Our Planned C-Section Birth Story
I knew I would write about Caroline’s birth, but I needed time to process everything that happened as part of our planned c-section birth. There …
What’s That Thing In The Sky?
Oh, I remember that thing. That’s the sun. Yes, the sun finally shone today for a few hours. Over the past 12 days we’ve only had 16% of …
Don’t You Love Impersonal Customer Service (Dreft)?
While in the hospital I received many samples of baby essentials – diapers, binkies, soap, wipes, etc. One of the things I received was a sample …
Living In A Baby Bubble – Part 2
I wrote just prior to having Caroline that I was living in a baby bubble. Pretty much all of my thoughts and actions revolved around the end of the …
Caroline Is Two Weeks Old!
Today Caroline is two weeks old! We’ve already had such exciting times with her. On Sunday I had to call David at church on the cell phone …
Day Four With Peanut… er, Caroline | Guest Columnist, David
Thank you to everyone who has been leaving comments and blessings and prayers on the “announcement post”. It’s been so nice to hear …
She’s here! | Guest Columnist, David
Our sweet little Peanut is finally here with us! Caroline Elisabeth was delivered by c-section yesterday, September 28 at 12:13 p.m. She weighed 8 …
Names For Mothers and Grandmothers
David and I have been talking about this lately and I’m curious to hear what other people do. What do you call your mother? What do you call …
Living In A Baby Bubble
I have to admit that I am totally oblivious to a lot of what is going on in the world around me right now. I realized this morning – oh, yeah. …
Guess the Baby Name!
Someone left a comment last evening that I should do a post and let everyone guess the name of the baby. That sounds fun to me, so here we go! I do …
No Baby Yet… Just a Tired Mommy-To-Be
I’m 37 weeks now and continue to feel the toll of carrying around the extra X number of baby pounds. (Nope, I’m not telling, but my doctor …
Forget About a Heat Index – We’ve Got a Wind Chill
I was originally going to title this “Feeding the inner Swede”. Then I thought about “How do I love thee? Let me count the …