Thursday, October 7, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
My Baby is Three Months Old!!!
After two years, three miscarriages, 40 weeks and 5 days we were blessed with our "miracle" - Maylah Grace was born on June 28, 2010. She just turned three months old and we can hardly believe it. I am on maternity leave now.
Friday, June 4, 2010
Now in Week 38!
I am due June 23rd. I always envisioned this baby being early and fast, now that I am 37 weeks I cannot stop wondering when and how will her birth transpire!?
We have been struggling with B2 and his rough adjustment to life in a bunk bed with his big brother. Everything seems fine until once, twice, three times (and more - 6 times between 1 and 6 one night!) he gets out of bed. He is CRANKY! He complains about his tummy hurting and insists he cannot sleep. Wants me and wants his OWN WAY!! This is not easy to handle at the best of times, never mind being in the last weeks of pregnancy!
Hopefully this will work itself out soon. Or, perhaps this little one will be such a great sleeper that I will actually start sleeping through the night soon. Ha!!
We have been struggling with B2 and his rough adjustment to life in a bunk bed with his big brother. Everything seems fine until once, twice, three times (and more - 6 times between 1 and 6 one night!) he gets out of bed. He is CRANKY! He complains about his tummy hurting and insists he cannot sleep. Wants me and wants his OWN WAY!! This is not easy to handle at the best of times, never mind being in the last weeks of pregnancy!
Hopefully this will work itself out soon. Or, perhaps this little one will be such a great sleeper that I will actually start sleeping through the night soon. Ha!!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Can I start counting in days yet?
Five weeks to go! I am literally a house - well, at least a mid-sized trailer. With a due date of June 23rd I am growing weary at people asking - "any day now?"
When can I start counting in days? I say now.
37 days
(... and counting!)
When can I start counting in days? I say now.
37 days
(... and counting!)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Love Me
Love Me by JJ Heller - check out this amazing song. One of my students wrote about it on her exam. Powerful stuff! You can also see this LINK TO LYRICS for the words.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Being Mother/Being Academic
I am struggling with writing this paper. It is not that I have nothing to say about being an academic or about being a mother! Rather, I find myself unwilling to commit even in draft form to my take on it as I feel I am currently occupying the / space between - neither wholly doing motherhood, nor my academic position the best (or even close to) that I can. Perhaps this has something to do with being in the third trimester and wondering what it will be like to have another baby in our house, or maybe it has more to do with the end of term and the exhaustion that comes with it. Regardless, I find myself having so much difficulty just 'doing' what it is that makes me both - being with my kids, being with my students/colleagues; playing and having fun, writing and teaching etc.
In theory it seems so much easier to find a balance between these roles than it is in practice. I am so drawn back home when I am at work, yet wonder whether a part of me will be missing when I am only at home. At the same time, I find my thoughts drift to things at work I have not done when I should be simply enjoying time with my kids. Is this uncertainty that I am doing the right thing the consistency that I can expect as I try to negotiate being both a mother and an academic AT THE SAME TIME?!
A balance? I think not!
Friday, March 19, 2010
Waving Flag
Have you heard this powerful song recorded by Canadian musicians yet? How about checking out the video?!
See Young Artists for Haiti.
See Young Artists for Haiti.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Making Meaningful Change
As I am approaching a maternity leave, I find myself reflecting on what I've done, what I am doing, and where I want to go - in my career, as a mother, and in my life more broadly. Here are a few 'lessons' I want to bring closer to my heart.
Stop in the pursuit of happiness and just be happy
Dwell in possibility
Use kind words
Inspire kind action
Love what you have
Be grateful every day
Don’t compare yourself to others, but be inspired by them
Accept criticism with grace, but ignore the naysayers
See opportunities in disappointments, problems and setbacks
Surround yourself with positive people; making meaningful relationships
Complain less, smile more.
(some of these ideas are from Leo Babauta at Zen Habits.
