It’s May and we’re starting to get settled with our new house-member Andrew. C-section recovery was uncomplicated and after about a month we stopped accidentally calling Andrew “Christopher” most of the time. The week we came home from the hospital our wonderful neighbors pitched in once again and brought us several meals. They are all so nice that it is… Read more →
Dear Goo, Hard to believe at 2 years old we’re still calling you “Goo”. I guess when your big brother gives you a nickname at daycare and it catches on, you just roll with it. It’s a good thing you’re so easy-going. Rolling with the punches usually comes pretty easy for you. You did awesome becoming a big brother this… Read more →
So last Tuesday I drove myself to the hospital and had a baby. Jason came along for the ride as he has on both of our previous baby-having excursions, but we decided it makes for a better story if I can say that I drove myself. Baby Baxter #3 was scheduled to arrive via c-section at Noon. Monday night we… Read more →
Dear William, 4 years old. How did that happen? I was getting you dressed and realized how you’ve stretched from “toddler” into “big boy” seemingly in the last month. You are an excellent bigbrother to Christopher (most of the time) and you’re SO excited about becoming a big brother once again. This time you are big enough to ask all sorts of questions,… Read more →
In keeping with tradition of being sick on all major and minor holidays, I decided to get Christopher’s cold just in time for Valentine’s day. Thank goodness for the extended Presidents’ Day weekend to lay low. I spent the first day or two of the weekend feigning productivity while being followed around by two toddlers, neither of whom can let… Read more →
*Skip this first paragraph if you don’t want to hear complaining* No one warned me motherhood would involve this much crying, not only by the kiddos, but by myself personally. Some days I am just totally at wits end and falling apart. I keep blaming it on being 30 weeks pregnant, hormonal, and unable to sleep. Jason just returned from a… Read more →
Merry Christmas! We had a wonderful white Christmas in Utah this year with some existing snow, and another 5-6″ that fell Christmas Eve/Morning. After weeks of being sick with colds, a round of antibiotics, and most recently the stomach flu, we all managed to be healthy by about 2 days before Christmas. Jason and I didn’t exchange gifts this year,… Read more →
Lots of happenings in our house over the past month. Probably the most exciting news is we found out we are having Baby BOY Baxter #3! The ultrasound went well and everything looked happy and healthy in there. I am now at 21 weeks but look more like 30. Some day I will need to do some serious work to… Read more →
I inadvertently skipped blogging for the entire 3rd quarter of this year. Much like the last time we got pregnant (PS if you haven’t heard…we’re pregnant!), we decided to start trying and I was “knocked up” or more politely “with child” about 6 weeks later. Then I got tired. REALLY tired. There were lots of naps, some nausea, and a few… Read more →
Hello Summer. I was hoping for you, and now you’re too hot. This entire week is supposed to be 100+ degrees. It IS a dry heat as they say, but my tolerance really only goes up to about 95. We will make it, but now I’m missing fall once again. Life is crazy this summer. I was looking back at… Read more →
