Life with a Baby

Meet our family

March 8, 2011

When I started this blog, I wasn’t sure how much information to share with the internet.  Although I was talking about my lady bits, my wins and losses as a parent and wife and sometimes my job, I was afraid to share my child’s name, so she became “C.”  There was never really a reason [...]

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Can you get that lucky twice?

March 1, 2011

Yep, I’m still pregnant.  Although why that surprises me or anyone else at this point is beyond me.  Technically, I’m only a little over 38 weeks.  With C, I still had another 20 days to go.  So, while I count down the hours until Monday moring and do my best not to cringe at every Braxton [...]

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It’s going to go too fast

February 22, 2011

It’s going to go too fast.  Those first few days and weeks.  They are going to go too fast.  The baby will come home with us this tiny lump of a thing that roots and cries and his or her biggest trick will be holding onto my finger.  We’ll all whisper about how strong his [...]

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Who is she?

January 25, 2011

Who is this little girl whose legs drape over mine as I rock and read her a bedtime story?  Wasn’t it just yesterday that she easily fit lengthwise in my lap?  Who is this child who runs to me with a a book while whispering “cookie” and when I look, I see the book she picked [...]

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Let’s not repeat the past, mmmkay?

December 23, 2010

Last Christmas. My first Christmas as a mother, Craig’s first as a father, C’s first… well, her first. I balanced the anticipation of wanting to show off our almost three month old to all of our family and friends with some kind of odd maternal instinct that told me I wanted to snuggle up and [...]

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Burning Questions

December 15, 2010

Truth be told, about two minutes after the stick turned pink back in July my mind started spinning with questions.  How would I manage two kids?  Two babies?  Could we afford two kids?  Would C feel left out when the baby came?  Would I ever pee without a wee audience again?  Now, that I’m three [...]

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All I wanted

September 27, 2010

We were “Team Green” throughout my pregnancy with C.  Craig was pretty adamant about wanting to be surprised and I didn’t feel that strongly about it either way.  Yes, it would have been nice to paint the nursery for a little girl and stock up on pink clothes before I delivered, but there was something [...]

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Almost a year

September 20, 2010

We started practicing for C’s birthday this week.  Meaning when you say to her, “How old are you going to be?”  She answers by holding up a finger and flashing you a cheesy grin.  And, when you start singing the first few words of Happy Birthday she starts bouncing and waving her arms like an [...]

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Why was tonight different?

September 14, 2010

side note: this was actually written Friday evening, not today.  it just took a while for me to hit the publish button. Why, tonight, when she squirmed away from me as I tried to put her pajamas on, did I giggle and chase her to the other side of the bed?  When another night this [...]

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It’s football season, folks.

September 13, 2010

 When Craig and I started dating, I used the 15-16 weeks of high school football season as “Krista time”.  He was tied up with practice and film and scouting and prepping for the next game so I made dinner dates with girlfriends, shopped a lot and took spiked drinks to the games.  (Yeah, he coaches high school.  [...]

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