Dear Caroline, Today you are one month old! These past 4+ weeks have flown by. I feel like it was just yesterday when you were still inside me, and we were wondering about who you were. We have spent this month getting to know you and getting used to having two little girls in our family. You remind us so much of your older sister! You look a lot like her, with your full head of hair. I’m looking forward…
Last spring, I wasn’t even thinking of preschool. I am not one of those people who believes that all kids need preschool. I had this happy-go-lucky idea floating around in my head of not really doing any formal schooling until kindergarten or maybe even 1st grade. I had visions of being a borderline unschooler, though to be honest it doesn’t really fit my personality and I don’t think I’d do it well. A quick side story: Savannah is one of…
I recently came across these two videos that have really entertained me, and thought I’d share! (I love well-done spoofs. :-)) The second one Savannah especially enjoyed. “The Star Wars That I Used To Know” (Original song: Gotye “Somebody That I Used to Know”) Sesame Street: Share It Maybe (Original song: Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”)
We enjoyed watching the Opening Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics in London last night. The Olympics have always been a part of my life, and I completely missed the last Olympics in China, so I’m excited to get the chance to watch them this time. :-) I have been reminiscing of Olympic moments that have stood out to me. For sure, the 1996 games in Atlanta are the highlight of my memories. We were on furlough that year, and we…
If you’ve never read/heard Savannah’s birth story, here it is again, for background information. As I prepared for this birth, I thought a lot about how I felt about my last birth experience, and what I wanted to do differently/the same this time. Overall, I had really positive feelings about Savannah’s birth despite the “change in plans”. I wanted to repeat a lot of things about it (namely, the fact that I was able to let my body labor how…