So we ventured out yesterday afternoon to the midwife appointment I’d have sworn two weeks ago there was no chance we’d make it to. Everything checks out fine, and if there’s still nothing doing next Tuesday we go in to see a doctor. I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t feeling pretty miserable… Read More More baby talk

It’s starting to feel a little ridiculous that I still haven’t posted a baby announcement. To think that I was so worried the baby would come before the new year, or that his/her birth would interrupt Leslie’s visit last week. Hah! So, assuming that nothing happens in the wee hours of tomorrow morning–and really, that’s… Read More Monday

The skies were clear and blue this morning, and the temperature was reasonable, so it seemed as good a time as any to get out of the house and try to shake this cabin fever. We couldn’t do anything too involved, considering both the state I’m in and the bad cold that’s weighing Olof down,… Read More Saturday

So yeah, we’re going into the final weekend of Christmas break still a four-kid family. Considering that the baby was due in the middle-ish of a three-week vacation, I was certain that we’d be mostly settled in with the new addition by the time school started up again, but that’s obviously not going to be… Read More Still here

and we’re still waiting. We’d been hoping that babe might share daddy’s birthday, which is today, but no dice. Even though I know that a due date is nothing more than an educated guess, I’m still getting kind of discouraged with all the waiting, mostly because this is only the second time in five pregnancies… Read More Due date …

I’m up earlier than I’ve been in a couple of weeks, even though the kids don’t go back to school until next Monday, but it’s all for good reason. No, not that reason just yet, but I’m not complaining, because in just one short hour I’ll be heading out to the airport to pick up… Read More Early morning

“When you go to your friend’s house, you shouldn’t take a tiny, white Lego with you. Especially if there’s snow.” –Tage, age 8

So we’ve officially made it into the New Year, and all systems are go for baby as soon as he or she sees fit to arrive. I’m hoping the blasts of all the fireworks might hurry things up a little, but all things considered, I’m just happy that we’re having a January baby after all.… Read More Green light

All day long the kids have been counting down the hours until midnight, when we’ll bundle ourselves up and go outside to watch the fireworks for as long as we can stand it before the cold drives us back inside. Their excitement has just about reached fever pitch, and we’ve still more than two hours… Read More Last day

I know you’re all on tenterhooks about our name choices, so I thought I’d mention that we may have changed our girl name. Our boy name is the old standby we’ve had for years, and we haven’t entirely let go of our earlier choice for a girl, but we did add another option. I’m not… Read More Re: names