Hermione’s worst nightmare

Something cuter than Hermione has arrived in our household: our daughter, Lydia, entered the world on June 23rd, 2008 at 8:29 p.m., weighing 6 pounds and eleven ounces and measuring at 19 1/2 inches long. You can read her story here, from when we found out she was coming to her arrival. And, of course, […]

taco delivery

Now that we all know Lydia is here — she’ll be two weeks old on Monday! — I figured I would write up how she got here. Be forewarned: this is the longest post EVER. On June 10th at my OB’s appointment my doctor gave me the option of inducing at 39 weeks because of […]

lunacy

“It is the very error of the moon,She comes more near the earth than she was wont,And makes men mad” -William Shakespeare, Othello Ahh, yes, there is a full moon tomorrow (12:31 p.m. central time, to be exact) and we all know the full moon can fill up ER waiting rooms, the back seats of […]

Tara . . . Tara!

When getting dressed for work this morning, I began to reach for a bra when I realized that only a specific one would work with the shirt I was planning to wear today. As I reached for that one instead, Gerald O’Hara’s voice from Gone With the Wind jumped vividly into my mind: “It’s the […]

the end is nigh

Ahh, June is here! Now we really are getting close. I think The Husband and I are as prepared as two naive parents-to-be can be. Everything’s ready at the house minus a few odds and ends. I think there will always be odds and ends. Now I’m just ready to get this show on the […]