Stop in the pursuit of happiness and just be happy
Dwell in possibility
Use kind words
Inspire kind action
Love what you have
Be grateful every day
Don’t compare yourself to others, but be inspired by them
Accept criticism with grace, but ignore the naysayers
See opportunities in disappointments, problems and setbacks
Surround yourself with positive people; making meaningful relationships
Complain less, smile more.
(some of these ideas are from Leo Babauta at Zen Habits.
Monday, March 15, 2010
(Extra)Ordinary
I have been reading two different books lately that have piqued my intellectual and emotional curiosity. First, The Self Esteem Trap: Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids in an Age of Self-Importance, by Polly Young-Eisendrath. Second, The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life, by Robin Sharma. I have found it hard to put either one of them down, but somehow I have because I am not quite finished either of them! While there are definite connections and parallels - each begins with a very different premise. The former - we are ordinary; the second - be extraordinary!
Today, I listened to a video by Sharma that encouraged 5 principles, that I would welcome comment. check out link here I am intrigued about how they relate to my mothering and other goals/aspirations. These are:
1)Be an Extraordinary Leader
2)Be an Extraordinary Connector (with people)
3)Be an Extraordinary Performer
4)Be an Extraordinary Person
5)Be an Extraordinary Contributor
More to come...
Today, I listened to a video by Sharma that encouraged 5 principles, that I would welcome comment. check out link here I am intrigued about how they relate to my mothering and other goals/aspirations. These are:
1)Be an Extraordinary Leader
2)Be an Extraordinary Connector (with people)
3)Be an Extraordinary Performer
4)Be an Extraordinary Person
5)Be an Extraordinary Contributor
More to come...
Monday, March 8, 2010
Mother Academic - first installment "Mother?"
Being a mother academic implies merging two (separate?) identities and social positions - mother and academic. Perhaps in considering what it means to be a mother academic and how one may inform the other I'd best begin with considering the meaning I give to each as separate entities - even if on a day-to-day basis they merge and conflict, and are experienced both at the same time.
Mother. I've been on this quest to find out how other mothers make sense of their maternal identity, but haven't given myself the indulgence (or requirement) to unpack the meaning of mother for myself. It became very clear to me how important this is in very practical terms, when I asked myself a really tough question this morning. I had some frustration lately when it comes to the role I play in my oldest son's life. Specifically, I want to help him "be the best he can be." I wonder, though, WHAT am I doing toward this end? This bring me to the larger question at hand - what does it mean for me to be his mother?
Above all else? It is love. It's inspiration, adoration and hope. When I think about our bond I really feel connected to, a key part of and integral to another's life journey. This is empowering. Expressions of my love (I hope) can be found in the encouragement, nourishment and enrichment I strive to provide in each of his days. What we together do so well is hugs and kisses, a special smile, manners and courtesies. Where I think I fall short is in the practical specifics: 1) what to say and do when it appears he isn't trying his best at hockey; 2) how to respond when he seems disinterested in doing more than a minimum required with home reading; 3) how to engage him and ignite a spark in him - a passion that he intrinsically wants to pursue.
This child has always seemed to be "into" something. First it was all about construction and building things (ala Bob the Builder), then it was climate and everything weather related (i.e. Tornados and hurricanes), after that came dinosaurs and an interest in paleontology. Somewhere along the way he seemed to stop asking so many questions - why?
What role do I play in all this? Looking back, we got him the construction stuff, we read him stories about climate change and weather patterns, we visited museums etc. Now, I guess I am having so much trouble putting my finger on what is driving him - exciting him and making him wonder. This from a kid who several people have commented on is so curious, inquisitive and articulate? Is it me that he just can't articulate it to?
If he says, "I love hockey," as his Mom should I just believe him at his word. I find this so hard to do when I see an attitude of nonchalance, an almost indifference that would seem (at least from his effort) that he could take it or leave it. Then, he goes and selects Hockey for his grade one 'passion project'?!!
