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From Pink (Eye) to Nearly Perfect: A Most Unexpected Remedy

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, New Baby 22 Comments

I know I still owe you a birth story, and I’m looking forward to posting it, but we’ve had a very busy week and are in the middle of a very busy weekend. (Not so busy that I can’t blog, you’ll note.) (Oh hush.) Let me just say that having a baby at Christmastime is a crazy, wonderful, crazy thing. Let me just also say that if you’re going to be … [Read more...]

Another Auld Lang Syne

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, My Boys, New Baby, Special Events 14 Comments

In other words, out with the old... ...and in with the new! Which is not to say that holding a newborn is anything “new” for me, but for some reason—for some strange, advanced maternal reason—it feels like a season that is swiftly fleeting, and for that reason I’m hanging on for dear life. Haven’t made any resolutions yet, other than be a … [Read more...]

Population Minnesota: +1!

by Filed Under: Give-Aways, Minnesota Me, New Baby 2 Comments

Hi! This is Charlotte from Waltzing Matilda hacking into Margaret's blog to announce the winner of the Minnesota Mom Baby Game... First of all, thank you to everyone who played! Your guesses made the last weeks of her pregnancy just fly by... right, Margaret? ; ) Secondly, Laurie, you won! I need you to send me an email (saluwhat @ gmail dot … [Read more...]

He’s here!

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Moments of Incredible Joy 85 Comments

Introducing... Nicholas David Berns Born Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 8:54 p.m. Weight: 6 lbs, 7 oz Height: 19 3/4 in. Labor & Delivery: painful but perfect Mommy and Son are feeling rested and grateful, and would like to thank you from the bottom of their hearts for all your prayers & well wishes. Merry almost-Christmas! … [Read more...]

“A Righteous Shoot”

by Filed Under: Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, Pregnancy 26 Comments

That’s what I told my husband we could call our son if he decides to be born tomorrow. “No,” John responded, in a most emphatic tone. “That is not what we would call him.” *  *  * We’re still here, Baby Berns and I. Yesterday was his due date, as you may recall, and I joked on Facebook that he is either the world’s most patient baby … [Read more...]