Hard Times, Again

June 8, 2010

My mom has two older sisters – Kathy is the oldest and Terry is next. The three of them are hilarious together. Their relationship always made me wish I had a sister. my mom, Terry, and Kathy at my wedding shower We grew up hearing about the adventures the three of them (and their brothers [...]

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Four Down

May 31, 2010

WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?! (Month one, month two, month three) (Only four months in and I already blew it and forgot to put the monster in the picture. Sigh.) I weighed Annabel on our home baby scale (well, technically it’s Meghan‘s scale, but she won’t need it for a few more months) on the 21st [...]

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Let’s Get Physical-ish

March 25, 2010

At Annabel’s appointment on Monday I mentioned my whole diabetes hullabaloo to Dr. Looove. She gave me the raised eyebrow, which means her wheels are turning and she’s figuring out how she’s going to make the situation better. Since I’m still only eight weeks postpartum, she wants to wait a little longer to check my [...]

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Sweet Blood

March 10, 2010

I had my six week check up yesterday with Doctor Risky. Oh, and in case you were wondering, I got this. Again. *Grumble Grumble* Anyway. I brought Annabel with me because I wanted Dr. Risky and her staff to see the little girl we all worked so hard for. And because I like to show [...]

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The Second Little Girl

February 18, 2010

Enough time has passed where I feel like I can finally talk about the day Annabel was born. Every time I’ve tried to write about it I haven’t been able to find the words, or the emotions were too overwhelming to work through. But I fear as more time passes I will forget things, and [...]

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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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