NOLA Notes

Month: June, 2007

A Return to Good Eats

Since having Sun, we have ventured out for a quick meal here and there, but no cuisine to note. Most of what we’ve eaten have been casseroles made by relatives. Don’t get me wrong–I love a good casserole! But I’ve been hungering for something more. And today I saw my opportunity and went for it. [...]

Still the Same

Tomorrow marks the three week mark–Sun will be three weeks old and still two weeks from her due date. Today was the day scheduled for her delivery. So happy shouldabeen birthday, Sun! Her real birthday seems like yesterday and a lifetime ago combined. I think a lot of that has to do with my lack [...]

Sun on Her Mother Returning to Work

Today we ventured to my office. I was surprised to realize I missed it. I am nowhere ready to return, but it felt nice to go for a visit. Sun needed a diaper change while we were there, so I pulled out the extension of my desk for CS to change her. It seems every [...]

Upon Reflection

Anticipating how having a baby would change my world was really hard to do. In truth, I could only be so prepared for the change that was about to occur in my life. Now that I have been a mother for all of two weeks, I already “get it.” The earth did shake that Saturday [...]

A Day of Discoveries

Having a small baby has its benefits. My wedding and engagement rings fit again and I even was able to fit into a pair of non-maternity pants today. These pants are usually a tad too big for me and today they were tight, but I got them to zip up and I actually wore them [...]

A Bit of Eye Candy

Here’s a picture of Sun taken at the hospital with the gavage tube still in place. Everyday, she becomes more and more just Sun and less what CS and I see of each other in her. 0 I Like This

Add One More to the Illustrious List

Sun and I left the hospital yesterday and are happy to be home. The hospital staff was very helpful, but every five minutes someone was knocking on the door–between my nurse, the nursery nurse, the nurses’ aides, the lactation specialists, housekeeping–it was grand central station. At least my home is quiet. And I get to [...]

Let the Sun Shine!!!

As it turns out, thirty minutes after my last post, my water broke! No contractions leading up to it; nothing. So I woke CS up and we grabbed what we could think of and went to the hospital. They hooked me up to the monitor and determined that I was having mild contractions and that [...]

No One Told Me There’d Be Days Like This

It started with my wedding ring. It stopped fitting about six weeks ago. At that time, I started to wear a ring usually worn on the middle finger of my right hand on the ring finger of my left hand. Then it was my shoes. My shoe size is now an entire size larger than [...]

Remote Control MIA

I should not admit this. But I will. I can’t find the remote control for the TV. And I hate to admit further that I was the last to touch it. It isn’t in or under the sofa; it isn’t on any of the tables; it isn’t in the bathrooms, bedrooms or kitchen or even [...]