Helloooo out there!

Big gap in blog writing for me!  I have been sporadically reading other people’s blogs, though I haven’t been commenting, or writing on my own.

This month we were visited by our very special friends, M. and family. Our place is smallish and open-ceilinged (read: no soundproofing) so it could have been disastrous with a 6 month old (Baby D.) and 13 month old (Mister Finn) but actually we did wonderfully in spite of our architectural handicap. We love this family, they are so dear to us. It had been too long since we’d all been in the same place. We packed as much as we could into 5 days, allowing for lazy mornings and babies’ naps.

[M. with Baby D., and Me nursing A. on a nurse log]

Other than that, things have been pleasantly un-noteworthy. A big change from last year! Today was our 5th wedding anniversary. Last June 19th, we were so stressed out we didn’t even realize it was our anniversary. I was checking in at the liver specialist’s office after having been recently weaned off Prednisone, while suddenly feeling incredibly ill with what I was certain was mastitis (I was right), when I signed the insurance form and saw the date and started sobbing right there at the reception desk. By the time I actually met with the doctor I was incoherent and inconsolable and in a lot of (breast) pain. He asked if I was having symptoms of Depression and I maintained, No you clod, everything just happens to suck right now! (I was wrong. Not about everything sucking, but wrong about not being Depressed.) He is a sweet, concerned man and was just trying to help; and I needed help, so you’d think we would have been off to a good start but I nipped it in the bud!

I’ve been keeping a bloggy baby book for A., to share with his friends and family, so when I finally write about his recent adventures I’ll post them here as well. He is crawling and has lots of teeth!

I’ve missed you far-off lovelies! I won’t be gone so long next time.