And then she rolled over and fell out of bed. Hmm, might need to teach Eva more about how that rhyme is supposed to go. I knew this was an active kid…but at 6 weeks she just learned to roll over consistently. I put her on her tummy and she flipped onto her back. I’ve [...]
It is 3 AM and I am humbly gazing at a sleeping angel.
Eva was awake almost all day. Good, I thought, she is maturing a bit and can be awake longer. She was in a pretty good mood, so we did our best to entertain her and thought not too much about it. Then bedtime [...]
While I was in labor, my nurse was being shadowed by a student who was regularly assigned to the ICU. She was excited by the prospect of seeing a birth and was disappointed when her shift ended before Eva arrived. She asked if she could come back for the delivery. I was more than happy to [...]
After all the trouble with this pregnancy, getting her here was much easier than I expected. Nothing went as I had originally planned, but in the end, it was as smooth as it could possibly be. Due to gestational diabetes, severe swelling in my feet, legs and pretty much everywhere else, and other issues, we [...]
