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I didn’t think to get out the camera so there’s no photographic evidence, but Anna came to her first Sit & Knit tonight at the shop. I dressed her up in the cutest little green dress with a fuzzy sheep on the front. She pretty much slept the whole time, and I actually had (just) [...]
Vital stats: 17 days old 7 lbs, 11.5 oz Well, I apparently make heavy cream instead of milk. Carolyn did this too, though, and weighed almost exactly the same at her two week visit, so I guess I just tend to grow small babies and then fatten ‘em up quick after they’re born. :) But [...]
Dear Carolyn, Today you are 3 and 3/4 years old! To say that a lot has changed in your life this month would be a little bit of an understatement. You’ve gone from being an only child to being a great big sister – and while we haven’t gotten all the details sorted out about [...]
I took both girls to the farmer’s market and the library this afternoon. It wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, but I am pretty tired. I decided to wear Anna instead of snap her seat into a stroller, and for a baby who weighs little more than a bag of flour she [...]
Today was Anna’s official due date, but instead, she’s been here for nine whole days – most of which have passed by in a sleep-deprived blur. Good thing we’ve been taking pictures!
A word about Anna’s name. Anna is mostly just a name we liked, although it does have some family ties. Catherine is for my grandmother (my mom’s mom) who turned 80 the day Anna was born. Depending on which baby name dictionary you consult, Anna means “joy” or “gracious”, and Catherine pretty much universally means [...]
It’s amazing how quickly I can adjust to not enough sleep – just last week I really needed 8-9 hours to feel rested (granted, those were not uninterrupted hours, what with baby pressing on my bladder!) but now that I’ve had two nights in a row where I got 6 hours with just one nursing [...]
Vital stats: 4 days old 6 lbs. 3.5 oz. (Discharge weight from hospital 2 days ago: 6 lbs. 2 oz.) Anna got her first shot today – they start the hepatitis B vaccine series at birth now, but we wanted to discuss that with the pediatrician first instead of getting it done at the hospital. [...]
Introducing Anna Catherine July 12, 2008, 4:27 AM 6lbs, 5 oz 18.5 inches long So I wasn’t too far off in saying that it would be good if she came after dance camp ended last Friday! I woke up at 12:50 AM on Saturday, and felt like I might be having “real” contractions, but I [...]
Dance camp is officially over, but Carrie loved it. They even had a little recital, and amazingly had managed to get the dozen or so 3 year olds in Carrie’s group to learn three (simple) dance routines – one tap, one ballet, and one…well, it was a large group dance with all 60 of the [...]