So yeah, still anxious - but it's getting better.She slept from 9pm to 6am. STRAIGHT THROUGH.We brought her into the doctor yesterday, to be told she's not sick (YEA!) (and, um, she now weighs 14.3 pounds!) But that she is a "reflux baby." The solution you may ask? ONLY 4 ounces per feeding (we were … Continue reading Oh carseat, how do I love thee, let me count the ways!

But I'm going to write about baby poop and congestion and the fact that our daughter is a GENIUS. a GENIUS, people.:)I'm kvelling here - but I'm also wickidly anxious and mildly sleep-deprived. I feel better this am, as Narda let me sleep on the couch for a few hours, and Cougar peed and pooped, … Continue reading I can’t believe I’m about to do this..

I know that you, you lovely internets deserve to see more pictures, and they WILL come. We are waiting for March 3rd, however, as that is the date of the end of the 30 days - You know, just in case.We are horribly superstious, and just don't want to jinx things too much.But I promise … Continue reading Pictures…

I know that you, you lovely internets deserve to see more pictures, and they WILL come. We are waiting for March 3rd, however, as that is the date of the end of the 30 days - You know, just in case.We are horribly superstious, and just don't want to jinx things too much.But I promise … Continue reading Pictures…

We have all survived our first night together. I think she really likes us, and EASILY has us wrapped around her little finger.Narda is AMAZING. She let me go sleep on the couch for 5 (Yes, that's FIVE) hours! I feel like a NEW woman! They are both napping now, and I have to go … Continue reading to sleep, perchance to dream…

Stayed awake that first night watching to make sure they were breathing?I see where the sleep deprevation comes in.She had a difficult time getting to sleep. Then we swadled her. BINGO. Out like a light.Now, I'm wastching her breathe...

Here you go - BASK in her cuteness!We'll post more later - Narda's trying her first diaper change ever, and Quincy's in the car seat smelling it, having taken a nap previously in the crib, based on all of the cat hair in there... so we have a bit of activity to manage here.But we … Continue reading Say hello to the internet, sweet little one…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } da crib, originally uploaded by shellipsm. The stuff is set up - done FABULOUSLY, mind you by K and C, friends of ours, who totally volunteered their time to come and help out - … Continue reading da crib

That's 13 POUNDS. She's 8 weeks, 4 days old. They say she's happy and alert and doing really well.They did not say adorable, and I totally go into the fear place of her being an ugly baby. Does it matter? no. Do I still have that fear? yes. Am I a bad person for that … Continue reading 13 Pounds

OK, so what do YOU do?This afternoon, before heading out to have a lovely dinner with Conch and Ann, and their SCRUMPTIOUS daughter and J and M and daughter Maya (picture to come later...), I stopped by my local Buck of Stars for a Venti Skim Cappuccino.I thought it "looked" funny when I walked out, … Continue reading Analaties…