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“Mama? Ma. Ma. Ma. Ma. Dumbledore. Ma.” Her voice comes over the monitor, stumbling me from sleep. “BEEEEEEEEEP!!!” The Dexcom wails at me from the bedside table. “[insert the sound of my awful alarm clock noise, which is actually this song and makes my whole head spin with cat rage]” “You people all want me awake right now, don’t you?” I grumbled, reaching…
To my daughter, YOU CAN WALK!!! And it’s about time, my love. Because even though I know it’s totally fine that you didn’t truly walk until you were fourteen months old and you didn’t regard it as your preferred method of transportation until like two weeks ago, I was still a little concerned. It seemed like everyone was running all…
Birdy, Oh you. You are into everything. I can’t childproof this house enough for your fast little fingers. Screen door? Let’s try and put our faces through it, okay? Mulch in the garden? I know – it tastes delicious! Dexcom receiver? Your favorite thing to HIDE! Toy box? You want to see what’s at the bottom! Yay!!! YAY!!!!! By the…
Dear Little Bird, First off, who told you that you could start crawling? I never gave you permission to do such things. About a week ago, you just up and decided that it was time to get from here to there using your chubby legs to propel you across your bedroom floor. Your knees are red from shuffling along on the…
We’re at the 19 week mark with our baby, and things are starting to change again. My belly is hard and high, completely obvious now and forcing me to rock NBF’s maternity jeans. (She rocks, because she can provide some very useful hand-me-downs these days. And NBF is due any day now!! Ahem – sorry, I’m so excited!) Pregnancy symptoms,…