Minnesota Mom

Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.

Welcome to my happy place!

Subscribe now to stay in the loop. You'll get new posts and freebies sent right to your in-box.

Jem(s) of the Day

by Filed Under: Jem, Minnesota Me, New Baby 8 Comments

Here’s what our wittle Anthony is up to these days.You have to say it like that. “Wittle” Anthony.Or you can call him a wittle man. Either is acceptableHere is a close-up of that cute wittle mouth.Oh dear. He needs a drool bucket.Let’s zoom back out.If you were here I’d even let you smell him. He just had a bath and he smells so good.It’s enough to … [Read more...]

Conflicted

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, New Baby 50 Comments

Anthony has his four-month check-up on Tuesday. We have always chosen to vaccinate our children—have always taken our doctors at their word and recommendation.Still, I always wince at the sight of all those shots.I don’t mean for this to be a controversial post at all. I know that there are people with strong opinions on both sides of the … [Read more...]

Jem of the Day

by Filed Under: Jem, Minnesota Me, New Baby, Our Children's Gifts 10 Comments

I blinked and my baby’s now four months old.How can this be?Do you see that scratch under Anthony’s eye? Cate was bouncing him on her knees and one of her fingernails caught his cheek. Poor little fella! He forgave her like, almost instantly and she is still one of his favorite people.(She is one of my favorite people, too. I don’t know what I’d … [Read more...]

That which doesn’t kill us…

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, Motherhood, New Baby 18 Comments

We took Anthony in for his blood draw last night.*He didn’t just get one poke. He got three.My husband went in with the two technicians—allegedly, both trained phlebotomists—while I kept myself busy in the little room outside. My inner dialogue went something like this:“Mother Mary, pray for us. Mother Mary, pray for us. St. Anthony, pray for us, … [Read more...]

“You’re going to WHAT?”

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, New Baby 21 Comments

Please say a prayer for Baby Anthony. We have to take him into Children’s for a blood draw because there’s a weird, circular little mark on his wrist that gives me pause. Our pediatrician didn’t think it was a deer tick bite but said that if he were her baby, she’d rather be certain than not.(In other words, he needs to be tested for Lyme … [Read more...]

Hey.

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, Motherhood, New Baby 15 Comments

My name is Anthony and I’m what my mother calls “a demanding little cuss.”I really like my mom, you see, and am excessively fond of the comfort of her two arms. She is soft & warm & smells like Giorgio.And bacon grease.And spit-up.I like her so much that I don’t even mind it when she carries me about like a football. She claims she needs at … [Read more...]

Someone’s Watching Over Me

by Filed Under: Minnesota Me, New Baby, The Faith 8 Comments

When Anthony and I came home from the hospital, it was to a super clean house and a weirded-out dog. “What is that thing?” Ellie seemed to be wondering. She’d let out a snort and paw the floor uncomfortably.I relaxed in a chair and took it all in. Once again, we were a family. I loved my husband for what he’d done for me, which was having the kids … [Read more...]

11 lbs 10 oz

by Filed Under: Health & Wellness, Minnesota Me, New Baby 5 Comments

You’d think he was a prize-winning turkey or something. Woo hoo! Check out that weight gain!My little butterball is thriving, that’s for sure.Dr. S. was pleased.Angela, on the other hand, was far more interested in the doctor’s computer than she was her brother’s weight gain. That’s her there in the background, having scooted right on over the … [Read more...]