>Introducing

>…the newest little Rasler! This is Theodore Nathan. Baby Theo arrived at 1:39 p.m. on July 10th.  He was 6 lbs. 13 oz. and 18.5 inches tall. His story – so different from his brother’s – will be posted at some point, but right now there is sleep to be had.

Our story

Two years ago. It seems like it could have been yesterday.  Or something more like ten years. I was sitting in the rocking chair in Sebastian’s room.  It was about 10:30 p.m. on July 7th.  I had told Jonathan that I was going to sit up and read until this round of contractions had passed…

>This time

>This time… I won’t be afraid of dropping my newborn the first time I give him or her a bath. wait to use the great swaddle blankets that allow a newborn to sleep for longer stretches. cry if I have to supplement with formula. be jealous of moms with “easy” babies, because now I know…

>The Bump

>It doesn’t resemble a bump anymore as much a beach ball, but by request from Megan, here is a belly shot taken about 2 weeks ago. I still need to get one with Sebastian, and I guess I’d better get on it with only 10 days left at the most! Here are a few taken from…

>Why we have kids

>You wanna go hide?  my son asks.  {Note:  he has his pronouns reversed, so when he says ‘you’ he means himself and ‘I’ usually means me, the mama.} Ok, go hide, I tell him.  He runs off to the other side of the backyard. One, two, three… I begin counting. Four, five!  I hear the…