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Re-entering life
It'a 4AM, and I really should be sleeping, but after a particularly refreshing 4 1/2 hour stretch of sleep the creative portion of my brain has been reignited and I feel an overwhelming desire, even need, to write. I've laid unsuccessfully trying to turn off the flood of words, but as blog post after blog…
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Anders Cyril Foutz: The Birth Story
Warning this is a birth story, birthing is beautiful, but messy business. You’re warned. This is a terrible picture, and was taken a week before Anders was born, but it’s the closest I have to the “going into the hospital” belly shot. I might have had a few other things on my mind! At midnight…
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Joy
I know I should be going back to bed, but I want to record these feelings while they’re still so fresh. Holding you tonight, Anders, your head tucked warmly under my chin and your body, wrapped tight as a package, pressed against my chest, I smiled and was immersed in joy. I want you to…
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Saint Edwards State Park
On MLK day we took advantage of the free entrance to state parks and headed to St. Edwards State Park near Kenmore. I was hoping a vigorous hike would jumpstart labor, and we wanted to take advantage of Tom’s day off to enjoy the outdoors. It’s a gorgeous park that sits on Lake Washington. Despite…
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Challenging my "smile more" resolve
I keep waking up around 2AM, just to realize that the reason for my awakening is not painful contractions. This is typically followed by a wave of grumpiness. In attempts to stay positive, here's my list of perks for prolonged pregnancy: –Quality Time with Scotland: Having left my schedule open, because I feel less than…
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Working overtime
My due date was yesterday. Fortunately, after learning my lesson when I went late with Scotland, I have been mentally preparing myself to be late again. That being said, I can’t help but feel entitled since I’m working overtime. I woke up this morning and had this overwhelming urge to go shopping and eat junk…
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Having "the glow"- choosing to smile
Last week was rough. I was uncomfortable, my hands and feet (and whole body) would itch so badly at night that I couldn’t sleep. My nails were sore from the constant scratching. I was crabby and done being pregnant. Then I remembered that my new year’s resolution was to smile more. I wrote a post about…
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New Year's Resolve: Smile!
With the prospect of a new baby looming over me, and an awareness of the wave of change that will follow, I’ve found myself uneasy about planning my life. I was so grateful that with Scotland I was able to put my life on hold for a few months, or rather focus my life on…
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Christmas 2013
Tom had five days off this Christmas. The four days leading up to Christmas and Christmas day. Because we wanted to savor every minute of that time, we decide against traveling anywhere. Instead we enjoyed a cozy quiet Christmas at home. Because Scotter’s too young to know otherwise, and because we thought it would be…
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15 days to go
I know it’s not wise to count down to a specific day. But I can’t help it. Especially when I feel like this: