My Life

A mind of her own.

February 15, 2012

I caught Elise sneaking out of her bedroom window to meet up with her friends. No, that’s not right. But I did catch her trying to take her brother’s bib off while watching me to make sure I wasn’t watching her. It’s like she has a mind of her own. And I want to know [...]

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Tristan is 6 months old

February 4, 2012

  How did that happen? I’m a little tempted to go back and read my posts about Tristan from the early days but I’m not far enough away from them yet. I won’t even link to them here. You can do a search under “HELP, MY BABY IS TRYING TO KILL ME.” Or just search [...]

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A mixture of things

January 9, 2012

I’m just not up for blogging regularly these days but I wanted to check in and say hi. In December, Elise turned 2. Her birthday party was so much fun. Her personality, her words, her place in our family….it’s all a really fun and special time right now. Four days later Santa brought Elise this [...]

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About family.

December 4, 2011

After I delivered Elise the doctor brought her to my chest and announced that she was a girl. I was shocked. Perhaps I had anticipated a boy so I didn’t have to face the fear of raising a girl. A someday woman, wife, mother and friend who will learn from this right-now woman, wife, mother and [...]

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The monotony of motherhood

November 5, 2011

I just rocked the baby to sleep and put him in his crib. Before that I nursed him, I burped him, I changed him, I swaddled him. I’ve already been back upstairs twice because his pacifier fell out. I rocked him again and put him back in his crib. It will start all over in [...]

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I could run a marathon right now.

November 1, 2011

A test: For the first 10 weeks of his life, Tristan would ONLY sleep: A) In my arms B) In my sling C) Next to me in bed D) All of the above D. Easy test. The doctor told me to keep practicing putting him down. So we did. There was crying and paci plugging [...]

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Life. And stuff.

October 24, 2011

I’m so behind on blog posts and emails and phone calls. These two are keeping me busy. They’re keeping me happy, too. I guess the good news is we are living life. It’s a pretty full one. The blog posts and emails and phone calls — they don’t even keep me up at night. Enter [...]

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Driving meditation

October 17, 2011

When was the last time you turned your phone off? Not the ringer. Off off. Black screen. Dead to the world. When was the last time you turned the radio off? You scroll and scroll and nothing sounds good. Off. Sunglasses on. Clutch in. First gear. Clutch out, gas in. Shift to second, third, fourth. [...]

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I’m addicted to my phone.

October 11, 2011

My mom suggested that I put my phone down when I nurse Tristan. No texting or tweeting. “He might sense the tension,” she said. “Maybe he’ll eat better.” I thought about asking my Twitter friends what they thought but I resisted. I’d be missing her point. Today is October 11. Since August 2 or so, [...]

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I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.

October 4, 2011

I promised I’d write more about Tristan’s last doctors appointment so… Remember a couple days ago I told you that I wasn’t sure what I was looking for? I go to Twitter or come to this blog and cry and complain about my high-needs/reflux baby but I’m not sure what I’m looking to get out [...]

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