did I mention this before?

I think I have forgotten to mention this earlier, but my sister is expecting her own firstborn little girl in about nine weeks. I’m going to be Crazy Aunt Carrie who makes blue pancakes for breakfast and Lydia will have a little cousin to tromp through life with. My sister and I like to do […]

a month-old taco

I can’t believe Lydia is already over a month old. In fact, she’s five weeks old today! She has grown so much, too. Lifting her head is practically a piece of cake, and boy does she eat a lot. I would guess she’s about nine pounds by now. After three weeks of easy burps and […]

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 […]