June 2010

A letter to the center of my world…

June 30, 2010

Dear Baby Girl, Nine months old today.  Nine months.  Some days it is so hard to imagine my life before you were a part of it and other days it feels like I just brought you home from the hospital yesterday.  Before you came along, things were mighty different around our house.  I had my [...]

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Notes to Krista

June 29, 2010

Dear Krista ( Age 4 ) Your parents are about to bring a new person to live with you.  You’ve gotten pretty used to being the only kid around and getting all of the attention.  And she’s going to steal some of it, along with your spot on Pap’s lap.  But it’s OK.  Because his [...]

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The quest for the perfect cupcake

June 28, 2010

Baby girl turns 1 in three months and two days.  ‘scuse me while I recover from the whiplash of  THREE MONTHS AND TWO DAYS.  Who gave her permission to grow up? To walk around furniture, crawl on all fours, say da-da, try to clap and feed herself?  While at some moments I want to cry over [...]

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The evolution of middle of the night wake up calls

June 25, 2010

I count my blessings every day that I have a child who sleeps through the night.  The sea parted and it first started happening when she was about 10 weeks old.  I would wake up throughout the night and look at the video monitor to make sure she had moved or sneak into her room, [...]

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Sometimes, Momma does know best

June 24, 2010

She told me I could be anything I wanted when I grew up.  Joked a few times about being a lawyer because of my love of arguing,  rolled her eyes and said I should be on stage when I was overly dramatic.  I could be anything that I wanted, but “why don’t you think about [...]

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Guest Posting at Chill, Mama, Chill

June 23, 2010

I’m not here today.  But don’t fear, I’ve not run out of things to say…  I’m just sharing one of my best “maternally insane” moments with Brandee at Chill, Mama, Chill.  Go check it out.  She says all sorts of nice things about me, which have totally gone to my head, cause she is one of [...]

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If you see pieces of a heart, it’s mine

June 22, 2010

Moments like these make my heart want to explode into itty bitty pieces.  From the other room, I hear Craig start to read about a mouse and a cookie.  I listen for the pat-pat-pat of C crawling away or the crash of her pulling a stuffed animal out of the toy bin.  It’s quiet except [...]

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TTBH & Handcuffs

June 22, 2010

—————– Handcuffs? Really? I’m supposed to use that word in my blog today? ::Sigh:: Diana and her rules. You people who are here from her blog hop should know that “handcuffs” is not a word that just comes up in my ordinary, everyday conversation. Or probably most people’s. But I like to play along, so… [...]

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The countdown to walking has begun

June 21, 2010

Friday morning, I was home from work, sipping a cup of tea on the couch.  Minding my own business as C crawled on the floor at my feet.  The next thing I knew, I saw her place her tiny little hand on the couch.  I reached down, brushed her hair to the side and kissed [...]

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Dad… Can I… ?

June 19, 2010

Late in my pregnancy my parents came to visit for an evening.  The four of us were sitting in the living room talking about baby proofing and all the potential things in our house that would cause bumps, tears and bruises.  And, even though he swore the fetus was a girl, Craig made the comment [...]

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