I guess what I am observing is a lack of willingness to push himself outside of his comfort zone. He's good, fine, getting by. But, the next level would require the kind of effort and engagement that I think he might be scared of. I don't think it's a fear of failure because so far the stakes are pretty low (e.g. at school it doesn't matter that he's reading at an L level, B or C would be acceptable; or, at hockey they don't keep score and everyone gets a trophy or medal just for showing up). So, if it's not that he could fail, perhaps it has something to do with a lack of incentive. He's likely too young to accept that hard work is good for hard work's sake, a value or attribute to honour. Rather, he isn't "jacked" enough to want to try any harder than he has to. Sure, a goal is nice - but if I can get one waiting for the puck to be open and pop it in just outside the net, then, why should I try to take it from the other team and skate hard down the ice and risk wasting all that effort and it might not go in? Again, I ask... where do I fit in this?
As encourager, perhaps I am encouraging this almost indifferent attitude. Perhaps I need to re-consider myself in different terms. I aspire to inspire my students (I guess I am already getting into the academic part), and in theory want to inspire my children. Perhaps, though, especially when they are this young I need to be more direct, planned and explicit about what I want to inspire - hard work, caring about his role in the team or class, giving everything he has, holding nothing back. Does he really know what any of these things mean?
Do I need to take on more of a coaching role here? If I was to envision how mother as coach could look like, what would that mean? Obviously, there is instruction there, leading by example etc. But, this doesn't resonate with me. Coaching is often situated within the context of organized and team sports. This is not something that I have a lot of experience in. Sure, I played volleyball in high school and softball during childhood, but I have no fond (and very few for that matter) coaching memories. The only coaches I actually remember were the ones I had when I participated in competitive gymnastics (grades 6 through 10). I do remember their names, Ron and Tara. This will require a little departure down memory lane... Out of 4-5 groups the elite of our club, those selected to be in Ron's group, considered (and considered themselves) number one. Tara's Group (as we were called) came second. I recall that Ron was abrasive, pushy and very intense. If he was leading our warm up and caught any of us girls talking the punishment was "more conditioning drills" (repetitive stop and starts like running then push ups, or hanging from a bar and pulling our legs to our head as many times as we could). Tara's style was a little more personable, she'd talk to us and encourage us with "you can do it" often. Yet, I don't remember really looking up to them as role models, as people I wanted to emulate. I didn't aspire to be like them.
I do have mentors, though. There have been women and men in my life who have inspired me. What do they have in common? They have loved and supported me, but also challenged me to get outside of my comfort zone. They have been individuals who saw something in me before I saw it in myself. I think I am starting to have more clarity when it comes to B1 now. Perhaps I am trying to get him to see something in himself that he just can't see. Maybe I am going about this all wrong. Rather than ask him or wait for him to tell me, "I am passionate about X. I want to try to get better at Y", I need to be the one looking more closely at who he is right now and what he's expressing. Then I can provide him with a safe space to explore these aspects of himself. Rather than pushing something from outside I need to be listening more closely and observing with a keen eye to what is making him smile, ask questions, and want to learn more about.
So, what is being a mother? It is being creative and versatile. Re-inventing your approach and your goals if they are not suiting the situation any longer. Mothering is a process; work-in-progress, never-ending, full-time position/identity.
..... To be Continued...
Mother. I've been on this quest to find out how other mothers make sense of their maternal identity, but haven't given myself the indulgence (or requirement) to unpack the meaning of mother for myself. It became very clear to me how important this is in very practical terms, when I asked myself a really tough question this morning. I had some frustration lately when it comes to the role I play in my oldest son's life. Specifically, I want to help him "be the best he can be." I wonder, though, WHAT am I doing toward this end? This bring me to the larger question at hand - what does it mean for me to be his mother?
