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I want to talk about Lenora's birth and what came after.
I want to finish the Harmony in Three Parts that I began writing before she was born.
I want to record some initial reactions to being the mother of sisters.
I want to reconnect with myself.

Love.

Dearest Faelyn.

What a year we have had. Lots of it taken up with learning about the baby and getting ready for the baby. But my how you have grown. The difference in you over this year is astonishing. I love our conversations and how you tell stories. I love how you make up words to songs just like I do. I love your capacity for learning and how ( Read more... )

Lenora has been home for just over a week now, and boy are we glad. The whole family is still adjusting, but its nice to have our house full of girls! Erik is going to update the blog soon - really! - with new pictures. She is changing all of the time and Faelyn is a sweet sister. Lately she has taken to giving Lenora little hugs and kisses before ( Read more... )

It really could be any day now. Any day when I will be holding my daughter in my arms. When I will learn what the word Mother means anew. Trying not to compare the experiences is hard, but here is what you should know, my baby precious. You are wanted, you are mine and you are your own individual. I will love you fiercely and loyally and with all ( Read more... )

This girl will be named:

Marlowe Gwendolyn

Ronan Elaine

or

Lenore Georgianna

We will see her and decide at that point, just like we did with Faelyn (who could have been a Fiona Shan or A Morganna Christine, but ended up truly being a Faelyn Erin)

XO

I have't been writing much, been feeling kind of depressed. The weight of the baby is beginning to wear on my body and energy, the hormones affecting my mind, the increased sleepyness and lack of energy invading my time with my Girl and my Man. That and as the count down to one of the most wonderful things in the world draws nearer, another painful ( Read more... )

Things I would like to do before having another child:
(in no particular order)

1. Ride a roller coaster. I think the last time was 2003
2. Get more than a little tipsy.
3. Have a girls night out (maybe to go with #2?)
4. Stay somewhere overnight with my husband
4b. Stay at home without Faelyn overnight
5. Visit family in Wyoming
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We've been behind him since at least 2002. When he ran for Senator I was so overjoyed about his message that I swore I would tattoo my breasts to read " Barack Obama. "  I fell in absolute love with him. I told my family about him. That he was going to change the world. To watch for him. That he was one of the Ones. The Ones who were meant for ( Read more... )

Faelyn is climbing and I tell her to get down. She is trying to get to the cd player to put in some music. She gets down and I tell her to ask for what she wants. She says, "I want the Beatles."

Yep.

Mine.