Around the time Kaylee was born, I just wasn’t sleeping comfortably, and thought of our friend Alex’s super comfortable bed which had a feather mattress on it. I told Greg I wanted one. His reaction was kind of ‘whatever.’ So we settled on a layer of memory foam that seemed … [ more ]

All friends of Sookie, potential friends of Sookie, four-legged or two-legged are welcome! We hope to see you Saturday. Just show up!

During our stay at the hospital, the nurses helped us on a variety of things including pumping, nursing and bottle feeding. Greg was actively involved and did whatever he could to help while I was in my drug-induced state. When it came time to sterilize all the equipment we were … [ more ]

Everything I ever knew about childbirth from school, books, movies, TV, even childbirth classes, were shot about a month ago when we found out that there was a 90% chance that we would have to deliver by C-section. I missed out on the typical going into labor, water breaking, frantic … [ more ]

Reasons 1-18: 6 reasons on each torso above.

Reason 19: You’re on modified bed rest for a month.

Reason 20: You just remembered after finishing the last episode that you had the entire collection of Entourage in your basement that you forgot you wanted to catch up on.

What I’ve Learned:

Ugly people, or … [ more ]

A little while back, I was at the 7-11 getting Slurpees and junk food for myself, (looking big and pregnant that day) and Greg, who is going through a sympathy pregnancy. As I’m standing in line, balancing (and drinking) two Slurpees, two ice cream bars and a pack of peanuts, … [ more ]

A few months ago, my poor brother Dean tried to give me a very nice compliment at dinner as I was growing bigger and bigger. He said, “You’re going to be one of those pregnant women that still dresses all hot, aren’t you?”

What Dean means: “You’re going to be one … [ more ]

Group shot of zombies and humans.

Last Sunday, Centennial Park in Clarksville, MD came under attack.

I started thinking about what to do for Greg’s birthday a while back. I knew he was training for a race. I thought about what had been on his mind a lot this past year … [ more ]

While we still can’t agree most of the time on what to name the baby, I was sure from the beginning that I wanted our baby to have a Chinese name. Theoretically, two thirds of the work should have been done for us in coming up with a Chinese name. … [ more ]

I’ve had a long history with The Time Traveler’s Wife. I first saw it for a ridiculously cheap price in a used book store at the peak of it’s popularity, but didn’t pick it up and I regretted it. Shortly thereafter, my mother-in-law let me have the copy she was … [ more ]