I Have No Idea What I’m Doing

Naming humans is hard

September 22, 2011

Both times I was pregnant we had thousands, no really, thousands, of conversations about names.  While driving, while shopping, while eating dinner, while getting dressed in the morning, while watching TV… you get the idea. The conversations went something like this… Him:  How about … Me:  I don’t hate it. Me:  Oh, I like … [...]

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30 minutes does not a nap make

July 20, 2011

I don’t understand it, really.  If someone gave me a warm bed, a soft blanket and told me to shut my eyes for an hour or two twice a day, I’d happily take them up on the offer.  In fact, I’d be so excited, I’d stay there until someone pulled me from the bed kicking [...]

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Here’s hoping it’s a really long summer

May 26, 2011

I know football season seems like it’s a long time away.  Hell, it’s not quite Memorial Day.  But this night, the one I just had with my adorable and wonderful children, is the kind of night that makes me dread August and the return of helmets and shoulder pads, x’s and o’s, film and scouting and at least [...]

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Sensory overload

April 18, 2011

The  dull but persistent hum of the fans drying our basement after it took on a few inches of water and destroyed months of work and thousands of dollars spent to refinish it. The TV, placed at a louder volume to compensate for the fans, obnoxiously playing Sesame Street songs at me.  Have you ever [...]

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On (not) having baby #3…

April 12, 2011

“They talked me out of it,” I said, all rejected-like replaying the conversation for a friend.  At my 37-week OB appointment, my doctor asked if I was still considering having my tubes tied.  I said I was and Craig joked, “How can you say that when you look at Chessa?”  Sensing a difference of opinion, [...]

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A very heavy book

January 5, 2011

So. A book showed up at my house last week.  Hand delivered by our post woman who knocked at the door just at the beginning of naptime.  (I’ll forgive her this time. But remind me to put a note out there when the baby comes, ok?) This wasn’t just any book.  It was a text [...]

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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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