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On the Day You Were Born

Sweet baby boy, There stands a book on your nursery bookshelf entitled, “On the Day You Were Born.” I have been waiting…waiting…waiting to read it to you, and to finally be able to tell you about the...

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Three Months Old!

Dear Baby G, Three months have passed since the day you were born. Kid, they don’t call it “the fourth trimester” for nothin’.  You’re still figuring this world out.  Either that, or you already have...

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Four Months Old!

Dear Baby G, It was only one year ago that I found out I was pregnant with you.  One year ago that I stared at a little blue line and started to dream up the details of who you would be. And now at...

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Five Months Old!

Dear Baby G, Slowly, maybe a little slower than some of your peers, we are getting into a routine.  I haven’t wanted to push you too much because, well, you’re pretty new to the planet.  As much as I...

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Six Months Old!

Dear Baby G, I’ve been in such shock that you are already six months old that I couldn’t come up with the words for a letter this month.  Instead, your daddy and I sat down and picked out some of our...

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Seven Months Old!

Dear Baby G, As I write this, you are napping in your crib.  PRAISE THE LORD, you are sleeping on a flat, unmoving surface, unswaddled, without a boob in your mouth.  It really is a time of miracles....

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Eight Months Old!

Dear Baby G, There is no other way to say this.  Since the day you were born, you have given us a run for our money.  At eight months old, there are no signs that this will stop any time soon. In the...

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Nine Months Old!

Dear Baby G, You might notice this letter is a little late.  That’s because your mobility is hitting Mommy hard.  The world around us is one big deathtrap now that you are on the move, and the...

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Ten Months Old!

Dear Baby G, It’s first birthday party season.  Do you know what that means?  It means mothers all around me are frantically planning flashy, cutesy, craftsy parties to celebrate the fact that we...

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To My Husband, on His First Father’s Day

Dear Husband, It hasn’t been an easy ten months, has it?  Since the day our son was born, it seems like we’ve hardly had a moment together to reflect on our new lives as parents.  And since it doesn’t...

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11 Months Old!

Dear Baby G, Eleven months have somehow passed, and you have gone from a tiny and helpless newborn to a thriving and busy little man. This letter is over a week late because it’s been a tough couple...

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One Year Old!

Dear Baby G, I’m such a sappy and emotional wreck about you being one year old that this won’t be much of a letter.  Your daddy and I have managed, at least, to make another slideshow to commemorate...

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Two and three-quarters

Dear Gray, I haven’t felt compelled to write much in this last year or so, because writing is a form of therapy for me and frankly, in your first year (and a half, or two), I needed a lot of therapy....

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Dear First Born

 Photo courtesy of Becca Howell Photography  Dear First Born, It’s not long now that your world, and ours, will be forever changed. And I am scared for you. Many of our kind, well-meaning friends and...

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On the day you were born

On the day you were born, it was barely February. The first day of a new month. It was a Monday. The first day of a new week. We had every reason to believe it would be another rainy, dreary, winter...

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Dear Birdy,

Dear Baby (“Birdy”), Today you are a mere 27 weeks old, and we will be in the hospital until the day you are born. We have to take this day by day now, you and me, but after relentless pestering for...

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27 weeks + 1 day

Birdy, Preeclampsia affects 5-8% of all pregnancies. In theory, we would be on the “Least Likely to Succeed” list for preeclampsia candidates. Risk factors include: Previous history of...

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27 weeks + 4 days (day 6 in the hospital)

Birdy, Writing about the difficult parts of this is proving too much, so I’m going to keep this lighter. I want to talk about the staff here. Daddy and I used to watch a lot of Grey’s Anatomy, and we...

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27 weeks + 6 days (day 8 in the hospital)

Birdy, The last 24 hours have been some of the toughest so far. Until then, it was just me that everyone was fussed about–you know, not having a seizure, stroke, or organ failure. You were tolerating...

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28 weeks (day 9 in the hospital)

Birdy, Back on magnesium last night. No tattoo for you. Let’s talk about drugs. I’ve never touched a recreational drug, not even marijuana (though many have suggested I could benefit from doing so)....

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