Annie’s Film Debut

February 12, 2010

I started sharing videos of Madeline on Fridays as an easy way to put up a post for the weekend. But, as Maddie grew older, Mike and I had a ton of fun putting together little movies where she was the star. I’ve re-shared our favorites over the last ten months. It’s been so hard [...]

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For Cora

February 11, 2010

I almost never turn my blog over to anyone other than Mike or Meghan, but today I am making an exception. This week is Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week, and today I have a guest post from Kristine who shares her tragic story. It’s one I have already learned from – after Annabel was born, [...]

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Crimson Wave

February 10, 2010

My recovery from Annabel’s birth has been so amazingly easy that I should totally be the poster girl for c-sections. The contrast between how I am doing now versus how I was after Madeline’s birth is amazing. The circumstances were, of course, totally different, but I am really shocked by how good I’m doing. After [...]

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Early Days

February 9, 2010

Our days are blurry and hazy. Annabel and I spend most of our time like this: Occasionally her daddy steals her away, and this happens: I love sleeping with her on my chest. I loved it when Maddie slept there. Our hearts beat together, and our chests rise and fall in rhythm. I feel her [...]

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Forever Friend

February 7, 2010

I can’t stop staring at this picture: This is Madeline, me, and my friend Desiree at the Dodgers’ spring training facility last March. It was taken only a few weeks before Maddie got sick. It was a few months after Desiree finished chemo for breast cancer (I’ve written about her before). She successfully went into [...]

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Decisions, Decisions

February 6, 2010

It’s really hard to be a parent these days. There are so many things we have to consider, and so many people on opposite sides of each issue, that our minds are swimming. One of the hottest issues has been the debate over vaccines. While I am unabashedly pro-vaccine, my problem is not with parents [...]

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