Wine Please

When the baby is screaming and the toddler is shaving the cat: Wine Please

Happy Three Months!

Colleen | August 10, 2010

As most parents say, hard to believe three months has already flown by, and I’m no exception.  However, I think I have missed being home with Nolan this past month even more than I did when I went back to work after Gavin and Cooper were born, and I think it is because Nolan will [...]

Nolan Smiles

Colleen | June 21, 2010

And it was at me instead of the scrollwork on our headboard or the curtains in our living room. And I caught it on film. Or whatever it is on a camera phone. I’ve been trying for about a week to catch one of these elusive smiles that aren’t performed for inanimate objects or the [...]

Eats, Sleeps, and Shoots Poop

Colleen | June 16, 2010

As with most babies, it takes a little time to learn their likes and dislikes, and to start guessing at what talents they may have as the grow. With Gavin, he instantly enjoyed music and was singing complex songs before he was actually speaking well. Cooper appeared to be on-course to be a brilliant comedian [...]

Week 38 – Where I Find Motivation to Clean House

Colleen | May 4, 2010

I had my 38 week check-up yesterday and was convinced that even though I was STILL not contracting regularly, and the contractions were STILL not increasing in intensity, and that my water STILL had not broken, that my cervix was at least dilating. And I had partially convinced myself that if I was far enough [...]

Fun with Hormones and Bellies

Colleen | March 8, 2010

After a nice vacation from my hormones, where I had nice skin, relatively low amounts of heartburn, was tolerating nearly every type of food, and was feeling pretty chipper. Then about three weeks ago, all hormone hell broke loose. Heartburn is threatening to burn all the way up to the bottom of my eyeballs; my [...]