, it seemed like we took them every time we got sick. Nowadays, that couldn’t be further […]
» Read moreI am happy to report that I am feeling soooooo much better today! Pregnancy is weird like that. I do have a cold now, and if I talk too much, my voice stops working, BUT no uterine/cervical pain + not too much contraction activity + no hip pain = much happier, easier to be with April!!!! I called my doctor’s office about my aching belly yesterday because I was hurting all over, plus having Braxton Hicks contractions constantly. They had […]
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