Above all else? It is love. It's inspiration, adoration and hope. When I think about our bond I really feel connected to, a key part of and integral to another's life journey. This is empowering. Expressions of my love (I hope) can be found in the encouragement, nourishment and enrichment I strive to provide in each of his days. What we together do so well is hugs and kisses, a special smile, manners and courtesies. Where I think I fall short is in the practical specifics: 1) what to say and do when it appears he isn't trying his best at hockey; 2) how to respond when he seems disinterested in doing more than a minimum required with home reading; 3) how to engage him and ignite a spark in him - a passion that he intrinsically wants to pursue.
This child has always seemed to be "into" something. First it was all about construction and building things (ala Bob the Builder), then it was climate and everything weather related (i.e. Tornados and hurricanes), after that came dinosaurs and an interest in paleontology. Somewhere along the way he seemed to stop asking so many questions - why?
What role do I play in all this? Looking back, we got him the construction stuff, we read him stories about climate change and weather patterns, we visited museums etc. Now, I guess I am having so much trouble putting my finger on what is driving him - exciting him and making him wonder. This from a kid who several people have commented on is so curious, inquisitive and articulate? Is it me that he just can't articulate it to?
If he says, "I love hockey," as his Mom should I just believe him at his word. I find this so hard to do when I see an attitude of nonchalance, an almost indifference that would seem (at least from his effort) that he could take it or leave it. Then, he goes and selects Hockey for his grade one 'passion project'?!!
I guess what I am observing is a lack of willingness to push himself outside of his comfort zone. He's good, fine, getting by. But, the next level would require the kind of effort and engagement that I think he might be scared of. I don't think it's a fear of failure because so far the stakes are pretty low (e.g. at school it doesn't matter that he's reading at an L level, B or C would be acceptable; or, at hockey they don't keep score and everyone gets a trophy or medal just for showing up). So, if it's not that he could fail, perhaps it has something to do with a lack of incentive. He's likely too young to accept that hard work is good for hard work's sake, a value or attribute to honour. Rather, he isn't "jacked" enough to want to try any harder than he has to. Sure, a goal is nice - but if I can get one waiting for the puck to be open and pop it in just outside the net, then, why should I try to take it from the other team and skate hard down the ice and risk wasting all that effort and it might not go in? Again, I ask... where do I fit in this?
As encourager, perhaps I am encouraging this almost indifferent attitude. Perhaps I need to re-consider myself in different terms. I aspire to inspire my students (I guess I am already getting into the academic part), and in theory want to inspire my children. Perhaps, though, especially when they are this young I need to be more direct, planned and explicit about what I want to inspire - hard work, caring about his role in the team or class, giving everything he has, holding nothing back. Does he really know what any of these things mean?
Do I need to take on more of a coaching role here? If I was to envision how mother as coach could look like, what would that mean? Obviously, there is instruction there, leading by example etc. But, this doesn't resonate with me. Coaching is often situated within the context of organized and team sports. This is not something that I have a lot of experience in. Sure, I played volleyball in high school and softball during childhood, but I have no fond (and very few for that matter) coaching memories. The only coaches I actually remember were the ones I had when I participated in competitive gymnastics (grades 6 through 10). I do remember their names, Ron and Tara. This will require a little departure down memory lane... Out of 4-5 groups the elite of our club, those selected to be in Ron's group, considered (and considered themselves) number one. Tara's Group (as we were called) came second. I recall that Ron was abrasive, pushy and very intense. If he was leading our warm up and caught any of us girls talking the punishment was "more conditioning drills" (repetitive stop and starts like running then push ups, or hanging from a bar and pulling our legs to our head as many times as we could). Tara's style was a little more personable, she'd talk to us and encourage us with "you can do it" often. Yet, I don't remember really looking up to them as role models, as people I wanted to emulate. I didn't aspire to be like them.
