adjusting

 

we are still adjusting to lucy joining our family…turning us into a happy little foursome.  for the most part, it’s been much easier than we had anticipated.  leslie loves her baby sister and can’t wait to tell anybody who will listen that her name is ‘lucy goosey’ and that she is hers.  she has not [...]

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to quote leslie:

this is the exchange leslie and i had yesterday before naptime:
Leslie: Mommy, I need my daddy.
Me: Daddy’s at work.  He’ll be home soon.
Leslie (crying): I’m sorry Mommy.  You have pretty hair, but I need my daddy!  
and then there was this one when i picked her up from school on tuesday:
Miss Cherrie (Leslie’s teacher):  Leslie [...]

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leslie’s newest “thing”

anyone who knows us knows that leslie has never been a fan of sleeping.  as an infant, she slept in 45-minute increments, and only if she was cuddling on someone’s chest.  she greatly preferred the chest of her daddy, which was good for mommy, but not-so-good for daddy.  he spent many nights propped up on [...]

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naptime

naptime at our house was a success today!  leslie asked if she could sleep in my ‘big girl bed’ when i told her it was time to take a nap.  normally, i say no to this request, but today i was feeling like a pushover.  i did, however, make her say ‘please.’  anyway, the three [...]

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nicknames

there’s been some question as to where the ‘juice and goose’ came from.  someone actually asked if it was the name of a cocktail.  no.  juice is leslie’s nickname that her daddy gave her.  it’s actually more frequently ‘juice box.’  no one is really sure why…even michael can’t really tell you why he calls her [...]

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on pumping and wednesday

first, let me say that i hate pumping.  i feel enough like a cow without hooking myself up to a machine designed to suck milk out of my body.  however, lucy has been non-stop hungry lately, so i decided to pump every two hours in the hopes of increasing my milk supply.  so far, so good. [...]

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success!

what a busy day we’ve had today!  first, let me just say that i feel like supermom (well, except that i still cannot get leslie to take a nap).  this morning, i got leslie up and coaxed her downstairs to the kitchen with the promise of cereal for breakfast.  however, upon opening the refrigerator, i [...]

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here goes nothing…

so, i decided today that my excuse of not having enough time to blog was simply not true.  i mean, somehow i find time to read at least a dozen blogs of people i know (and even a few of people i’ve never met), so surely i can manage to create a blog of my [...]

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