by Annie | May 31, 2018 | Kids!, On the Home Front
One of the wild things about having had children over the last decade and a half (holy cats, that makes me feel old) is how much things have changed between our first baby and our last. And I’m not even talking about us – no that’s a whole other...
by Annie | May 30, 2018 | Kids!, Speaking of me. . .
Octavius, Yours was the pregnancy of sleeplessness so it seems only fitting that my favorite time with you is in the middle of the night. That’s when it’s quiet and still and it’s just you and me again. Your eyes are wide and bright in the dim light...
by Annie | May 21, 2018 | Kids!
Snippets of conversations from the last week regarding names: “Does it sound pretentious?” -Jac “Yes. Yes it does.” – Me “I kind of feel like this might be our last shot so we have to make it count.” – Jac “I think...
by Annie | May 2, 2018 | Kids!
Penny . . . Penny, Penny, Penny. Just when we think they can’t get any more willful or stubborn or demanding, they prove us wrong. What is in store for us with Octavius?! As the seventh, Pen doesn’t have any trouble holding her own with this...
by Annie | Apr 18, 2018 | Kids!
The looks on the midwife and chiropractor’s faces today made us realize that we should probably get on a baby name poll BEFORE a baby arrived. Alas, that meant that we needed to actually think about names. You know, aside from the random, “Ooh! What about...
by Annie | Apr 8, 2018 | Kids!, Speaking of me. . .
I had an epiphany in mass tonight. I wish I could say it was of the spiritual variety but it was simply this: Having kids is like reliving parts of high school, but just the painful, awkward parts (a.k.a. ALL OF IT.) Like when your crush would walk in and your...
