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 […]
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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 […]
June 23rd, 2008
Well, we’ve gone from this: to this:
saved-up quotes
My birthday’s coming up and Steven and I happened upon my present randomly in the mall the other day. It’s totally awesome, though Lydia doesn’t like it much. I’ll let y’all muse on that a few days before I tell you what it is. ____________________________ Yesterday I was in the elevator in the Women’s section […]
leaving for work
Steven’s about to walk out the door to head to work. I’m in the bathroom, still flat-ironing my hair — one of my few vanities. Steven leans across the threshold of the doorway to the bathroom to kiss me goodbye. He’s not allowed entrance because Renton has stretched himself lengthwise across the doorway like a […]
a discovery
Guess what we found out today.
the net was the least reliable part
I loved this game as a kid. I can’t believe they’re still making it. So awesome. My sister and I never really played the game, though — we just set up the contraption and then tried to catch each other’s mouse. I was the blue mouse every time because that was my prerogative. Same reasoning […]
I hope the cats will be amused
Well, I think most people know . . . hopefully most people know, anyway. Earlier this month when I said not much was going on around here, I was lying — we’re actually expecting our first child in the middle of next year. How cool is that? So Carrie, you ask, how the heck did […]
sweet release of secrets
Ahhhh, that was wonderful. So now our family knows — it was so awesome. Everybody was shellshocked, especially my mother. Sadly, my camera’s batteries were out of juice and I didn’t notice it until right before we sat down, but no matter. I’ll never forget the expressions on everyone’s faces for as long as I […]