This past summer we were over at a friend’s house for a play date. We were supposed to be swimming in their backyard pool, but the sky broke apart and rain started pouring down (that’s the last hard rain I remember) before we even had a chance to put on our swimsuits. To assuage MadelineRead the whole post >>
Super Mom is Dead (Or At Least Napping)
Mommy: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” (Not really thinking Madeline grasps the meaning of this question.) Madeline: “A doctor.” (Okay, so I don’t always give her enough credit.) Gaba (my mom): “Don’t you want to be a mommy, too?” (Perhaps this is my mom’s attempt to make me feel betterRead the whole post >>
Adventures in Grocery Land
I was feeling smug carrying a sleeping Rachel Marie in a sling snuggled close to my chest and pushing Madeline around in one of those hybrid shopping cart-race cars, especially after a woman said, “Good for you for getting out already!” Both girls were cooperating. Madeline was pretending to drive us around the grocery storeRead the whole post >>
Bedtime Story
No, this little tale doesn’t involve me waking up in a pool of water to discover my water has broken and then racing to the hospital to deliver a healthy baby. I’m still pregnant, still having contractions, still dilating (can’t still be effacing since I reached the 100 percent mark last week), just not inRead the whole post >>
Second to None
So I was sitting on my bed, laptop perched on my lap to accommodate my burgeoning belly and obediently doing my Kegels. (Isn’t it ironic that I’m encouraged to exercise the one part of my body I’d actually like to see get a little bigger during pregnancy?) As I quickly typed, trying to shoot outRead the whole post >>
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