Happy Father’s Day
June 21st, 2009 by Liss
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”
—Clarence Budington Kelland
And we have…
June 1st, 2009 by Liss
...tooth! Caroline is not a great sleeper these days at the best of times, so her fussiness last night didn’t raise any immediate alarm bells. During this morning’s Fun With Gums time, though, the sharp little ridges in her bottom gum were unmistakeable. Upon investigation, there was a definite peep of little white tooth poking out.
She has been duly informed that the presence of teeth means that she must truly learn to eat now. She did not appear impressed at the logic, but we’ll see.
First baby
February 6th, 2009 by Liss
Because I am nothing if not lazy…or let’s call it efficient, a repurposed meme about my first baby:
1. Were you married at the time? Yes
2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant?
I was absolutely ecstatic
3. How old were you? 34
4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
My husband told me. The doctor called with the news while I was downtown in a meeting, so Jonathan knew for hours before I did! (Story here)
5. Who did you tell first?
We waited until after our second blood test, then told my best friend. We told our parents after our first ultrasound a week later.
6. Did you want to find out the sex?
Oh yeah. I’m not big on surprises!
7. Due date? November 23, 2005
8. Did you deliver early or late? Five days late
9. Did you have morning sickness? Never, thankfully.
10. What did you crave? Fruit, especially watermelon.
11. What irritated you the most? Nothing, really. I loved being pregnant!
12. What was your first child’s sex? Girl
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? Hah!
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope, except that my stubborn baby insisted on staying breech.
15. Where did you give birth? INOVA Loudoun
16. How many hours were you in labor? Three hours total, from first contraction and water breaking to delivery. (C-section, since she was still breech.)
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Jonathan
18. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? An unmedicated c-section wouldn’t go very well!
19. How much did your child weigh? 7 lb 15.8oz
20. What did you name him/her? Abigail Claire
21. How old is your first born today? Three years old, already!
22. Who does your child look like? She looks exactly like I did at her age.
23. Did you get mad at your husband during labor? Not at all - he was my rock from start to finish.
Under the wire
January 31st, 2009 by Liss
I figure if I write something here and get it posted tonight, I’ll have managed to update more this month in all of last year combined. Let’s hear it for accomplishing lofty goals! Right, okay…so three whole updates is not exactly a massive effort, but it’s better than nothing. It’s frustrating - every single day there’s something that I tell myself I won’t want to forget, but somehow finding the time to actually write it down ends up falling off the bottom of my to-do list before the day is over.
Abby is three, and it’s both the most frustrating, exasperating age yet and also really fun and amazing. She’s such a little personality now, and she makes me laugh every day with her creativity, her imagination, and her observations of the world. Example: tonight after bedtime stories she told me that she would grow bigger and bigger and bigger and then she can sit in the big chair and work on the big computer. I should grow smaller and smaller so I can sit on her lap. Then she will put her princess CD in the computer and we will “sing together happily and clap our hands.” Then I should get bigger and bigger and hold her again so she can be my tiny baby. I love that she comes up with these stories that give me just a little peek at what’s going on in her busy little head!
Caroline is almost four months old, and already I miss my squishy little baby. She’s full-on in “grab everything” mode right now, but in that maddening place where she grabs on but can’t figure out how to let go of something when she’s done. Instead she just screams until someone comes to rescue her from the awful fate of Continuing to Hold On. When she’s not busy grabbing everything in reach (or trying for what’s actually out of reach) she loves just looking around and studying the world. It’s so fun to watch her develop and start to see how she and her big sister are alike - and how they’re different. I’ll admit that I’m really glad that they don’t really look much alike at this stage - Abby is so blonde and fair, and Caroline has her father’s darker hair and coloring. If nothing else, it’s a subtle reminder to me that they are different and I can’t necessarily expect her to be just like her sister at every step of the game. Nothing like having expectations to give you a quick slap in the face as a parent!
wait, they’re HOW old?
January 2nd, 2009 by Liss
It occurred to me just a bit ago that I really need to update that image up top there - the most recent photo in that group is from Christmas. Uh, Christmas 2006, that is. My big girl is TWICE as old as she was in that picture! And to not offend, of course, I should probably include some of the new baby girl, since she is also insanely cute. (That’s based on my completely objective observations, obviously.) (Wow, who knew there were so many words that start with “ob”?)
Making new masthead images don’t exactly fit into my schedule this weekend, though, so I will cheat and do this instead:
