My baby is crawling!!!  It's crazy and exciting and scary all at once!

~DJ~ 

 I just went outside to sit for a few minutes because my office is super cold and it's super hot out there.  Sitting on the bench I had a weird feeling in my stomach that took me a back for a second until I though "Oh, right, that's just the baby kicking ( Read more... )

 I don't know if I had posted this information yet, but my kidlet is standing supported.  Two weekends ago, Kevin let her stand supporting herself with our ottoman, and now she's doing really well with that ( Read more... )

If they do what they want to do at work and can get HR approval for an FTE increase in our department,  the Alumni job I was pining for so desperately since I got here, and especially early in my pregnancy might be coming available... only I took THIS job about a year ago because I was told that the alumni position was far far off in the distance, ( Read more... )

We're about halfway through Kevin's nighshift month (like to call it "Night Shit" when Eleanor is not around), and when that happens, I start having a bit of a breakdown.  The lack of company is brutal ( Read more... )

I got out Eleanor's baby book this morning to write in her most recent new foods and the fact that she's standing on her own by supporting her weight on the ottoman.  And when I opened it, I realized I hadn't written a thing in it since before she was born ( Read more... )

I've been working hard on making things I don't like work...

Kevin's schedule (seriously: it really couldn't be worse!), losing parts of my identity to this new domestic role I've been forced into because of his job (as well as the domestic role I selected: being a mom), my post-baby body, accepting my lack of ability to be a supermom, etc.

Our ( Read more... )

People who sit in the left lane with their left turn signal on who then turn right and almost crash into/kill me ( Read more... )

Monday: Mean Parent calls and buillies me on the phone ( Read more... )

I try not to get too religious on here because I know it makes some people uncomfortable, but I had a realization today that I felt I must post ( Read more... )