I've blogged about this elsewhere - in two places, actually. A year ago today we left Wales. Astrid, born in Lampeter, will never have a single memory of the place. Bennett still talks about it, but him missing it is rare these days ( Read more... )

Guys. I'm so tired. Astrid nurses more at night than she does during the day. My body is so used to being awake at night that it's having trouble falling and staying asleep. Astrid's cut four teeth in ten days and has two more coming. I've never been more grateful that I do not have a formal job. If I had to DO anything, it would be bad. I can ( Read more... )

I feel so blessed. I am so in love, so happy. Adam is amazing. What a partner. Bennett is so articulate and dynamic. A lot of time he is A LOT. He needs a lot of attention, but damn if he isn't the light of my life. Astrid turns one year old tomorrow. What a chunk of fun she is. She's huge and delicious. And teething. Four teeth in.... ten days? ( Read more... )

I need Astrid's cold to STOP. I am so fucking tired. I went to bed at 8.30 to try to get caught up. She's had one good night since we've been back from the US. One. I am so sick of changing the sheets at midnight because she's horked up hot phlegm and breastmilk. I wash all my sheets and all the changing/burp rags everyday. I'm so tired. The snot ( Read more... )

I find I am still coming out of the fog that was my mother's visit. I am still learning things from the trip. Hopefully next trip will be better and so on. Family is important to me and I refuse to give up. That doesn't mean I have an agenda to fix her or anything like that, just that I want to keep creating healthier boundaries and drumming up ( Read more... )

So, Osama is dead. Most people on my FB feed (I block a lot) have been very thoughtful, but Adam takes the cake ( Read more... )

I had expectations of writing up something really witty. Apparently my running facebook commentary on the Royal Wedding was a hit. I feared I was being obnoxious (not that that's ever stopped me before). I am grateful to nose for keeping me company via chat while we watched simultaneously. It was almost like having a friend with me! I mean, I did. But ( Read more... )

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Food ( Read more... )

Astrid is blowing my mind. She's growing so fast. We have to retire the first set of prefolds and cloth diapers, as well as some clothes. She's holding up her head and is SUPER alert. She looks around. She looks directly into my eyes. She is not content to be in the moses basket anymore. Only if she's really passed out in a deep sleep will she last ( Read more... )