>I’m already having one of those days, and it isn’t even 7:00 a.m. yet. I am exhausted, and I’ve learned that sleep is the key to pretty much everything else related to my physical, mental, and emotional health. I don’t remember being this tired when I was pregnant with Sebastian, or at least, not until…
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>Happy birthdays
>Yesterday my nephew turned two years old. It was the first time I was at the hospital when a family member was born and the day I became an aunt. My cousin is in the hospital right now, getting ready to or having just given birth to her first son. We are all waiting eagerly…
>First contact
>I’m not entirely sure how or when we planned to tell Sebastian that he was going to become a big brother. I know that a week is an eternity to a toddler, so I didn’t think it would really come up much until we got a lot closer to my due date. However, other people…
>My little helper
>As life moves at a crazy clip for most people, I read a blurb in Real Simple today about one way to slow down: take a walk at a toddler’s pace. It’s true. My life really has slowed down to Sebastian’s speed. This is one of those realizations that makes me happy I’ve chosen to…
>The first nightmare
>This weekend my sister and nephew came down to visit. It was Friday night, we’d all had busy weeks, and had settled in for a good post-baby-bedtime chat when we heard a cry. “Yours or mine?” we always ask each other and look at the two monitors broadcasting each boy’s room. It was mine. That’s…
