Revelry Reverie

Henry and Bob are looking up resale Legos on Craigslist, and I got curious as to how many pounds of Lego bricks are out there in the world. Here’s what I found: Approximately 19 billion Lego elements are produced per year. 2.16 million are molded every hour, 36,000 every minute. You can read the full…

Our first day home, on Saturday, we took a walk to one of the playgrounds in the neighborhood so the big kids could play. I wore Grant, as I’m used to him on me, and he was very happy about it. He snuggled in. I look tired because I am tired. His head looks completely…

Yesterday turned into an adventure. I had an appointment with the midwives at 9am, and had been contracting since 1:30am – albeit not very intense or very close together. At that appointment I was 3cm dilated and still 50% effaced. Grant was a -2, meaning, he wasn’t fully engaged yet – not super unusual for…

Grant William, born at 9:06pm on June 30. 7lbs, 12.3oz and 19in long.  We arrived at the hospital at 8:45pm, after I labored at home all day. We maybe waited a little long to come in, but it worked out fine. His birth was unmedicated, because of the timing, but I would have taken literally…

Today marks 40 weeks! However, my due date is tomorrow (“uh let’s say…July 1st”) is how the doctor determined it. Because I like to be stubborn about these inconsistencies, I’m still counting today as 40 weeks (which it is), and tomorrow as my due date (which it might be? Who knows).

On our way to Eleanor’s first dance class, I knew she was excited, because she was telling me in great detail how to recognize her in the class.  “My tap shoes are black and have pink bows. I have on pink tights, and me e-o-tard is pink. Also, my hair is in a pony tail,…

At the beginning of May, we moved into our new house, and into our new neighborhood. I love our house – I feel very lucky to be here. But our new neighborhood definitely exceeds expectations. When we pulled up with our new keys to start moving in, this is what we found: There’s a smiley…

Someone is super excited to start dance next week!