From the moment I found out I was pregnant, I felt that our bed situation needed some serious reconsideration. It was my theory that I deserved about 2/3 of the bed, because I was now two in one. John pointed out that the baby was quite small at the time, no larger than a grain [...]

This photo was taken when Anna was two and sick with a fever. Freda never left her side. Freda also stays with her every night as she settles into sleep. I can’t say Freda exactly enjoys this job (I think she especially loathes listening to Leo the Lightening Bug on repeat ad nauseum) but when [...]

A week from Friday I’ll be full term–although we don’t expect Natalie to come until mid-November, based on the tardiness of her big sister. I’m getting a little clumsier and a lot more forgetful. I’d like to share of few of my recent bumbles. I’m hoping that after the baby comes at least a portion [...]

This photo, by Chicago Photographer Thomas Marlow, was the product of a messy day. I took Anna downtown hoping to take her to free concerts, which were all supposed to be located in one park, but alas, I couldn’t find any of them, and the the said park was GIGANTIC. We had not brought Anna’s [...]

So we’ve entered a new phase of parenthood–I fear this one will last at least through her teenage years. It is the “Why can’t you?” “Why didn’t you?” and the “Why won’t you?” phase. I get asked questions along these lines all day long. As I sit here now, she’s just asked me a particularily [...]