I keep saying that I'm not ready to have this baby yet, but why is that, really? Maybe because my everyday life is so different now than it was when I was expecting Quinn. And my last pregnancy is all I have to compare this one to! At this point last time, I was still working full time (though 1/2 time from home), and I was wrapping up all the ( Read more... )

Today was a tough day. I woke up at 4 and couldn't go back to sleep. Worried about my dr appt, I guess. I asked all the questions about having an iv during labor and feel somewhat better about it. Still annoyed but not so uptight. After the appointment Quinn and I ran around the mall for an hour to kill time so that we could go meet Eric for ( Read more... )

I haven't been posting very often lately, partially because I'm afraid they'd all turn into whines (waaa! my butt hurts. waaa! my belly hurts. waaa! my son is driving me insane!), but I think mostly because my computer time has been absorbed by these three things:

1. Sleep - it's not always happening at night when it's supposed to, so more ( Read more... )

As of last night I have a new niece! My brother-in-law called us at 1:30 this morning to announce the arrival of their second daughter. I don't have all the details but the important ones are that mom and baby are well! I suspect that they'll still be in the hospital for Thanksgiving, since she was delivered via c-section (which wasn't ( Read more... )

It's been so long since I've written anything here I can't figure out where to start! But I don't have a lot of time, so here goes, in no particular order.......

• For the last two months my life has been taken over by potty training. Ok, well I guess it's not that bad, but it is now a daily obsession so it feels like it's taken over. What do ( Read more... )

I wrote this as a reply to silvana's Back to School Poll but realized that I haven't been very good about posting lately, so here's just a little news.
I'm actually eyeball deep in choir preparations at the moment so it is sort of like going back to school (first class: Sept. 10) except I'm the teacher! So would this be considered my sophomore year? ( Read more... )

We had a great time visiting lualum97 and family yesterday. I got to hold the baby lots! It seems like they are all doing well and starting to get used to having a new baby - even the cat is getting used to her, I hear. I was so amazed by how teeny tiny she is - and she is bigger than Quinn was at that age. Even though it's only been (almost) 19 months ( Read more... )

I just realized how long it's been since I've posted, so here's a quick one to help me jog my memory for later....

In no particular order:

• I've had in mind to do a post on what my toddler has taught me lately, but I keep forgetting the ideas that I've had for it by the time I get to sit down at the computer. So maybe next time. Oh, here's one ( Read more... )

( The parenting adventure - other people's! )

Ran the choir rehearsal last night with just the women (we're doing a women's piece for Mother's Day - I would have had the men do something instead but we don't quite have enough of them to make an ensemble). I thought it went well until Barbara came to play the actual accompaniment with us (I had just been playing the parts on the piano - well, ( Read more... )