I do have mentors, though. There have been women and men in my life who have inspired me. What do they have in common? They have loved and supported me, but also challenged me to get outside of my comfort zone. They have been individuals who saw something in me before I saw it in myself. I think I am starting to have more clarity when it comes to B1 now. Perhaps I am trying to get him to see something in himself that he just can't see. Maybe I am going about this all wrong. Rather than ask him or wait for him to tell me, "I am passionate about X. I want to try to get better at Y", I need to be the one looking more closely at who he is right now and what he's expressing. Then I can provide him with a safe space to explore these aspects of himself. Rather than pushing something from outside I need to be listening more closely and observing with a keen eye to what is making him smile, ask questions, and want to learn more about.
So, what is being a mother? It is being creative and versatile. Re-inventing your approach and your goals if they are not suiting the situation any longer. Mothering is a process; work-in-progress, never-ending, full-time position/identity.
..... To be Continued...
Friday, March 5, 2010
Association for Research on Mothering
As a mother and a maternal scholar, I am writing to express my concern over the decision York University has recently made to close down what can arguably be considered "the most prolific, wide-reaching, international community building organization in the area of mothering worldwide," the Association for Research on Mothering (ARM)
The work of ARM is vibrant, woman-centred, widely respected, and absolutely essential, especially now as mothers and children continue to face challenges related to state dependency, neo-liberal discourses and regulatory strategies, economic and cultural marginalization. The academic and community profile of ARM is incomparable. The opportunities it provides to maternal scholars and mothers cannot be understood simply through the tangibles (journal, publishing, conferences etc.) but through the work ARM does in advocating for mothers' rights, value and the meaningful contribution mothers make to society.
York now has an opportunity to recognize not only the value of maternal scholarship, but the worth of mothers by reversing its decision to close ARM. What's more, by offering instead sustainable funding to support this much needed organization York can restore goodwill with the members of ARM and the community. ARM has received an outpouring of support, including a letter writing and media campaign to save it! With its many accomplishments and stellar record, I do still see a future. There is so much at stake here losing such an important association.
On behalf of the mothers I have interviewed over the past year who insist we must do more to support mothers and children in this country, I most emphatically support the re-opening of ARM!
The work of ARM is vibrant, woman-centred, widely respected, and absolutely essential, especially now as mothers and children continue to face challenges related to state dependency, neo-liberal discourses and regulatory strategies, economic and cultural marginalization. The academic and community profile of ARM is incomparable. The opportunities it provides to maternal scholars and mothers cannot be understood simply through the tangibles (journal, publishing, conferences etc.) but through the work ARM does in advocating for mothers' rights, value and the meaningful contribution mothers make to society.
York now has an opportunity to recognize not only the value of maternal scholarship, but the worth of mothers by reversing its decision to close ARM. What's more, by offering instead sustainable funding to support this much needed organization York can restore goodwill with the members of ARM and the community. ARM has received an outpouring of support, including a letter writing and media campaign to save it! With its many accomplishments and stellar record, I do still see a future. There is so much at stake here losing such an important association.
On behalf of the mothers I have interviewed over the past year who insist we must do more to support mothers and children in this country, I most emphatically support the re-opening of ARM!
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Post 125- B1 On Hockey
After a couple weeks of lackluster game "performance" B1 has a great hockey game. Now by performance I don't mean an evaluation of his skills, the number of goals and whether he performed at an elite level. Rather, I mean the difference between showing you want to be there, are having fun and giving it your effort versus just showing up or "mailing it in."
We struggled a bit with trying to find ways to get his inner desire active enough that he'd want to try harder - not so he would score more goals (He's at 26, and they're 6, really?!), but so he would take more of it in and really "be" involved. I think whatever combination of parental pressure, calm coaching, words of wisdom, incentives and idle threats his parents came up with actually had less of an impact, than a simple question we posed in a non-hockey related discussion:
"What are you into lately?" "What do you want to learn more about?"
He replied: HOCKEY. Who knew?
