• Man Cave Gets 15 Minutes of Fame

    On Father’s Day, our local newspaper, the New Haven Register, ran an article on Man Caves.  They chose three area dads to profile who each have their own manly domains in their houses…

  • Happy Father €™s Day

    My earliest memory of my Dad was when I was about three or four years old.   It was a Saturday morning and I had just gotten back from a ballet lesson.  …

  • She Works Hard for the Money

    This past Thursday I had my first doctor’s appointment since my c-section.  I was a little nervous about going for several reasons.  I was afraid they’d rip the surgical tape off my incision…

  • The Daddy Factor

    If I haven’t made it clear enough already, Chris is a fantastic dad.  He’s so natural at it that it seems like he’s been one his entire life.  And the Bean is definitely…

  • The Aftermath

    As promised, this post is a follow up to my posting yesterday (or was it two days ago?  I lose track now…) on my c-section.  The changes to my body during my pregnancy…

  • 2:30 AM.

    Chris:  How do we turn it off? Katie:  I don’t know.  What does the manual say? Chris:  He didn’t come with a manual. Katie:  Aw, crap.

  • How to Survive a C-Section

    I have been thinking about this post for a few days now and then yesterday I got a lovely comment from a reader asking me to post on the topic.  And you know…

  • Mommy Brain

    I have been trying to blog for two weeks now.  I have more unusable drafts written than ever before.  They just sit there.  Unpublished.  Mocking me. And why do I have these unpublished…