Drinking all the cups of coffee. Sharing all the drops of bliss. Creator of a cozy home & mama village.
Abby turned two months old yesterday, and I promise that the 8-week-update is coming soon. However, somehow it doesn't seem right to wrap my mind around the developments of two months before first posting the 4-week-old photos that I've hinted at in previous posts. Call me too rational, but that is how my mind works...oh,... Continue Reading →
In the jumble of diaper blowouts and feedings every 2-3 hours...in the confusion of swaddle or no swaddle, schedule or no schedule...in the tears of long nights and in the multiple coffee cups of early mornings...my soul is stretching. My tired heart is stirring with things old and things new, emotions welcome and emotions feared,... Continue Reading →
Dear Abby, I'm behind on my updates. You turned 7 weeks four days ago in the midst of a whirlwind of a weekend. Your Daddy's flight home on Thursday was cancelled due to hail damage to Frontier's fleet, and we had to wait nearly 24 more hours before he arrived home from his 2-week engineering... Continue Reading →
Dear Abby, This post will be short and sweet. Frankly, I'm exhausted. You're exhausted. Your Yaya, who has been taking care of you all week, is exhausted. After five blissful weeks with you, I returned to teaching this week. It was easy to fall back into my routine at school. It was easy to hug... Continue Reading →
Dear Abby, You are growing up so fast. Each day more of your personality emerges. Each day you change and keep my world spinning. You "chirp" in your sleep, as your Daddy so eloquently dubbed your baby noises. You've been on two frozen yogurt date nights and assisted your parents in experiencing their first official... Continue Reading →
Dear Abby, Mama is so tired this week, Chickadee. Daddy, too. Sometimes, I'm so sleepy in the middle of the night that I seriously consider the consequences of skipping a pumping session. However, your cries and my uncomfortable state have so far kept the milk coming. You've begun to nurse more exclusively this week, especially... Continue Reading →
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