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Marriage and a New Baby
Chris and I have been fighting. We’re not big fighters usually. We disagree and we argue like anyone else, but we don’t get into fights very often. Especially in the past couple years.…
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Parenting Fail
On Friday, Chris came home early from work so that we could take the kids up to see the Easter Bunny. I had Bean and Gracie all clean and cute and we were…
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When the Kids Go to Bed
I wish I could say that when Chris gets home from work, the house is quietly anticipating his happy arrival. I wish I could say that we are all clean and pretty and…
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Two Different Children
I am constantly amazed at how unique babies are. Even though Gracie is only three weeks old, she is still a very different baby than Bean was. For one thing, she wears dresses.…
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The Parenting Game Plan
Last week I shared about the behavior changes we were seeing in Bean since Gracie’s arrival. You all gave great suggestions and ideas for how to deal with it and so did our…
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The Second First Bath
This past weekend we gave Gracie her first real bath. We’ve been giving her sponge baths, but she still had her little belly button nub that hadn’t fallen out yet so we couldn’t…
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What’d You Do This Weekend?
What’d you do this weekend? Me? I didn’t do much. On Saturday, I sat on my couch taking rapid-fire pictures of Gracie with my camera. And when I got bored with that, I’d…
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Back to Our New Reality
After such a fun day on Saturday with family, Sunday morning was a lazy day for me, Chris, and Gracie Girl. Everyone was still at our house and would be coming back up…
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Grace and Bean
By the time my c-section was finished and we made it up to our room, it was close to midnight. My parents were still at the hospital with Bean, waiting so that he…
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Anger is As Anger Does
I have a confession. I get angry. It’s my default emotion. Whenever something is off, whenever I feel anything other than normal, I default to anger. Yell now, ask questions later. Maybe I’m…
