Category Archives: In Sickness and Health
Teething
Ethan is teething. He appears to be working on the top four. All at the same time. For weeks now. Will you hate me if I tell you that I’ve never really had to deal with teething before? You know … Continue reading
Lemons into lemonade and other randomness
The past two days I’ve had two kids throwing up, one kid with a cold, one kid super glad he’s not sick and a baby who decided nursing three times a night and an hour a session during the day … Continue reading
I try so hard
I try not to be superstitious. But pregnancy pulls me down very easily. For example, after I told three different people that I was “down to one pill a day” (compared to every 4 hours), I had a bad day … Continue reading
Filed under In Sickness and Health, Oversharing, She's having a baby
Tuesday Afternoon
On an unseasonably warm Tuesday afternoon, right between two national holidays, we were married in Topeka, KS. If you’d told me then, that exactly eleven years later I’d be living in south Texas with four children, sixteen weeks pregnant with … Continue reading
When being the parent doesn’t mean you always say the right thing.
Or, When are the real parents going to get here? So the other night, C threw up. Unexpectantly. On the couch. With no movement towards the bathroom whatsoever. Besides being annoyed that he’s eight years old and should know better, … Continue reading
A moment in time.
It has been four weeks since I gave birth! That’s like a month! How is that even possible? (I know. I know. I’m going to be saying that at kindergarten graduation, high school, college and then at her wedding. But … Continue reading
Filed under In Sickness and Health, She's having a baby
And then Mr. French redeems himself.
(Intro here and firstborn story here.) When I was pregnant with my second child, I woke up the day before my due date not feeling well. I was tired, crabby, and had no appetite. I didn’t take a shower and … Continue reading
You’ll just know.
Intro here. When I was pregnant with my first child, I wondered how I would know when I was really in labor. And the answer I always received, along with advice about the difference between Braxton-Hicks contractions and the real … Continue reading
I thought you’d like to know…
That these are the most disgusting little “fruit” flavored pellets of chalk I have ever felt compelled to consume. Speaking of pregnancy… I reached an all-time low last week. I threw up while I was talking on the phone with … Continue reading
Filed under In Sickness and Health, She's having a baby, That's just gross
I’m thinkin’…Twins=Unlikely
Next week I promise I’ll post about something more interesting than my non-existent belly. It’s actually much harder to take pictures of yourself than it looks. But after all I’ve put you through, I thought you deserved some more. You’re … Continue reading
