Oh right. The blog. Really, it’s not the baby. It’s this MOVE. You kind of don’t realize how much stuff you have until you have to deal with every single bit of it. My mom flew out here on Thursday, so we’ve been spending a ton of time sorting, packing, shipping, and organizing. I think we’ll actually make this thing…
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Somewhat of a Return to Reading Topics
Several people in the last few days, including my sister and Angela Noelle, have sent me a link to Mila’s Daydreams, a blog where a mother photographs her infant daughter during naps as if she’s dreaming of various scenarios. It’s darling. . . check it out. After Bart and I looked through them, we thought it’d be fun to do…
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Hospital Amusements
Ella was born at the Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston, near Fenway park, which is widely considered one of the best hospitals in the country. I was really very happy with our experience there (heinous parking costs aside and no, I cannot let it go). The nurses were wonderful, the labor and delivery rooms were extremely nice, the food…
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A Baby is Born
Be warned – this is insanely long. Get a snack before you start; this blog is not responsible for death by starvation of any readers. On Thursday morning, we got up early and drove through Boston traffic to the hospital, so we could pay $17 for valet parking. Oh, and so that I could get a dose of cytotech to…
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I Am Now THAT Parent
Apologies for all those times I didn’t quite believe other parents when they said how they instantly just loved their babies and how it was the best thing in the whole world.