Spirals

October 22, 2009

Binky is doing great. Plenty of amniotic fluid and excellent growth. She is actually measuring ahead of schedule, just like her sister always did. It was a very short visit with an even shorter ultrasound. The time in the waiting room was ten times longer than the time in the exam room. I am not [...]

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The Nurse

October 20, 2009

She was the first nurse we had the first time Madeline was re-admitted to the hospital after the NICU. She was the closest nurse in age to me, so I felt comfortable with her. She had a big easy smile, a quick laugh, and a gentle touch. Maddie loved her, and I did too. The [...]

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The New Old

October 19, 2009

On the morning of April 6th Heather and I woke up as part of a family. The next evening, April 7th, we returned home a couple. This was a cataclysmic shift in the dynamics of our home life, the kind of shift that, for most married couples, only happens after eighteen years or more when [...]

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Hand Me Downs

October 16, 2009

This last Christmas, Madeline was spoiled rotten. As the only girl on Mike’s family’s side, and the only grandchild in my family, the grandparents couldn’t help themselves no matter how many times we warned them not to go overboard. When we finally arrived home after two big family bashes, our car was so packed with [...]

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Through The Looking Glass

October 15, 2009

Sometimes (every day) I look through pictures of our old life. My photos are organized by the day, so I can see what I did at any given point over the seventeen months we had her. A year ago, We took her to the pumpkin patch, where she hated the hay. She went to California [...]

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Rest Stop

October 14, 2009

We’re back in California and the last day of traveling really wore me out. I only got a few hours of sleep the night before we flew back from Boston, which didn’t help my comfort level on the 6 1/2 hour flight. I’m certain my extreme tiredness had everything to do with how crappy I’ve [...]

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