Here’s something amazing: people – even experienced (and by experienced, I mean old) adults like me – have an amazing ability to continuously adapt and expand personal capacity. You work full-time and are amazed you can find the time to cook and read a book, you get a pet and somehow do all those things [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Am I doing this right?’
April 1, 2009
The Opposite of Fat
Ugh. I have never been thin…not at birth, not at 4, and not at 34. Thin – it’s just not my thing. Usually I’m ok with this, as ok I suppose, as any woman ever is with her body. I want to be a good role model for Bam-Bam and the Bear Claw regarding food [...]
March 27, 2009
Things Girl
So the Bear Claw as she’s now known is not…shall we say…inherently feminine about the face. People constantly think she’s a boy. Maybe it’s the hair. I don’t know. I can dress her in pink and give her a pink pacifier and still everyone thinks she’s a boy. So when my friend started selling homemade [...]
March 22, 2009
New Camera
I’m very, very embarrassed to admit that since I began developing an interest in photography (an interest which has resulted in a couple decent pictures and thousands of crap ones) I’ve spent quite a bit of money; a trend that I’m keeping up, apparently.
I have a very nice camera already – two in fact. I [...]
February 24, 2009
Happily Ever During
Ok, so it’s been a pretty long time since I posted…well, that’s because we had our baby!! Little girl arrived on 31 January and to everyone’s surprise she was even bigger than her brother - an immense 10lbs 5oz and 21 inches! Labor was only 3 hours total and because I’d progressed so quickly, I wasn’t even [...]
January 21, 2009
New Photos
I’ve somehow managed to hardly post any photos lately despite the fact that I’ve been taking tons and really working on my skills with the camera and with Photoshop. I think I’m getting a little better finally!
Here are some recent pics of my favorite boy.
January 3, 2009
24 Days to Go (Plus or Minus), Non-verbal Communication and Buckas
I can’t believe we’re this close to having a family of 4. Next week is my last full week at work, then hopefully at least a week to rest at home, then Little Girl will make her debut. It’s getting very exciting. After a terrible bout of debilitating lower back pain subsided a few weeks [...]
December 5, 2008
Emerging from the Darkness
So things are looking up. In truth there probably wasn’t any other place for things to look after that last post, but seriously…things are better. When I start feeling anxious or frightened, I run through the list of things we’re doing differently this time – and all the contingencies we have in place. Please indulge [...]
November 10, 2008
The Shameful Truth and the Silver Lining
The shameful truth is that in the dead of night when I can’t sleep I think about downing a whole bottle of Ambien (please don’t worry, I wouldn’t do it – on those nights I wake Anthony up and wail hysterically)
The shameful truth is that I wonder every single day if having another baby isn’t [...]
