Seriously, Garth? Your ex-wife wants you to drop everything, come get one of the kids NOW, because he's misbehaving, oh and by the way he has GASTRO, and you didn't even check with me first? What about that WOULDN'T make me think she can just yank your chain whenever ( Read more... )

I've posted this everywhere:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKeG2fgqxqs

Pre-pregnancy weight! Different shape, though...

The SPD went away after the birth. So many people take months to get over it, I didn't dare hope...

Late afternoon crazy tired; baby is behaving well as can be expected, and the Big Kids are here for the evening. Willow was mad because G wouldn't let her stay and play with the baby, and mad at me for not letting her play with the baby. The problem is that Dana was sleeping much of the time, feeding another good portion of the time, and crying ( Read more... )

"Failure to progress"
I know it's not my fault at all, but those words feel so judging.

I also find myself hesitant to say I "gave birth" - but what else did I do?

So many things to say and only typing with one hand...I'm just going to start here and backtrack ( Read more... )

I thought that when I was pregnant, I would be the kind of person who took daily or weekly photos, kept a diary, and treasured all the little wonderful things about it. Turns out, I'm not. And that's fine. I also thought I'd exercise regularly and vigorously for a good long part of it, and that didn't happen either, for all sorts of reasons. ( Read more... )

The back story ( Read more... )

My goodness, how did I end up so far along ( Read more... )