Today at my regular checkup my blood pressure was a little elevated. That combined with the swelling I’ve had in my feet the last three weeks was enough to get me sent over to the hospital’s birth place for blood work and a non stress...
Dom has the day off. Unfortunately, he also seems to have some sort of stomach bug. Rather than churning through our to-do list, he’s been convalescing on the couch. Not that I’m blaming him, I’ve done more than my fair share of...
I stayed up late last night, 12:30. Shouldn’t have had that iced tea at dinner. Woke up a little after 2 from a bizarre dream: I was in labor, in the hospital, a doctor was trying to put her stethoscope down my throat for some reason. As I...
Bella was just standing on her chair by the window looking out on the world and commenting on what she sees: dogs, trucks, her ball in the yard, snow on the ground. And the moon. I’m pretty sure she knows the word “moon” from books...
Yesterday afternoon Bella again fell asleep on the couch while I read her a book (Millions of Cats). I’m thinking that when the baby comes this may be more the norm than snuggling with mama in the rocking chair. I’m glad to know she...
Bella reads her new Jan Brett book, Annie and the Wild Animals, at the breakfast table.
I can’t imagine why she thinks she should be reading at table. It’s not like anyone else in this family would ever do such a thing.
In one of those late-pregnancy bursts of inexplicable energy I finally conquered the heaping mountains of baby clothes yesterday. Now all the clothes I plan to keep are neatly sorted into 4 clear plastic bins (0-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-18 mon) and those bins...
It seems I’ve taught Isabella a bad habit. When she’s in my way I try to say, “Excuse me.” Sometimes when she’s directly underfoot I ask her to “Move, please.” Often, though, (probably too often)...
Bella opens the drawer of the file cabinet and I call out her name. She looks up, hastily shuts the drawer, and then puts her hands over her face. Bella watches me eating stuffed grape leaves and decides they look tastier than the bagel she’s...
After morning prayers this morning Isabella asked me to read from one of her current favorites: Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. I agreed in theory but started pulling all of that annoying mom nonsense. First, I had to put...
