Sean is one month old today! We celebrated by taking him out for his first walk (well, actually *we* walked; he was carried) through our neighborhood to the drugstore to pick up batteries and to a cafe called Cupcake, where we got birthday cupcakes. (Sean slept through the whole thing, but I’ll be delivering his […]
Sean’s first fencing lesson at 9 days… we were thinking he might be lefty; now, not so sure — could go either way.
Checkup at the hospital, 3 days old Margaret with Sean, 3 days old Ben with Sean, 3 days old Home from the hospital; Sean, 8 days old Ben with Sean, 9 days old Margaret, Ben, and Sean, 11 days old Grandma and Sean, 11 days old Papa and Sean, 16 days old Mima and Sean, […]
Jan 15, my due date. Week 40. I didn’t give birth until 12 days later, but I didn’t change size too much, either.
Oog. I really feel big now. But yet, I’d still like a couple more weeks of being a pre-parent. I passed my oral preliminary exam a week ago (yay!) and spent this past week finishing up my classes — a lab report, a problem set, a final project write-up, and a take-home final. On Tuesday […]
Up to week 32 now. Since last time, I got a pre-natal massage, my computer completely died and was resurrected, we’ve gone to all 6 childbirth prep classes, we’ve created a baby registry, my parents visited for a weekend, and we had a morning together talking with our doula. And I’ve discovered swimming. Even better […]
It’s official: if I stand up straight and look right down, I can’t see my feet… It’s interesting to note the things that you so often take for granted when you can’t do them for some reason. My fencing coach, Ro, had a nasty bike accident several weeks ago and can’t use his right arm […]