A lot of people ask me about what it’s like to be on bed rest. They have a sister/girlfriend/wife who has just been put on it, and they have no idea what to do. I had ten weeks of bed rest during my pregnancy with Madeline. When it started, it was only supposed to be…
Houseguests
August 30th, 2011Comments: 64
About ten minutes after we walked into our house as the new owners, we discovered a lizard crawling around in the front room. We quickly scooped it up and released it in the yard. The next night, the bird came to our backyard to die. Every day leads to the discovery of at LEAST four…
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Good Dad Bad Dad
August 30th, 2011Comments: 15
Annabel is my little buddy. We have an incredible time together each day, giggling and snuggling. Despite this, a couple things happened recently that made me re-access how well I’ve been doing this whole parenting gig.
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Unmedicated
August 29th, 2011Comments: 67
I went on anti-anxiety medication when Maddie was ten months old. After everything she’d gone through in the NICU, I had pretty major post-partum anxiety. I woke up one day and realized I didn’t need to live my life with crippling anxiety, and I went on a medication to help even me out. I was…
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Heather’s Hula Girl
August 26th, 2011Comments: 24
Our new house has a bananas kitchen. We love spending time in it – in fact, after we got the keys, the first thing we bought for the house were stools for the kitchen island. It’s a great hang out. Yeah yeah, I know, a kitchen is more than just a place to sit and…
