Family

(Note: This post as originally composed was a huge bandwidth hog, so I’m reconstituting it via Flickr)www.flickr.com … [Read more...] about More Pix

By now, a day before my due date, I’ve scoured the Internet for birth stories — stories of water breaking, of castor-oil-taking, of mad rushes to the hospital, of C-sections. I’m looking for clues of what to expect. Nine months ago, we started down the inexorable path to the baby’s birth. As the clock counted down, my tummy grew bigger, I began to feel movement, and I experienced a host of other … [Read more...] about The Birth Story — Anticipation

We’re standing on the edge of a whole new family reality, ready to emerge on the other side as a foursome, rather than a threesome. For now, though, things are pretty normal — well, as normal as they can be with a nearly-three-year-old and a nine-months-pregnant woman in the house. Bloated and enormous as I feel, I’m aware things haven’t changed so tremendously yet. These are the last days when … [Read more...] about Thoughts at 39 Weeks

Our boy’s vocabulary, and the resulting ability to string together song lyrics, have been coming along rather nicely. Here, his father’s influence is clearly evident. … [Read more...] about Callum sings in the bathtub

Originally uploaded by eladiaskids … [Read more...] about The cutest boy in the world

I am pregnant. It’s funny how, with news like this, you want to wait a little while before you broadcast the word to all and sundry. And then, after you’ve waited a while, you’re not quite as bursting to tell the news as you were initially. So, once a decent interval has passed, you tell your family, and you tell people at work. But when do you tell good friends that you don’t interact with … [Read more...] about Oh, and since I haven’t mentioned it…