Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween!

These are not actually the kids' costumes. These are everyday apparel around here :)

Photos from Josh's Halloween parade, Zoo Boo, and some random snaps from the last few weeks are all in Flickr - check the link up above.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Sort of a smile


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They're a little to quick & unpredictable to catch them regularly...but this was the beginning of one.

Baby push-ups


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She looks so surprised!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Post #334: In Which I Openly Acknowledge My Denial.

Yesterday was National Stillbirth & Infant Loss Awareness Day. All the deadbaby mamas posted about it, and asked people to light a candle at 7pm. The lovely Aunt Becky even listed the losses she knew so we could see each other and remember.

And what did I do? I stuck my head in the sand. I didn't want to think about it. But late last night as I lay in bed, it crept up. And I remember.

Last week I looked at Sadie and caught a glance of Isabel for the first time. The shape of her small open mouth, her deep-set, almond-shaped eyes, the pug nose. I looked at Sadie and saw her sister. And then it felt very real all over again.

See, I've been able to push it all down since I crossed the bridge and had a living baby. And here it all was back again. So let me openly acknowledge that forever, I will be one of them - a deadbaby mama in the deadbaby club. And pretending that I don't see it or remember will not make it go away.

Isabel Grace was born on Sunday, July 29th 2007 at 10:14 am. She was 8.5 inches long and weighed 7 ounces. We wanted her, loved her, and very much miss her.

I remember you, Isabel. And I always will.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Sadie & Grammy


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Welcome Clementine!

Our friends Christian & Keri welcomed their beautiful baby girl on Saturday:

Clementine Eloise CollisonOctober 11, 2008 7:45PM
7lbs. 5 oz. 21.5” long

I'm so, so happy for you guys!

Friday, October 10, 2008

She's growing!

It took a while, but Miss Sadie finally started gaining weight. A week ago, she still hadn't gone back to her birth weight. Today, she's at 9 lbs, 7 oz and 22-1/4". And so the doc said I can stop waking her to feed her and - HALLELUJAH!!! - let her sleep through the night. It seems sick & wrong to wake a sleeping baby (and her mother).

Can you believe it's been a month already? She's also lifting her head, looking around, following you with her eyes, and started smiling at us a couple of days ago. So hooray for growing, vibrant babies.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

One Month Old


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Originally uploaded by sjross

Monday, October 6, 2008

Welcome to the world!

Congratulations to our friends Dave & Karen on the birth of their son (the only testosterone in our Bradley class)!

Anthony John
1015am
8lbs 13oz
22''