Emily Joy arrived to our side of the world at 8:10 this morning in Virginia Beach. She weighed in at 7.1 pounds and 19.5″ long. She is a keeper! Brother and sister agree. Mom and baby did great and are getting to know each other mamorilly. I don’t think that is a word. Dad could…
Read moreOne day to go. I thought I had better post pictures of the nursery before I go tomorrow! We have been so blessed. Almost everything in the nursery has been given to us–with the exception of the crib, which we bought, and the changing table, which David made. And it is pretty cool, because everything…
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I less than 2 weeks Baby will be home. It has gone by rather quickly and I am ready to see this little girl. She can barely move at this point, but whenever I talk to her or place my hand on her she starts to fidget. She has been getting the hiccups at night…
Read moreAs of today, I have 2 more weeks of being pregnant, and then we will have another baby around the house. As I said, we are having a c-section on August 12th, Tuesday. My sister is getting married on August 9th, and we won’t be able to make it, for obvious reasons, but we are…
Read moreWe have been finishing up the nursery at the house, and last night I showed the room to big sister. Her enthusiasm could not have been more as she excitedly exclaimed how she can’t wait for her little sister. I wasn’t sure how she would take being unseated as the little girl in the house,…
Read moreBefore I begin this post, let me just say that this topic came up this weekend while I was at a 4th of July celebration. This is not meant for anyone that reads me and I realize that is maybe all 2 of you, but nonetheless, if you think I may be talking about you,…
Read moreThese were taken at the June 5th recital. I had 14 students perform at this recital, and 10 at the other one. I decided that I would play a piece this time. At Christmas, I had a couple of parents ask me to play and I was totally unprepared to play anything–I hadn’t memorized anything. …
Read moreI was looking an my beautiful daughter last night and decided it was time to post these rules from the interweb. She is still years decades away from anything resembling this behavior, but it never hurts to establish the rules early. 🙂 Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk, you’d better be delivering a…
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I am still in my thirties. I have two children. Alexander is 16 and Elizabeth is 13, soon to be 14. Two years ago, I found out I was pregnant. Not a complete surprise, since we had been trying to conceive. David was extremely excited, which may come as a surprise to some, (especially since…
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Two years ago today we lost our third pregnancy. The events that followed were some of the most challenging of my life. Here is the email from the day after: Family, I have some bad news. Last night Julianne went into the hospital with severe abdominal pain and had an emergency laparoscopy surgery to remove…
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