The days leading up to Josie’s birth were a bit of an emotional roller coaster. I gave some brief updates previously about various false starts for this labor, but this post fills in the details. Saturday, October 3rd Despite having experienced labor three times before, this time around things didn’t seem very clear cut. I knew none of the “false […]
Category: I am a mother
My Four Little Monsters (They Get It From Their Father)
Monster #1: Monster #2: Monster #3: Monster #4: … and the culprit: Proud parents: We met the face painter at Washington Park, which meant we had lots of chances to play: Lots of people assumed it was a themed Halloween shoot, but in reality I just thought it was a fun idea. 🙂 I had made the kids monster gloves […]
From Sick to Overseas… it was a big week
At 14 weeks pregnant, I was still feeling very sick. April 8th was looming on my calendar and I felt totally unprepared for it. That was the day we’d marked nearly 6 months before as the day we’d be embarking on an international adventure, meeting up with 7 friends and family members (but no kids!) to take the Paris marathon […]