So, yeah. The laptop prop in the photo below was indeed just that. It belongs to my husband and when he left yesterday morning, so did it.However, and this is a huge however, there is a wall-mounted computer in my hospital room used by the staff to enter my stats, and I couldn't help but notice a little "Internet Explorer" icon on the screen.You … [Read more...]
Welcomed to the World
We did it! Thanks be to God! George* was born on Sunday, May 24th, 2009 at (yawn!) 10:49 p.m. Weight: 6 lbs 9.9 oz Height: 19 1/2 inches Mother and son are doing well (as you can see by the props in the photo above) and would like to thank you wholeheartedly for all your prayers. With love & blessings & gratitude & … [Read more...]
My Pick
I don’t think I’ve mentioned the date that I’m hoping to have this baby.I don’t have long to wait at all. The date that I’m hoping for is tomorrow, May 24th, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians.Because I know I need all the help I can get……in every area.Rest assured. I’ll keep you posted.Ad Jesum per Mariam, Ed. Note: The above photo was … [Read more...]
The Final Push
Ha. I had you there for a minute, didn’t I?I am actually referring to the Cannonball Catholic Blog awards. Given that I have little other to do these days than read your birth stories (which are great, incidentally, if not terrifying) and sit here with my fat Vienna sausage feet propped up in a chair……I thought that I might check the numbers.I’m. … [Read more...]
War Stories
I need a fun diversion.In yesterday’s post, I mentioned my wanting to try an epidural this time around. Will she or won’t she? I don’t know. There is a part of me that’s very “old school”, very “grin and bear it.”Strike that last phrase in quotations.Change the word “grin” to “grunt.”It’s an offer-it-up mentality, I think. It’s a fear of the … [Read more...]
On Bearing Down but Looking Up
I’m still here.I’m huge, but I’m here.For those of you who guessed that I would have my baby by now—I think the earliest prediction was Sunday—thank you and I love you. I’m sorry you didn’t win but you did earn big time brownie points with this blog hostess and that has to be good for something.The response to the baby lottery in general has been … [Read more...]
Dual Mommy Bear Sighting
Photo Credit: Mommy Bear Cathie’s husband Kevin (the same guy who came up with the alternative title, “Check out the cans on these chicks!”)For shame, Kevin. … [Read more...]
A Blog Lottery for “Baby Z”
Things seem to be…moving along quite nicely for this pregnancy. The baby has dropped, my joints are loosened to the point of clacking, and those ginormous ankles attached to my feet? They are nothing if not other-worldly. It’s time, I think, for a lottery. Enter your guesses in the comment box below. What do you think we are having and when? My … [Read more...]
Sugar & Spice or Sticks & Stones?
I often refer to Cate, Felicity and Angela as my “three little hens”, and in part it’s because they peck at each other. There’s never any bloodshed—not to worry—but they do seem programmed to pick and peck and just plain PROVOKE.It’s so annoying.I tell them to ignore the offender and sometimes they even take my advice. Incredible, right? I thought … [Read more...]
An Early May Shower for A Late May Flower
Back when I was teaching high school, I conceived my firstborn son. It was a bit of a bittersweet event for me, as it meant an early retirement from the classroom I’d come to love so much.It also meant that when I shared the news with our school’s principal, I was as apologetic as I was thrilled.Guilt, throb throb. That’s me.The principal, though, … [Read more...]
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