Third Culture Kid(s)

Thank you all for all the lovely congratulations!!  It was really nice coming back online to see all of your good thoughts for our little family.
Things have been - predictably - crazy around here.  Happily, M. is home this week; he may not burn the midnight oil with me, but he’s been working his butt […]

We’re one week and one day postpartum, and I’m finally starting to see little bits of my old new life there in the cracks of the insomnia.
We welcomed C.H.M. - but always affectionately known here as 2.0 - into the world at 10:01 am on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007.  He weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz., […]

Had my last prenatal appointment before the scheduled c-section next Tuesday, and so far so good.  BP was behaving remarkably well - in the 120s/80s at the doctor’s office, which is next to unheard of for me - and I’m more effaced but not very dilated.  The doctor thought that, barring any sudden moves on […]

M. managed to get lost on the way home.
With the GPS.

We made it to my parents’ house (that makes it sound a lot further away than it is - about 30 min. by car, and that’s mostly because of traffic), and MM is successfully sleeping in the big girl twin bed here!! Up until now, she’s done naps (and sleepovers) in the crib, because […]

As in, to not driving anymore.
Yeah, I know; I probably shouldn’t be driving at this point (37 weeks today - I’m officially more pregnant than I’ve ever been before, since MM was born at 36.6 weeks), but our family situation kinda dictates it.  We have one car.  M. can drive, but he’s nervous driving with […]

I really, really suck at blog post titles.
So, we had our 36.5 week appt. today, and things are looking good so far.  BP still (still!) behaving, no protein.  I was glad to have showered, since I correctly surmised that today would be a cervical exam - thick and only barely effaced.  Which is good news […]

M.’s birthday is today!  He’s 42 and went to work grumpy this morning.
BUT, we had a nice little celebration over at my parents’ house last night, involving my dad’s special hamburgers, real potato french fries, and the spice cake I made at M.’s request.
So, happy birthday, husband!

I’m pooped (been up since 5-something this morning, although the “pooped” is more of a general kind of thing), so this is a bullet-points post.

Got feedback from the diss group I keep trying to quit.  It was generally negative, albeit helpful in clarifying a couple of things I was stuck on.  I basically get the […]