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One Year Ago, Part 2

The stick had been peed upon (seriously, why isn't there a nicer way to say it?) and the verdict was in. Except, it wasn't, exactly. My husband and I studied the E.P.T. (seriously, why is it called "Error Proof". I would call this "Easily Error-able") mulling over the one dark line next to the other faint line. Now, from all of my reading, a line ...

not-the-mama, not-the-mama

I'm pretty sure that my daughter just looked at me and said, "Becca". THAT'S MY NAME. Now, I was the only one around to hear it, and yeah, there's that whole, she doesn't know how to talk, yet, thing, but I swear, she looked at me, smack in the eyes, and called me by my name. It's not "Mama", but I'll take it!

I’m telling!

In response to the photo that I posted of my recently polished nails, I got the following LSM (Little Sister Message): "LOVE. I want to copy. Though I won't because, if history repeats itself as they say it does, you'll throw the polish at my head. You were such a nice sisty." Yes, this is how we talk ...

One Year Ago, Part 1

One year ago, I peed on one little stick, and two little lines appeared. I was pregnant. Easy peasy. Except, not. One year ago, my husband and I packed for the shore. I tucked a box of E.P.T.s in with my u.n.d.i.e.s, because I hadn't been feeling quite right. I had been having dizzy spells, and extreme fatigue, and there were two very specific parts ...

(wo)manicure

This, my friends, is the first time that my nails have seen polish SINCE I GAVE BIRTH. (oh, and by the way, even though I had a C-Section, is it still considered "giving birth"? Twin and I were trying to figure this one out, this weekend, and neither of us knew the answer.) Pretty color, right? I think ...

two thumbs up!

My daughter, who, up until this point, has been sucking on her two fingers, just found her thumb. Now, while this may not seem like big news for some people, it is pretty darn exciting for this former thumb connoisseur. I spent 3 (read: 8 ) wonderful years of my life with my thumb glued to my mouth. And hey, it didn't ...

In case you didn’t believe me…

This is what it looks like when your 16-week-old daughter pees all over you, just in case you needed a visual. And, for the full effect, I must tell you that when my husband snapped this shot with his mobile phone and emailed the photo to me, he titled it, "Pishy Pants". If that doesn't scream "dignified, beautiful new mother" then I ...

twin-tastic

Do you remember how I've mentioned my twin sister, from another mister? Well, twin and I are so, well, twinlike. As you may recall, I mentioned that my daughter tends to laugh at certain words, like "peaches". Well, I also mentioned my own propensity to laugh at certain words, like "zebra". Well, just today, on our way to brunch (can you say, "holy coconut crusted ...

the sweetest thing, hands down

When you're a new parent, you're surrounded by all things adorable, delicate, and itty bity. And you kind of get used to the cute. But sometimes, it'll hit you, and hit you hard. Like this morning, I spent a good, long while just staring at a pair of delicious baby hands. One hand was wrapped around the daddy's finger. One hand was wrapped ...

rockin’ and a-rollin’, yeah!

Splish Splash, I was takin' a bath Long about a Saturday night It's amazing to think, that out of all of the times I have listened to this song, I never actually imagined that a Saturday night, spent with my treasured girlfriends, huddled around the bathtub as we gave my daughter her nighttime bath, could be the best party I've had in a long ...