I think he wasn't showing the interest in the game that WE expected. This, by our own definitions (e.g. wanting to watch NHL games, asking to play downstairs or be taken to practice at the rink) NOT HIS!
This past week he selected a Sidney Crosby book from the library and told us he wants to do his grade one class presentation on Hockey. He came off the ice yesterday with the biggest smile ever.
Who knew it was actually my time to learn something, not be teaching it!
We struggled a bit with trying to find ways to get his inner desire active enough that he'd want to try harder - not so he would score more goals (He's at 26, and they're 6, really?!), but so he would take more of it in and really "be" involved. I think whatever combination of parental pressure, calm coaching, words of wisdom, incentives and idle threats his parents came up with actually had less of an impact, than a simple question we posed in a non-hockey related discussion:
"What are you into lately?" "What do you want to learn more about?"
He replied: HOCKEY. Who knew?
I think he wasn't showing the interest in the game that WE expected. This, by our own definitions (e.g. wanting to watch NHL games, asking to play downstairs or be taken to practice at the rink) NOT HIS!
This past week he selected a Sidney Crosby book from the library and told us he wants to do his grade one class presentation on Hockey. He came off the ice yesterday with the biggest smile ever.
Who knew it was actually my time to learn something, not be teaching it!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Responsibility
I struggle with doing too much and not doing enough.
Trying too hard and not trying hard enough.
How much responsibility and accountability for matters affecting him can we realistically expect our 6 1/2 year old to take?
Trying too hard and not trying hard enough.
How much responsibility and accountability for matters affecting him can we realistically expect our 6 1/2 year old to take?
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Cute little boy moment
B2 says to me after I came home from work today, "Who's the best Mom I ever saw?"
I reply: "Who?"
"You, Mom!"
Thanks!
He says, "For real!"
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
... Making Pizza and Other Things "P"
Tonight the boys and I made our own pizza. It was really good - not delicious by any means, but it was a great meal. It was so awesome to see them get their hands in the dough and watch the oven with the light on as we waited for our masterpiece to be complete.
"Look at the cheese boiling," B1 exclaimed!
"When is it gonna be ready, Mom?" immediately replied B2.
We sat together and enjoyed a couple slices each, followed by some pumpkin pie.
The letter of the week is "P" - so our pineapple pizza and pumpkin pie were both instructive and good to eat!
... on a less humorous side (or perhaps more, depending on the reader!) I have overhead much talk between my 4 and 6 year old boys about (dare I even say it...) WAIT FOR IT - the penis. Probably only coincidental it seems to be getting to me during "P" week!
Any moms of boys know of which I speak? I try to say nothing, but find myself trying to determine the perfect response of nonchalantly drawing attention to the fact I am not amused by their genital discourse and would much prefer bath time and bed time to be of others things "p," not pee related!
"Look at the cheese boiling," B1 exclaimed!
"When is it gonna be ready, Mom?" immediately replied B2.
We sat together and enjoyed a couple slices each, followed by some pumpkin pie.
The letter of the week is "P" - so our pineapple pizza and pumpkin pie were both instructive and good to eat!
... on a less humorous side (or perhaps more, depending on the reader!) I have overhead much talk between my 4 and 6 year old boys about (dare I even say it...) WAIT FOR IT - the penis. Probably only coincidental it seems to be getting to me during "P" week!
Any moms of boys know of which I speak? I try to say nothing, but find myself trying to determine the perfect response of nonchalantly drawing attention to the fact I am not amused by their genital discourse and would much prefer bath time and bed time to be of others things "p," not pee related!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
How do you know if you are listening to your heart?
Doesn't DOAD make it seem so obvious!
I wonder - how do I really know if I am listening to my heart? If I keep questioning if the way I have structured my life (with respect to home, family, work) is the most appropriate, beneficial, promising and significant it could be - is it?
What if?
Is this human nature? Is this one of the costs of motherhood?
