I’ve come a long way… (As has that poor, tortured tank top that rues the day it was chosen as my belly-comparison shirt.) Luckily for both of us, we’re about to get relief. Unless something happens even sooner, Noah will be joining our family (in the outside world) bright and early Monday morning. He has […]
In Which Noah (Wasn’t Quite) Born in the Sky.
Last Tuesday, I went to Children’s Hospital for the morning for a Blogger Media event. Myself and five other local bloggers (Nanci, Angie and Trish, Andre, and Val) were taken on a behind-the-scenes tour of the hospital, where we got to learn all kinds of amazing facts about our state’s only free-standing Children’s Hospital, which […]
To See or Not To See?
Chris ran into the room excitedly yesterday… “Look what I found!!!” “What?” “The heartbeat monitor we used with Ali!! We need to try it with Noah!” “You DO remember that thing never worked with Ali, right? We never heard anything but gurgles.” “I know…but maybe it will be different with him!!” (Reminder: Chris is nesting. […]
This Just In: Boys Will Be Boys. And I’m Frightened.
So Chris and I were lying in bed last night, doing what couples do when they’re lying in bed at night (checking Facebook on our iPhones), and enjoying reading the sudden outburst of boy mischief being reported on Facebook. The first Facebook Status we read was this one from our friend Rachel G: “seriously??!!?? so […]
Inside View.
Yesterday I had my REAL mid-way through my pregnancy sonogram. (And yes, it’s true, I’ve had like five sonograms now. I don’t know how I’ve managed to rack up that many, although my tilted unicorn was definitely helpful in the process.) Noah checked out great – a couple of days ahead of schedule, and, much […]
Inescapably Incompatible.
Dear Grandfathers of Newbie, In our child naming process, we both recognized that it was somewhat of a family tradition to name male children after their Grandfathers. You both did it with at least one of your sons, and I’m sure that you would have loved a Grandson to be named after you. And after […]
A Newbie Naming Miracle.
So, in an ironic twist of wonderful positivity that was wholly unexpected in the case that we would have to pick boy name, Newbie’s name negotiations were nearly over before they began. It was a very peaceful council. There was no need for a cease fire… no need for marriage counseling…not even the need for […]
Top 10 Great Things About Having a Boy.
So I’ve been quite busy processing the whole I’m-about-to-be-a-Mom-of-a-child-of-the-Bizarre-Male-Species thing this week. It’s not that I was opposed to the idea, it’s just that, after 3.5 years of parenting a girl, I somehow had it in my head that we were a sort of “girl-child” family…but no longer. But, I’ve thought of some benefits of […]