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Finally Embracing Motherhood
Right after Henry was born, my father-in-law asked Matt, “Could you ever imagine yourself loving anything more than him?” I remember feeling so thankful that he hadn’t asked me the same question. I knew I was supposed to say that I could never imagine myself loving anything more than my newborn son, but, honestly, I didn’t even know my newborn son. Yes, I was overwhelmed with gratitude that he arrived safely in our lives, and I was overcome by the sheer miracle of the universe replicating itself through my own body, but I didn’t immediately love Henry the way I grew to love my life partner, Matt, or even our… Read More -
Dream It, Do It: Update on Our House
Things are progressing well with the design of our new house. I met with the architect again to talk through the changes we asked him to make to our house. He made some really smart changes to our changes. Based on the most recent design, we asked him to make a few more adjustments, such as stretching the second bedroom closet all the way across the wall and creating a hallway closet by commandeering a bit of the closet from the second bedroom.He also had a few more suggestions:- He wants to lower the ceilings in the two bathrooms and the foyer to 8′, so he can move the
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Making Changes
I’ve been trying to be as healthy as possible with this pregnancy as I was with Henry. I’ve been taking a nap each afternoon when Henry naps (which means I have to cram my work into the evenings). I’ve been doing okay on the eating front (it’s a little difficult to work around my first-trimester aversions to things). The one area I really need to improve is exercise. When I was pregnant with Henry, I walked for an hour approximately six times a week. It was easy to do. When I was in my first trimester, I was on summer vacation from my teaching job, so I could walk first… Read More
