Oct. 18: I really wish that I wasn’t writing this post. Bryan’s grandpa, Dandy, moved from the hospital to a Hospice center in Wichita yesterday. Bryan, his sister, and his parents have plans to meet in Kansas on Friday to spend time with Dandy and with Grandma Jo and to be there to support each [...]
Oct. 18: Andrew spends much of his time singing. Favorites are The Farmer in the Dell, Old McDonald, and ABCs. He also loves counting. Not that he’s accurately identifying how many of anything he sees. He just likes to say the numbers. "One, two, three, four, five." Counting things on his plate or trees we [...]
Oct. 18: Lots of people have lovingly been asking me how I’ve been doing as we adjust to life without Mom. In general, it’s really not fun. I still worry most about the rest of my family and how they are all coping. And I feel so deflated in the regular moments when I think [...]
Oct. 18: This is such a lovely time in pregnancy. I think I’d be happy being this pregnant as a general state of being in life. I can feel the little one rolling and kicking and moving around, but the motions are generally soft and fluttery. She’s feeling less like a pingpong ball in her [...]
Oct. 7: I’m excited to share the news that Michael and Lisa have decided to get engaged. Lisa just posted the news on her blog. Michael stopped by to share the news earlier this week. He and Lisa have been dating for (I think) about four years. Michael said that they are looking at a [...]
Oct. 7: It’s Sunday night, and Bryan and I are relaxing after a great weekend with Granny Lu and Grandad. Photos of the weekend are in the gallery. Bryan’s mom came into town on Wednesday. I took the afternoon off, and the two of us had a fun time visiting and doing some shopping for [...]
Oct. 7: It feels like our schedule has been really full these last weeks. Pictures are in the gallery.Last weekend (Sept. 28-30), I was in Northfield and St. Paul for a Carleton Alumni Council meeting. It was so wonderful to be back on campus. I really love Carleton. I find just being in the liberal [...]
Oct. 7: Time keeps going by. I haven’t been on the computer much in the last week, and when I logged on this evening, I was shocked to see that I’ve reached the 22 week mark. The illustration for this week is a little weird looking. I know that the baby has very little fat, [...]
Sept. 30: This sweet little baby is really moving around in my belly! I spent the weekend up in Northfield and St. Paul, and in the evenings while Maretta and I were watching movies, she could feel the little bumps coming from my tummy. I think that this is the most calm and lovely part [...]
Sept. 28: I just woke up from having the most amazing dream. Since Mom died…exactly four weeks ago…I haven’t had any dreams about her. But last night I had this long and elaborate dream, and it was lovely.
