Last week I met up for lunch with my two friends and their babies. Shannon’s little guy Xander is almost exactly Nate’s age, just ten days younger, actually. Jodi’s baby girl Abby (one of the girl’s names we toyed with before we knew Nate was a boy) is just a couple of...
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Couplehood
“Can you imagine your life without him?”
It gets better (or worse, depending on who you ask).
The weather has been so lovely here lately. By the calendar it will be officially spring in nine days, but usually it still feels like winter well into late March and even early April. Temperatures have made it feel more like mid-April this last week and we’ve been doing our best to...
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29 weeks pregnant: Childbirth education.
Graham and I started prenatal classes run by our hospital this week. I was really proud of Graham for coming to the classes because I know he wasn’t particularly looking forward to going to them. I’m not exactly sure why, but it doesn’t matter…it ended up being a good experience for us...
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Three years together.
Today is our three year wedding anniversary. I was planning to take the day off, and so was Graham, originally, but instead he is a few kilmetres away, painting someone else’s house. I’m not angry. I’m not disappointed. You know why? Because this is just classic Graham: willing to make little sacrifices every day...
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MacGyver Dad.
Over the weekend I contracted what I think was a bit of food poisoning. I won’t mention the name of the restaurant I ate lunch in, but it rhymes with Shmurger Sming. We’ve had two visits to the local ER to make sure everything is okay. Thankfully Graham has been off work so he could...
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