Ever After

Biting herself . . . pulling out chunks of her own hair . . . screaming at the top of her lungs . . . negotiating every parental request . . . pinching Dad . . . scratching Mom . . . throwing any object within reach across the room . . . reattachment to [...]

Last night, we FINALLY got our act together enough to carve our pumpkin. Looking at the late hour on the clock and feeling stressed and exhausted, I suggested that we wait until next week (as I’ve suggested for the last several weeks), but Ariana reminded me that Halloween is THIS week and that we really [...]

Vivi’s napping. Tad’s napping. I should be napping too, . . . but I can’t let yet another day go by without reflecting on the last four weeks of our lives. Can it possibly have been four weeks ago already that Baby Tad joined our family? Even though life with a newborn is exhausting, we [...]

Sorry for the delay . . .

I’ll leave the witty postings to BT and provide just the facts . . . After the nursery hadn’t brought us our baby several hours after his birth, BT went in search of answers.  The news that he returned with was not what any new parent wants to hear . . . Your baby is [...]

9:00 AM — It was a restful night, as restful as a night can be when people are constantly trying to plug some holes and empty others.  One of my biggest worries now is that someone gets confused with which is which.  I’m a little blue that it’s been so hard to get dad to [...]

9:00 AM — Talked about being bored out of your mind – the only thing that has helped is secretly planning my escape from NICU.  After resting comfortably for the last few hours and surveying my resources and options, I decided the best course of action was to enlist the help of my fellow inamtes.  [...]

2:00 AM — Having been away from my mom and dad for a few hours in the nursery, I started to get a little worried and call out to them.  Unfortunately, the nurses didn’t recognize my summons for what they were and instead labeled them grunting.  That made me mad and so they diligently noted [...]