The last two weeks have been full of pre-labor symptoms, mostly during the night. I finally figured out that if I walk at night then all contractions stop and I can sleep. My routine has now flipped and I love having my mornings back to doing something besides walking and stretching for an hour! I’ve…
Motherhood
36 Weeks
I can’t believe we are so close to meeting our little girl! This weekend I had loads of contractions that woke me up and kept me awake from midnight on until Monday evening. On Friday I was feeling really sick and achy so by Sunday night it started to seem like the real deal. Except the…
30 Weeks
First off, we are having a girl!! We think! We had the anatomy scan at the end of June. The tech spent about 45 minutes with us and tried many times to figure out the gender. No luck – we were told we’d find out in November. I went to Utah and three weeks later…
Circle of Concern vs. Circle of Influence
The last few months I’ve struggled with discouragement. There’s plenty of rough things about having a mom and and wife who is lying down the majority of the time in a 24 hour period and completely reliant on others for much needed food. I’ve had loads of time to think myself into dark places: about…
Three Months of Thank-yous
At the beginning of March we got the wonderful (and after so much waiting) surprising news I am pregnant. For two weeks I thought I was actually going to have a typical morning sickness experience with nausea managed by eating a bit all day long. Nope! By the time I hit 8 weeks pregnant life…
A Little Fairy
Emily pulled a long yellow ribbon out of a drawer earlier this week. It was used as a leash for her balloon dog. Then for waving in the air as she danced. At some point along the way the end of the ribbon began to unravel. We were all amazed at how many strands of thread…
Learning in the Waiting
It was six months of waiting before we found out baby jackson one would be joining our family. At the beginning of the waiting we had an early miscarriage. I was devastated, depressed, despondent. I fell into a routine: Andrew left Provo at 5am for his 2.5 hour bus/bike commute to Sandy to teach. I got…
Project: Play Dresses for Emily
Emily started growing out of many of the dresses she’s been wearing for the last year. I took some old shirts of mine and turned them into play dresses that should last for another year. The first dress took about two days to figure out. The second one Emily I made together in thirty minutes….
The Widows Mite
A good portion of my marriage I have been physically unwell. Between surgery, difficult pregnancies, challenging postpartum recoveries, and my bought with c. diff, Andrew has pulled a lot of weight taking care of us. During many of these periods I spend a lot of time apologizing and feeling guilty for not matching Andrew’s work…
Our New Clean Up Song
I make up songs all day long. Emily often asks, “Mom did that just pop into your head?” Yes it did. Every once in awhile one sticks. This clean up song is as good as GOLD. Emily jumps right in to clean up as soon as I start singing. I can even have my backed…