Category Archives: Parenting

I had the cerclage put in today. What an experience! Thank goodness it’s over, though, and I don’t have to worry about losing my babies anymore. I’ve been starving most of the day. I wasn’t allowed anything to eat or drink after 10 in the morning, because of the anesthesia. Brian stayed with me all […]

We had our first Level III ultrasound today, finally! It was originally scheduled for last week, but apparently the doctor got subpeonaed to testify in court or something, so they had to reschedule it. We had been hoping to find out the sexes before the baby shower so we could tell everybody. The babies are […]

Today I had my baby shower. My friend Laura Stoltenberg threw it for me and we hosted it in the common room at our apartment complex. She completely surprised me with everything she did. She brought all these little sandwiches she made herself, plus all kinds of other food and drinks. She also got me […]

This week has been extremely frustrating for me. Naturally, my doctor forbade me to do anything on the move except give orders. Unfortunately, this includes unpacking. Our help with the move also didn’t do much unpacking, although I got the kids to do some of the kitchen. So I have been sitting all this week […]

Even though the house we’ve been living in is only a couple of miles away from Brian’s office, right across the highway, he has been unable to find a ride to work since he’s been there. So today we moved across the highway to an apartment complex right next door to Brian’s office. This way, […]

Brian and I are constantly arguing over what the babies will look like. He doesn’t believe me when I say my family has strong genes. My father’s family is Swedish, I’m third-generation American. They marry dark people and consistently have blonde-haired, blue-eyed, pale as snow children. My mother is Cajun, brown hair and eyes, and […]

We found out today that we have at least one girl. We couldn’t get a good enough look at the other two today, so we don’t know about them, but Lefty is now Tamara Elayne. Hopefully we’ll be able to see the other two better on Monday, when we go in for the Level III […]

I was supposed to be moving last weekend. We got a call from the apartments last Tuesday; some people who had put a hold on a first-floor apartment never called back, so we got it! Only the move-in date for it was August 21 instead of the 14th. So we still haven’t moved yet, now […]

Pregnancy has definitely been affecting my musical abilities. I sing and play flute (and piano, but I won’t be doing that this fall), and I’ve noticed a lot more trouble with longer passages. Part of it is babies crowding out my lungs; I have a hard time taking a deep breath now unless I’m in […]

I’m one of those people who has to watch the whole time if I get blood drawn or stitches done or anything else. They say to cough before I get a shot or something and I say yeah right, just stick me! I asked the doctor if we couldn’t just lower or get rid of […]