On Monday, my sweet boy turned five-months-old. It’s pretty extraordinary. In life, I’ve always found that there are days & hours that go slow but that the months & years always fly by. Never has this been more true than since I have become a…
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Baby’s Been…
Read more“These are the days that must happen to you.” — Walt Whitman I virtually skipped Roman’s four-month-old update post. It’s been so hard to write because things keep changing so much every day. Yes, he is developing and growing — that is to be expected…
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Four-Month-Old Roman James
Read moreYesterday my sweet boy turned four-months-old. He is a little cherub. I hear him let out a little sigh in the morning and I know that he’s awake. Tired though I may be, I am so excited to get out of bed, walk to his…
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Roman Eats
Read moreA few weeks ago, we began introducing Roman to solid food. How exciting for a pudgy baby like him! The first thing that I gave him was a bit of mashed up avocado. Altogether it amounted to the size of a pea. I put the…
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Nobody Said It Was Easy
Read moreYesterday was one of those days. Running on “next-to-no” sleep. A baby boy that wouldn’t stop crying no matter what I tried, who every time I tried to nurse him, clamped down on my nipple and pulled as hard as he could. A husband who…
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Baby’s Been…
Read moreRoman James is 3.5 months old. I want to remember what he’s doing at each stage of his growth. This series “Baby’s Been” is all about what my baby has been up to lately. Last time we checked, Roman weighed 16.5 pounds. Everyone comments on…
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Three-Month-Old Roman James
Read moreYesterday my little Roman James turned three-months-old. And just like that, my “4th trimester” is over. My baby boy is the sweetest thing. He is so big already — sixteen pounds, so pudgy! His vocabulary (goo’s, gah’s, moo’s and mah’s) is expanding every day. He…
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The Simplest Days
Read moreI remain convinced that sometimes the sweetest days are the simple ones. Perhaps it’s because when I’m slowed down, not doing too much, I take the time to really observe and appreciate how blessed my life is. Roman has been sleeping in his room, in…
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(Not) Sleeping & Breastfeeding
Read moreThings are never what you expect them to be. During my pregnancy, my main concern about breastfeeding was that I wouldn’t be able to. I knew so many women that wanted to breastfeed but were unable to. I hoped and prayed that I would be…