Category: General

Signs of Spring…

The  a trail of mulch, sand and freshly cut grass from the porch door to the kitchen… the wine rack holding a merlot, a malbec and Casey’s fishing pole… the container of nightcrawlers next to the yogurt in the fridge…  the baseball in  Kenny’s  bed alongside his Baa to fall asleep with… the t-ball set […]

Season Three

We took Kenny to his first baseball game of the season on Thursday… this will be his third season attending Oriole’s games!   Ok, four, if you count the summer he went inside the womb… We sat through the first five innings or so in a rainy cloud, but it was actually warm enough that […]

So Close, and Yet…

… so far away.     My due date, that is.   Only 8 weeks to go (if I stick with the scheduled c-section; 9 until the actual due date).   It feels like forever and it feels like way too soon all at once. I am finally starting to really feel BIG.   As […]

Be Super Cool at Chulamama

As I hit 31 weeks of pregnancy, 14 weeks of those in maternity clothes, I have come to a new  craving for anything other than Target and Motherhood Maternity.   Enter ChulaMama, the super-trendy and hip “all-in-one” maternity and baby store. Let me note from the start that hip and trendy come with a price […]

Scheming

I will be 31 weeks on Tuesday, and already the crazed-nesting instinct it kicking in.   On Friday, my sister came over to help me go through all of Kenny’s out-grown clothes.   They were in an mess of bags and boxes, not all quite clean and not in any kind of size order.   […]

Welcome Spring

Today was one of the glorious days on the Chesapeake Bay when you know that winter has quit for good, and that Spring is really here; our Heron  returned for the first time since October!   It was the cause of much excitement from all involved:   Kenny ran shouting out the back door, “Look! […]