She was not very amused. If anything, she seemed a bit scared and intimidated. And when she saw me holding her little sister for the first time, she started to cry. :-( Her grandfather had to take her away and distract her with some ballons so that she wouldn't throw a fit right there in the hospital room. Ever since I got pregnant with Aerin, people have been telling me that our two girls will grow up to be the best of friends. I can only hope and pray that they are right....
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Aerin Isabel was born 11/1/11 at 9:20am, weighing 6 lbs 11 oz and measuring 19.5" long. Delivery was remarkably easy and complication-free (she was out in three pushes!); the baby very healthy and alert. I feel incredibly blessed that both Claire and Aerin made their entries into this world so smoothly. My first thought upon seeing Aerin for the first time was that she looked EXACTLY like Claire when she was born -- they even have the same dimple on the left corner of their mouths! But now, a few hours after delivery -- with her features becoming more defined and less flattened -- she is beginning to resemble her dad. The pictures above were taken just moments after birth. I...
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I continued to have mild contractions for the rest of yesterday, and tried my best to go to sleep despite the discomfort. At around 3am, the contractions started to become quite painful and I began to time them using a contractions app I had downloaded for my phone. About 45 minutes later, I finally woke up J and we called his parents to come watch Claire so that we could head to the hospital. I was a bit scared that we would be sent back home, because that is what happened last year when I went into labor with Claire -- my contractions were not yet regular and I was not dilated enough to be admitted. But this was the real deal,...
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Calvin and Hobbes is my all-time favorite comic strip, and I still count The Complete Calvin and Hobbes to be one of the best presents J has ever gifted me. I seriously can't wait until our children are old enough to start enjoying these comics! If you are also a fan of C&H, you are probably well-aware of Calvin's creative (and oftentimes morbid) imagination being played out in the form of snowmen. Fans all over the U.S. re-create Calvin's snowmen each winter, with snow sculptures, props, and productions becoming more and more elaborate with every snowstorm. This Halloween, Elle of The Erratic Project Junkie has decided to mesh Calvin's snowmen with this October holiday to create a pumpkin version of the winter meme. The...
Continue readingPsst! I'm guest blogging over at She Likes Ruffles, He Likes Truffles today! Head on over and say hi! And be sure to check out rest of Katie's blog, which is always filled with great anecdotes and eye candy in the way of food, fashion, and life in sunny Florida! Happy Halloween, everyone! Seeing as I'm about to pop out a baby any second, we are not doing anything to celebrate this year. (We don't even get any trick-or-treaters here!) To compensate, here's a picture of Claire in her Princess Leia costume, taken 4 months ago: Speaking of Claire, she has been acting differently for the past few days. While she has been a very good sleeper since she was about 7 months old,...
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