(Birthday dinner last night at Darwin Bistro. Special 8-course tasting menu just for her!)

Well fans…looks like maternity leave is coming to an end. I’m starting school again on Monday. Feeling very mixed about going back, but I think it is going to be okay. I’m really tempted not to go, but if I just stick it out for TEN MORE MONTHS then I’ll finally get that degree! Might [...]

Dear Mommy,
Thank you for taking such good care of me these past eleven months. It’s been really great so far. The first nine months were nice and cozy–very comfortable. There were a couple of hours at the end of the ninth month which were a little rough, but you know how it is–moving out [...]

Well…not exactly. But you can vote for a photograph by my sister Jessica here! At the very least, go read her description about the photo (featuring pregnant Me as the unsuspecting model). I thought it was really sweet.
See her entry in the sidebar!

As I may have mentioned before, we are obsessed with ins and outs around here. As in: food and poop. Very exciting.
This is partly because Tatiana has been a little slow to gain weight–possibly because of a milk/soy protein allergy–which means more food for her and less milk and soy for me (and a party [...]

It’s so hard to be a baby. Can’t even trust your own hands.

In case you were wondering, Tatiana is very grown-up now. She can almost find her hand to suck on, can hold her head up to look around (well…for a minute or two, at least), and has a quickly growing “vocabulary” of little noises (though her specialty remains the “short scream,” which she likes to aim [...]

(I started this the day after littlebabygirl was born, but didn’t really get to finish it… so I’m going to try now)
There’s more story to tell, about all of this baby-birthing stuff, but there’s one thought that I’d like to capture before I forget. It’s not really sweet or life-changing, but it was an [...]

8 pounds | 20 inches | 2:16AM CDT | name: TBD

(photos: Jessica Hutfless, new Auntie)