We got some great news this morning when our pediatrician called with the results of Vera’s CT scan from Thursday. She’s just fine and her skull looks normal!! I am so relieved! No surgery necessary. Brett did point out his annoyance at all the worry…
I’ve been debating whether or not to write publicly about this since we found out last Saturday, but I feel like it is too big a part of my daily thoughts to pretend that it doesn’t exist. I want to use this space to document…
I hope everyone had a great fourth of July! We spent part of the long weekend with the hub’s family in his home town, mostly just overeating. Brett’s parents own a beautiful guest house that they rent out to visitors, but they try to leave…
I think maybe I take too many photos. Usually I end up using just a few of the dozens I take. My point is that I had a lot of photos to go through from our trip, so it has taken me a while to…
Dear V, Four months already! I love you at this age. Of course, I love you at every age, but you are so much fun right now. You are sleeping a lot better most of the time, although we still have a little ways to…
How often is ‘normal’ for vacation taking? I don’t know the answer, but I’m pretty sure I don’t do it often enough. The last time I took a real vacation was three years ago when I went to Arlington for a friend’s wedding. So needless…
We’re at that happy-but-frustrating stage with Vera where she’s just starting to make it through the night without waking us up. That is to say that she can make it through the night and that she occasionally will choose to do so. It’s so rewarding…
Dear Vera, Today you are three months old. I notice all the time how much bigger and stronger you are getting. You can hold your head up by yourself for a little while now and you love to face out when we hold you so…
It seems like whenever a baby is born everyone has an opinion on who it looks like, and we’ve been hearing it a lot. Personally I think that Vera looks just like Brett. Some of his baby pictures could be her twin, especially the really…
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