My due date for my second pregnancy was Monday, April 22nd, the day after Easter Sunday and the first Monday after April vacation. Clara was born four days early, so I was hopeful that our second baby, who I was sure was a boy, would arrive sometime before the 22nd as well. In fact, I had been coaching the baby to be born on the 12th for several weeks. I joked with everyone who asked that I thought the 12th would be a lovely day- it was the Friday before vacation and therefore would guarantee […]

I find it somewhat shocking that I have time to sit down and write today as it’s my first official day of maternity leave all on my own! Matthew took two weeks to be home with us after the birth of our sweet Eloise, but he is back to work today… on his birthday no less. Even though this morning was completely hectic getting Clara to her group class and picking her up on time between nursing, pumping, and ordering birth announcements, I feel the need to take advantage of the girls’ nap time to […]

Not long after giving birth to Clara, I remember reading somewhere that in motherhood, the days are long but the years are short. Looking back on her almost twenty-nine months of life, I can honestly say that truer words have never been spoken. I honestly can’t believe that I have an almost two-and-a-half year old and we’re mere weeks away from welcoming her brother or sister into our family. Sometimes, late at night, I flip through pictures of when Clara was an infant. The day she was born seems like it was yesterday but simultaneously […]