He Hates Babies

My husband hates babies.
He informed me Saturday that he loves our children, but it’s just unfortunate that they have to start out as babies because he hates babies. They cry. They poop. They can’t be reasoned with (although I argue that sometimes 31-year-old men can’t be reasoned with either, ahem…). They can’t tell you what [...]

Shadows

We walked along our block naming the colors we saw and pointing at cats, dogs and airplanes. We hopped, skipped,
jumped, twirled and sang our way down the street, sun shining on our faces and the breeze tugging at our shirts.
Emma clasped my hand and walked on my shadow, trying desperately to keep up without tripping [...]

Abbi’s Birth Story

We’re no longer waiting on baby – she’s here! And what a wild ride her arrival was! Here’s the story… 
Monday morning my doctor said I hadn’t progressed at all in the last week and he gave me the option to induce in two days. Of course I said “Yes please!” so we scheduled it [...]

Playing Alone

Something struck me on Emma’s birthday and I had a light-bulb moment: Emma isn’t a baby anymore. Yes, I’m Captain Obvious, but stick with me here.
Sean’s parents were visiting so we were all in the living room and Emma was in her room playing with her new toys. She was in there for quite a [...]

No More Whine!

It’s been a long time coming, but when it happened, it was sudden. Emma stopped whining to be picked up. No, that doesn’t mean she suddenly gained her independence and has stopped wanting me to hold her, but she has finally learned to ASK to be picked up rather than stand in front of me [...]

Could it be? Empathy?

I don’t know at what age kids begin to feel compassion and empathy, but I think I saw a glimmer of it in Emma this morning. (gives me hope that maybe someday soon she’ll care that kicking me in the stomach hurts!)
We had to take our cat, Sami, to the vet this morning. Sami was [...]