My parents were here at the beginning of the week to help with my first days home with both kids with A. back at work. It was great having them keeping Ari occupied and holding Sam when I needed my hands free. They got up with Ari in the morning so that A. and I… Continue reading Sam, Week 3
Well, it’s been another week and I’m still pregnant! I get regular contractions around 11pm to midnight every night, but they always go away and I fall asleep. When I went to the doctor on Tuesday, she said I’m dilated to 3cm (I was disappointed there hasn’t been more progress) and that I should do… Continue reading End of May 2016 and Still Pregnant
This post is a little early because I want to finally write about my second (and most likely last) pregnancy before it’s over! I guess it’s gone by fast… I’ve mostly been focused on taking care of Ari but in the past few months, with my belly getting in the way more often, I’ve been… Continue reading May 2016 and Pregnancy Update
Well, hello! I have a lot of catching up to do! Since my last post, spring has arrived, we’ve mostly been healthy, and I guess we’ve just been too busy for blogging. We’ve been working on plans for our house project that I’m not ready to publicize yet, and I entered the third trimester of… Continue reading March and April 2016 – Springtime, Easter, and Baby Prep
I was still pretty sick for most of last month and Ari was sick off and on. Almost three weeks in, I was just congested and coughing a little and I thought he had a bit of a cold but was otherwise healthy, but it turned out he was getting Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease!… Continue reading February 2016
It’s been a dreary month. Ari and I have been continually sick – first him, with a high fever for a couple of days; then me, with a bad cough and sore throat that caused me to lose my voice for over a week and miss way too much work until I finally went to… Continue reading January 2016
Boy! It’s a boy! We had the big ultrasound and everything looks good. Ari is not terribly interested in talking about having a little brother or a baby, but he does think my “biiiig tummy” is “funny” and he asks to “open it” and take the baby out. We were expecting a boy based on… Continue reading December, Christmas, and January So Far! Ari Turns 2 and 1/2 and I Am 19 Weeks Pregnant With A…
Wow, I am beyond behind on this blog! Now it’s intimidating to try to catch up on everything from the past couple of months. And I still don’t really have time to write a post, so it’s going to have to be a quick one. I’ll just have to accept that lots of experiences will… Continue reading October and November 2015 – Fall Recap and a Pregnancy Announcement!
Okay, it’s another photo extravaganza this month! My parents visited in our continued reliance on grandparents to get through his school’s one-week closure. They took Ari to the food cart pod down the street and…hiking? Then we all went to the zoo, where Ari carried his little animals all over and did a good map-reading… Continue reading September 2015, Ari at 26-27 Months
I started this month with some good intentions for cooking at home! We’ve had a couple of Costco trips recently and always feel like we spend too much money there, and this last time I wanted to be sure to use all the food we bought. And I want us to eat more healthy food.… Continue reading August 2015 – Ari at 26 Months Old
Bungalow Blooming 