While we haven’t played with Jack as rough as Hammie played with Wren in this Baby Blues, Jack has had a lot of activity the past few days with his grandparents and uncle here. Last night we took a walk with the jogging stroller which doesn’t have a shade to block out the world like […]
True Confession
A friend in college introduced me to the idea of a “True Confession.” A True Confession is a secret that you share that is slightly embarrassing or weird. Her example was “I sometimes like the smell of my farts.” Well, I have a true confession. I’m kind of OCD about sucking Jack’s boogers out of […]
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I remember thinking a baby’s cry was the sweetest thing in the world. That raspy little “aaa-aaa” made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside with its innocence. When Jack was born and I couldn’t see a thing except a blue curtain three inches from my face, I longed to hear his cries. They brought […]
It finally happened!
After a month of trying out the many different ways of sucking on his hand (two fingers, three fingers, knuckles, finger & thumb, entire fist shoved into mouth…), on Tuesday night Jack sucked his thumb! I have been praying for this. It seems thumb sucking has so many promises – unlike pacifiers thumbs don’t get […]
The Pilot
The other day my sister called from Minnesota and told me I needed to watch Oprah. It was about the difficulties of motherhood she said. I could hear my mom yelling in the background that it would be encouraging, so I tuned in and saw women expressing many of the things I have been feeling […]