(Go back to the first one.) We had a baby girl. She was so sweet and delightful and tiny. She blinked sweetly and yawned sweetly and made sweet little squeaky noises. From the instant we knew her, she was little and delicate and feminine. I knew I wanted to call her Ruby. She was a Ruby! Brock wasn’t so sure,… Read More
History of Me: Part Twenty-Two
If you are new to this series, you can go back and read from the beginning here. I didn’t believe it was truly labor. It couldn’t possibly be. Ronan was an induction, so I hadn’t experienced the onset of active labor before, but surely it didn’t feel like that. Like a tightening that reached all the way up to… Read More
History of Me: Part Twenty-One
Begin with the first. I was at the top of the stairs with Ronan. I said something like, “Come on, buddy, let’s go down…” I felt my foot slip. My heel, too close to the edge of the step, didn’t grip. The world fell out from under me, and I was falling, arms thrown akimbo trying to grasp something, anything…. Read More
History of Me: Part Twenty
The first one. There were lots more “firsts” with Ronan while I was pregnant with Ruby. His first cold, and our first week without Brock home. First boo-boos, first time peeing outside, first major temper tantrum. We started getting concerned about Ronan’s language development around 18 months old, when we recognized (after a visit from my mom and dad) that… Read More
Costumes
This post is intentionally not titled “Halloween”. I have decided that I don’t like Halloween. In the past, I have enjoyed pumpkin patch pictures, carving jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin seeds, making fall treats, dressing up and trick or treating! All of the above! This time around, though, all I’ve done is stress about candy, HFCS, dyes, gluten, soy, and how to keep… Read More
Blog It Out.
I’ve been blowing up on Twitter, and several people have made the suggestion to “blog it out.” I think it’s time. I am not having a good go of it. Nothing has gone well for a long time now, and it’s getting overwhelming. I am twelve weeks pregnant with a 3 year old, a 1 year old, and an international… Read More
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