Will I keep questioning even if I made different decisions, turn a different direction or veer off the current course.
I'd love to hear from other moms, especially moms who have been presented with the challenge of combining career and motherhood, particularly with babies, who can help me to make sense of this process whereby we choose how to negotiate care-giving responsibilities and career aspiration and/or financial needs.
As I contemplate how my "maternity leave" could play out next year, I desperately want to "listen to my heart," not simply make the most rational, prudent decision. The trouble is knowing or hearing what it is saying!
I checked my email after making this post and found a very applicable note from Zen Habits Take a look - perhaps there are some answers for me here.
I wonder - how do I really know if I am listening to my heart? If I keep questioning if the way I have structured my life (with respect to home, family, work) is the most appropriate, beneficial, promising and significant it could be - is it?
What if?
Is this human nature? Is this one of the costs of motherhood?
Will I keep questioning even if I made different decisions, turn a different direction or veer off the current course.
I'd love to hear from other moms, especially moms who have been presented with the challenge of combining career and motherhood, particularly with babies, who can help me to make sense of this process whereby we choose how to negotiate care-giving responsibilities and career aspiration and/or financial needs.
As I contemplate how my "maternity leave" could play out next year, I desperately want to "listen to my heart," not simply make the most rational, prudent decision. The trouble is knowing or hearing what it is saying!
I checked my email after making this post and found a very applicable note from Zen Habits Take a look - perhaps there are some answers for me here.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Cute pics from the last month
Here's B1 heading for the T-Chair... "on my own, Mom!"
Here's B2 and B1 after a couple hours of snowshoeing!
Gotta love the ski goggles!! (B2)
Mommy in the Middle!
Here's B2 and B1 after a couple hours of snowshoeing!
Gotta love the ski goggles!! (B2)
Mommy in the Middle!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Happy New Year!... and...
Life is slowly getting back to normal around here after a very relaxing and enjoyable holiday. After our few days away skiing we stayed close to home - playing games, reading, sledding and just being together. It was really special.
B2 was in rare form on Christmas Eve, asking: "Was Santa ever a baby?"
I promptly replied: "Yes, of course."
His response? "Well, then, who delivered the presents?"
First thing out of my mind was Santa's Dad!
That seemed to satisfy him.
We actually quite enjoyed that our boys had such imagination and fascination with all the myths of the season, I think because we were realizing just how big they are now (at 6 and 4). Ready for another one!!
We are expecting and thrilled beyond belief. For those who have been following my ongoing saga toward having baby #3, you can appreciate just what a gift this baby is.
I am in my 16th week, due in June!
Took somewhat of a hiatus from the Mothering Contexts Study, as I focused on the anticipation of having a baby. The best way I can put it is: Until I had my ultrasounds, could actually see and hear the baby I didn't believe I was having a baby. I knew I was pregnant, but that hadn't meant I was having a baby before. It feels so good that I could actually BE pregnant again!
Share your stories here!
B2 was in rare form on Christmas Eve, asking: "Was Santa ever a baby?"
I promptly replied: "Yes, of course."
His response? "Well, then, who delivered the presents?"
First thing out of my mind was Santa's Dad!
That seemed to satisfy him.
We actually quite enjoyed that our boys had such imagination and fascination with all the myths of the season, I think because we were realizing just how big they are now (at 6 and 4). Ready for another one!!
We are expecting and thrilled beyond belief. For those who have been following my ongoing saga toward having baby #3, you can appreciate just what a gift this baby is.
I am in my 16th week, due in June!
Took somewhat of a hiatus from the Mothering Contexts Study, as I focused on the anticipation of having a baby. The best way I can put it is: Until I had my ultrasounds, could actually see and hear the baby I didn't believe I was having a baby. I knew I was pregnant, but that hadn't meant I was having a baby before. It feels so good that I could actually BE pregnant again!
Share your stories here!
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