January 2010

Maybe if She Posted More Often, She Wouldn’t Have Usen 1400 Words in One Entry.

January 27, 2010

Those of you who follow me on Twitter know that we had a spot of excitement this past weekend, including a baby with a fever of 107, an ambulance ride, and a febrile seizure. It was…well. I think it was the most afraid I have ever been, including all 96 days in the NICU. Apparently [...]

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Mirror.

January 14, 2010

Two years ago today, I left work around noon. I didn’t know it, but it was my last day. I drove to my doctor’s office and chatted with the nurse while she slid an ultrasound transducer along the jutting camel’s hump of my belly. Then there was the doctor: You can see here, he said, [...]

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Seasonal, Belated.

January 6, 2010

The holidays were lovely, here. I mean, it doesn’t get much better than a baby in fake hair, does it? I had Christmas Eve pasta at my brother’s/mother’s house, alternately gazing up at the giant tree festooned with familiar ornaments and watching my daughter discover our old wind-up toys beneath the branches. Simone developed a [...]

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