A brief note
Happy Assumption Day!! I’m feeling incredibly tired tonight, but I wanted to at least resurrect the Guessing Game I had running with Elise – to guess the gender, birth day, and stats. Maybe, just MAYBE there will be a prize; but I haven’t figured it out yet. We’ll see. In the interim, humor me! I [...]
Love at First Sight
Thanks to a poorly placed Internet outage, here’s the news we’ve all been waiting for: Heartbeat was loud and strong at 177 bpm, which is much higher than Elise’s. Old wives tales, anyone? We were finally able to tell Greg’s parents last night (his mom) and this morning (his dad). His dad already figured it [...]
Ultrasound Thursday
So it’s ultrasound day! I still have to wait until the afternoon for the appointment, but YAY! I feel like it’s been 4 years since the bloodwork and today (only about a month). And if all goes well today, we can FINALLY start telling people – Greg’s parents to start. Although I’m thinking maybe Greg’s [...]
An update on a Mother’s Rule of Life
I’ve been working on writing out answers to the questions posed in A Mother’s Rule of Life (more about the book here). All that’s left is for Greg and I to sit down and work on our finances – which are in pretty good shape, thanks to Greg’s awesome budgeting power. The book has been [...]
Oh, did I mention …
… that the new baby is absolutely wearing me out? Or maybe it’s the combination of running the household, taking care of Elise, and helping Greg when he needs it that in addition to supporting an entire new life within that’s wearing me out. We had Confession with a very holy Priest yesterday, who gently [...]
Elise update
We took Elise to the pediatrician and everything is hunky-dorey with her. Luckily for us the brunt of the cold seemed to be last night. She’s been a little fussy but nothing like last night. Thanks be to God! We’re quite thrilled that in the 11.5 months that she’s been on the outside, this is [...]
Prayers for Elise
Elise has a cold, but I’m not sure if it’s morphing into any kind of an infection. Last night if she was nursing, she was fine; but if not, she was screaming bloody murder. Being pregnant means that nursing has become increasingly more painful, so I can’t let her nurse as long as she wants [...]
There’s a mighty cute bun in my oven
I originally posted this as a draft. It sat in the drafts folder, silently mocking me until I could switch it from ‘draft’ to ‘publish’. Believe me, there were PLENTY of times I wanted to make that switch. But alas, I practiced some mad self-discipline and left it as a draft until now. We’re expecting! [...]
Stepping into a Mother’s Rule of Life
I really want to write more about A Mother’s Rule of Life by Holly Pierlot. As I mentioned, I’ve read it in record time and have been working on implementing it. Mrs. Pierlot breaks her married vocation down into five points: Prayer, Person, Partner, Parent, and Provider. One chapter per “P”, at the end she [...]
Simplifying
After receiving this book at Play ‘n’ Pray, I read it in about three days. I’ve gotten a lot out of it, such as the whole idea of order – ordering everything. Being at home with Elise, I tend to get overwhelmed with the amount of TIME that I have, especially when she’s napping. So, [...]
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