Somehow, Paul's ended up holding the baby ( Read more... )

As if the unending rain wasn't bad enough, now there was the matter of a whole mess of people just vanishing, all at once. They were there one second, and then gone the next. It was extremely disconcerting, even for someone who had lived on the island as long as River had ( Read more... )

They've been doing this once a week since Dylan was born. Back in Long Bay, Lily read a book about babies and swimming. The book had advocated taking a baby swimming regularly as soon as they were born to avoid the child ever developing a fear of water. With Dylan being born on an island, she'd figured that was a good idea ( Read more... )

Dated June 15, 2010:
On a Tuesday afternoon, Sarah Carter goes into labor a bit early. It is not an easy delivery.

[[Warning: While most of the gruesome parts were handwaved, be warned that this thread contains a whole lot of blood, as well as surgery performed without the aid of anesthesia.]]

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When Eddie was alone on the island, for a value of alone that meant 'without his wife and children', he began making a scrapbook for Emmy so that he could still, in this small way, be a part of her life, and she a part of his. It was a project that was not forgotten but set aside when they joined him the island and he could actually spend time with ( Read more... )

The saying was, ‘they grow up so fast’. Sybil had heard it a number of times in conversations with other mothers, with other breeders of swamp dragons, as applied to any manner of small creature. The original intention, of course, was that the phrase be applied toward children. It pained Sybil, how accurate it was ( Read more... )

The worst part about the whole thing was that he wasn't even stoned ( Read more... )

All play and no work made Hawkeye Pierce a dull (and frequently hungover) boy. In general, he preferred to avoid the vast majority of things that one might potentially call work, but when it came to the medical, he found that he got twitchy if he didn't have a regular supply of people to cut open. He'd known that for some while, but when he found ( Read more... )

Mitchell felt exhausted. He liked it ( Read more... )

Now that Sam's mobile, life moves slower, if anything. Because low and behold he inherited stubbornness and independence from both of his parents. He wants to walk. By himself. Everywhere. The only exception to this rule is when Kate goes running. She straps him into a baby backpack and hauls him on her back like a mule. He thinks this is hilarious ( Read more... )