In the middle of August my mom came up for an extended visit. Part of the visit included several days at a cabin near Mt. Rainier. (This is going to be a bit of a photo fest, but I just couldn’t narrow this down any more. I love all these photos and they all really … Continue reading Mt Rainier Vacation
Spent a great day with Kim and Ellie and took a lot of photos. Continue reading Jeff’s Birthday
It’s ridiculously late at night (or ridiculously early in the morning), but I wanted to post this before going to bed since I feel guilty that we haven’t been keeping current here on the RooBlog. Ellie is still WonderBaby™, though she’s started to be more difficult when we try to put her down to sleep … Continue reading Backyarding
Friday marked an important milestone in Ellie’s development: Kim and I escaped and left her at home! Okay, she wasn’t alone. Our good friend Glenn Fleishman and his wife Lynn gave us a couple of babysitting gift certificates at the baby shower, so we redeemed one so that Kim and I could go out and … Continue reading Outing: Date Night!
Last night, I believe, marked the end of Ellie’s two-week honeymoon phase, where she was sleeping pretty consistently for three- and four-hour stretches, and Kim and I had just started responding earlier to her feeding and changing needs before she started crying. I honestly can’t tell you how much sleep I got (or didn’t get), … Continue reading This Is Why I’m on Paternity Leave
[I started to write this in the hospital, and am just now getting back to it almost two weeks later. Such is the state of my internal clock.] Belly & Swollen Ankles I’m at the point where I’ve forgotten just whom I’ve told the story to, and in how much detail. When some friends dropped … Continue reading The Labor and Delivery Story
Probably the number one question I get now is, “Sleeping much?” Surprisingly, the answer is, “Yes, a bit.” That’s not to say we’re getting long stretches of continuous sleep, but Ellie tends to sleep in larger chunks during the night (3-4 hours), so we’re only up a couple of times. For now. We’re now in … Continue reading Sleep and Muffins
Um, the title says it all. Continue reading Getting Over Colds, Still Waiting
Well, sniffles turned into full-blown colds for both of us today. Blargh. Having a cold sucks, but having a cold while pregnant really sucks. Our doula says that the body tends not to engage in labor when it’s not ready, so I don’t expect any dash-to-the-hospital activity in the next couple of days. Now watch, … Continue reading Blargh, He Said to the Cold
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