Three babies. Four years. It’s been quite the streak. We have always wanted a family. Our senior year of college (for which we were married) I used to joke with DanO about dropping out and just making babies. Mostly joking. Sorta not joking. Not really joking. We were quite pregnant on our second anniversary and… Read more »
Before the arrival of each baby I have gone into a season of mourning. Great upheaval justifies such. From newlyweds to never-alones. From party-of-three to a de-throned first-born. From ‘the boys’ to a practical herd of babies. Each time we lost what we had. Each time I cried a lot about that loss. Each time I… Read more »
The cupcake filling was pink this time! It’s a girl! Which means that OBoy and OBrother will be welcoming ODear to their small people posse this fall. O my, see what I did there? Yes, because God has a sense of humor and because I have a rough edge or twelve that need to be smoothed,… Read more »
{My three kids and me, snuggling.} This afternoon is our twenty-week ultrasound. They will check to make sure baby’s four heart chambers are all properly formed and functioning, that his or her brain and spinal cord look right, and a dozen other things, I’m sure. This always makes me a little bit antsy, as it… Read more »
