It's been a week or so since I did a public post.  Within the past 9 days, my Grandpa has been hospitalized, diagnosed with cancer, and passed away.  There have been several trips to the city to visit him in the hospital before he was transferred back here, family members have congregated from all over Canada, and there is just a lot going on.  I' ( Read more... )

* I spent two and a half hours cleaning Julia's room with her.  We have bags and boxes of stuff to pack away for Charlotte, toss in the garbage, and/or donate to charity.  Hopefully keeping her room reasonably clean won't be so difficult now ( Read more... )

Grouchy, teething, baby...

hearing and seeing this on the news all day...

then studying NRP, all the while picturing Abby being resuscitated....

her sweet face and tiny purple hands...

There are no words.

Charlotte was seriously grouchy yesterday evening but she nursed to sleep at 10:30 and I had her in her own little bed by 11 o'clock.  Of course, I didn't fall asleep until after midnight but she didn't wake up again until after 2 a.m. so she got a good stretch of sleep there.  When I took her to bed to nurse, she did just that - she nursed.  No ( Read more... )