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What did I do to deserve a nursing strike?

September 16, 2009

This afternoon, around 1pm, Maia started getting a little fussy.  The first thing I did was try to get her to nurse, but no luck.  Awhile later, we figured that maybe her teeth were aching (we think she may be getting one of her top teeth in, as well as both of her bottom one) [...]

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Girl Talk Thursday

August 27, 2009

Girl Talk Thursday is a weekly event run by Maria of Mommy Melee. This week, we’re discussing dreams.
I’ve written about dreams twice before.  Interestingly, those recurring dreams don’t happen as much anymore.  Now that Maia’s here, there’s a whole new set of strange going on in my head.
I had a really fucked up dream [...]

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Ironically, my working title is “Sorrow”

August 18, 2009

I’ve been writing again.
Obviously, not blogging.  Not even article writing (although I should).  Not freelance writing (again with the “should”).
No, I’ve been creative writing.  I’ve brainstormed a world and characters and a history, and I’ve been scribbling it down — pen to paper, ink staining my fingertips — for the past several days.  Each morning [...]

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Being a twenty-something

August 15, 2009

I introduced myself as a “writer” at our CPR course this afternoon, because I felt ashamed to call myself (just) a “blogger”.
I’d rather be a writer who blogs than a blogger who writes.
The other woman who was part of the class — and 36 weeks pregnant! — told me that blogging is the wave of [...]

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Happy Anniversary!

July 27, 2009

Three years ago today, we were in Connecticut.
We met Buffy and Joss.  They were only a month old.
Oh, and we got married.

Then we ate dinner.
It was a very good day.
I love you, Chris!

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The Highs and the Lows (or, accepting that it ain’t all roses)

July 1, 2009

I’ve documented a lot about my little girl here.  I’ve shared some of the highest highs, but I’ve avoided many of the lowest lows.  It’s not that I don’t want to talk about them; I do.  There are times I’ve felt so overwhelmed at how much work this motherhood thing requires that I’ve sobbed while [...]

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Chris: Inconceivable! Me: Uh, actually…

May 17, 2009

A year ago today, Chris and I were in Washington DC, doing the tourist thing.
Innocuous enough, right?  Well, it was.  Until we left DC, and found ourselves up in the gorgeous mountain town of Frederick, Maryland.

We decided to go out for dinner, and I looked around online at various review sites until I stumbled across [...]

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Month Two

April 13, 2009

Dear Maia,
Today you turn two months old and, just like last month, I’m stuck between amazement at how time has flown by and disbelief that it’s only been that long.  This morning as we laid in bed together, I rested my hand on my stomach and remembered being pregnant, feeling you kicking and pushing — [...]

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At least it wasn’t just me…

April 8, 2009

The other day, I grabbed the breast pump my MIL bought me and decided to disassemble and wash it.  I pulled out the directions as to how to clean it, and broke it down into pieces — or at least, I tried to.  The handle part is attached to some blue cup thingie, and to [...]

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She doesn’t have a goatee though

March 30, 2009

Sometimes I look at my daughter but all I see is my husband.
And it makes me so happy, because I love him so much.  These days, I feel like I’m being unfair to him, like I’m not giving him enough attention.  I am not the only one feeling overwhelmed, and I need to give him [...]

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