See this couch? Seizing their opportunity while Mom’s in the bathroom This couch is my new normal. Sitting on it, lying on it, splayed with a book and not-going-NOWHERE on it...that is the stuff and nothin’ of my days, it seems, at least until we—meaning Baby and I—work our way through this first trimester. And I am using the word … [Read more...]
Today’s the Day
Updated to Add: A strong, healthy heart rate in the 160’s! (The baby’s, that is, not mine.) Thank you thank you thank you for your prayers! Please be assured that you have mine—prayers of gratitude, relief and JOY. * * * * * …that I have my first OB appointment. I have been waiting six weeks to hear that little … [Read more...]
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
The Sometimes-Total-Surrender-is-What-God-Wants Edition Continued prayers, please? ☺ … [Read more...]
The Big Reveal
Yes, I was very disappointed. … [Read more...]
Is Big Brother watching me?
This is NiNi, otherwise known as my 2-year-old George.Is he a big brother?I don't know!Maybe yes...and maybe no...and maybe I'm driving you crazy--yes?--with all this rampant speculation. I'm sorry! It's just that I've been busy--VERY busy--and haven't been able to get to the store for The Test.Plus the plan was to get one from my friend Lynnie at … [Read more...]
If you do nothing else today…
...read this beautiful, amazing, hope-filled story:Nella Cordelia: A Birth StoryHave a tissue (or three) on hand. … [Read more...]
The Rest of the Story
Part III[Read Part I here.][Read Part II here.]“It has been said that if life is not on a level with thought, thought ends by descending to the level of life.”(The Three Ages of the Interior Life, Garrigou-Lagrange) This is the part of the story that (I hope) rises above my singular experience, because the process of carrying one’s child to term—of … [Read more...]
The Rest of the Story
Part II[Read Part I here.]There was something about that little room that made me feel claustrophobic. Seriously, John was wedged in a corner chair, watching 24 on his laptop. (You see a pattern here?) The nurse was in a different corner, entering data into the computer and asking me question after question after question after question.She … [Read more...]
The Rest of the Story
Part IFor every man who reads this blog (and you’re out there…I think…) there are a dozen women who want to hear Anthony’s birth story.This is to say that you’re outnumbered today, so here’s an alternate link for you.Here we go.Having picked May 24th, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, as the day I wanted to deliver, I was anxious to see if … [Read more...]
Before and After
Subtitled: What a difference half a day makes!These photos were taken on the day that I had Anthony. They seem ever so much smaller on the outside, don’t they? My nurse was named Kristi and she was really sweet. I’ll write more about her later when I tell the rest of the story.Assuming you still want to hear it.PS. Yes, I was really that huge.. … [Read more...]
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