Caroline Serenity arrived safely on July 18th, 2012 at 5:27am. She weighed 7lbs and 2.5oz and was 19 inches long. She has loads of dark hair just like her big sister. :-) Birth story to follow shortly, as well as better pictures once I get my camera.
I’m about 5 weeks away from my estimated due date, and that thought makes me nervous!! I don’t feel nearly ready for a baby. I do have all her clothes washed and put away, but I’m still working on diapers and I need to set up her cosleeper soon. I washed the cover for the infant carseat today, and I’m pleased that the mold came out – at least 95% of it. I need to decide if there’s anything I…
I have been somewhat lazy about tackling my “to do” list before the baby comes. I really should write the whole thing out and put it somewhere where I’ll be reminded!! But tonight I got several things accomplished and I feel good. We found out a few weeks ago that our bank was discontinuing the rewards program where we got points when we used our debit card as a credit card. We signed up for this about 5 years ago…
I promised people I would post our “short list”. :-) As we did last time, we won’t be announcing the name until after the baby is born. In the meantime we’ve been talking about it a lot. With Savannah, we kinda “knew” her name really early on. With this baby, the same thing happened but I’m a lot less settled on it. I like it, but I am concerned it’s too common (I keep running into kids with the same…
If you are weirded out by posts about breastfeeding, or if words like breast and nipple make you uncomfortable then you might want to stop reading this post. :-) I know this is can be a sensitive topic for some, and I am not trying to make a statement or “prove” that my way is better than another. I am mostly writing my breastfeeding story for my own benefit (because I do feel it is a triumphant story for me),…