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Just the Two of Them 19 Feb 2013 | 09:50 pm
When Clara was about to be born, I mourned the impending loss of our twosome: me and Max. Five days a week while Jake was at work, it was just me and him. We went to coffee together, to the park toget...
Six Month Old Clara 30 Oct 2012 | 08:59 pm
I can’t believe my darling daughter’s babyhood is half over! When Max was a baby, it felt like a trek getting to this point – keeping track of breastfeeding and sleeping, keeping him occupied during t...
Second Baby 5 Sep 2012 | 02:44 am
I never used to understand why my parents had many more pictures of me (the first born) as a baby than my brothers. How negligent! I thought. How unfair! But then Jake commented recently that I haven’...
Summertime 25 Jul 2012 | 07:23 am
Jake and Max kayaking on Donner Lake. I’m going to go against the grain here and say that I’m not the biggest fan of summer. For one thing, there’s the heat. Ick. I hate when it’s hot. And by hot, I ...
2 10 Jul 2012 | 01:50 pm
The fire station is serious business. I’d never thought I’d be the one to throw such a gender-stereotyped themed birthday party. But boy does my boy like fire trucks! When we arrived at the fire sta...
Clara 23 Jun 2012 | 12:43 am
Clara, a couple days old. Our precious baby Clara arrived on April 30, more than seven weeks back, and it seems I’m only now coming up for air. I even cooked a meal or two last week, left Clara for t...
Baby Lent 29 Apr 2012 | 04:34 am
Max blowing a pinwheel at a Saturday Easter egg hunt. I thought I might have an Easter baby, or a Holy Week Baby, or perhaps an Easter Monday baby. On Easter Sunday I was 37 weeks pregnant, which onc...
Big Boy Bed 22 Mar 2012 | 11:38 am
Helping Dad. Since we already have all the baby gear set aside (or still in use) from Max, and since they will share a room, we have done very little to get ready for baby #2. One thing we did need w...
Three Little Words 20 Jan 2012 | 08:00 pm
In his nightly bubble bath. I never thought I’d hear my son utter those three little words to me… “Sit on bottom!” Ok, so they’re not the magical words every mother longs to hear, and he may have bee...
Best Time of My Life? 10 Jan 2012 | 05:57 am
Some women say pregnancy is the best time of their lives. They say it makes them feel close to the baby. They feel special. They are in tune with God or Mother Nature. They glow. I don’t know what tho...
