Life with 2

The next time they’re fighting, I’ll remember this moment

February 13, 2012

I push the recliner back and forth, snuggling my feverish baby to my chest. Cole pops his thumb in his mouth and for a few moments sits still in my lap.  I press my lips to his forehead, using the timeless test of mothers everywhere to feel that he’s still warm, but not hot. I [...]

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When it’s not all puppies & sunshine

January 18, 2012

Cole had a hell of a time going to sleep last night. I don’t know if he was wound up from a late nap, teething, if the medicine I gave him for a cold was messing with him or if he just wanted to screw with me.  But 90 minutes after I laid him down [...]

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We survived the beach…. with two babies

July 11, 2011

“What was your favorite part?” I asked, cradling her in my arms.  Behind us waves crashed onto the beach.  Their sound low and soft. Our personal white noise.  She looked up at me with wide eyes.  Not, I noticed, the tired eyes a toddler should have at 2AM.  “SUNCASHULES!” she answered with a grin.  “Sandcastles!  You had fun with [...]

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A letter to the lady having a baby, again

June 9, 2011

Dear You.  Yes, You. I remember the day you emailed me and told me you thought you might be pregnant.  The way the excitement crept through the words that claimed you were nervous.  I remember the day you told me that yes, indeed, the stick turned pink and baby #2 was coming in the summer.  [...]

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