Lux et umbra vicissum…

Now that Branwen is army crawling really well, she stays happy on the floor longer than she did. Makes sense… she can actually get to the toys that she, in her mad joy over holding them, flings across the room. Since she stays happy longer, I feel like I should be able to get some […]

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We started Branwen on the rice cereal almost a week ago, and it’s still upsetting her. Only now she’s upset because we won’t spoon it in fast enough. 😛 We can’t win! Tonight, we ended up going back and mixing up more of it for her three times! She ate a total of 6 ounces […]

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Very sweet, and complete with two teeth! First one cut through Monday, the next one was in by Tuesday. She doesn’t like it when I try to see them, though. 😛 It makes her really mad. Her sister never minded that sort of thing. I could poke at her all I wanted. She also didn’t […]

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Btw, here are my gorgeous girls. 🙂 Alexis often has the funky hairdo due to ultra fine hair and a tendency to twirl it. Alexis Branwen

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Ok, cheesy title… but this has to be a quick entry. Joel and I are both dead tired and we really need to get to bed. Branwen turned 6 months old today. That seems so crazy! Anyway, her 6 month appointment went well and, as we did with Alexis on her 6 month day, we […]

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We did come up with new names for our kitties the other day. Well, Joel had the name for his a while ago. Right after we chose them (before they actually came to our house), he said he liked the name Katie. At the time, he was thinking of naming his Katrina and calling her […]

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I would love to understand certain parts of the human brain. How do we form memories? How do they stick? Why do some stick more than others? I think every mother with grown children probably has numerous memories that have been burned into her brain… you know, the kind of memories that form quickly and […]

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I wonder if there’s any way to find out exactly what the reasoning was for failing bill HB581. The bill basically prescribes exactly what is needed for a Certified Professional Midwife to become liscensed by the state. It seemed pretty comprehensive. I just don’t understand why they would fail it. It was failed in committee, […]

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A messy/dirty house, a fussy/teething baby, and a needy/cold-ridden toddler… it’s a recipe for frustration. What can a mother do? My house has reached my breaking point, the point at which, when I was in college, I would respond by suddenly breaking into a fit of frenzied cleaning, after which everything would be spotless and […]

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Well, we found our kittens on Saturday! We attended an adoption fair where Joel, the family “cat person”, was expected to fall in love with some cat or other which we would then claim. Surprisingly, Joel did not fall in love with a cat… I did. 🙂 She’s beautiful, and her sister is quite nice […]

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