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Hard to believe a month has already passed since Aedan was born. The first month has been full of long nights, spit up, diaper changes, eternal laundry, and plenty of cuteness.
The author writes about Aedan’s growth, feeding, sleep, early head control, and looking ahead to bringing food into his daughter’s life someday.
Aedan Theresa is finally here. She was born on 5/11/11 at 1:43 pm, and the post recounts the long path from due date waiting to induction, labor decisions, and a C section.
The story includes her birth details: 8 pounds, 9 ounces, 20 inches tall, and the family’s first days recovering in the hospital.
With the projected due date only three days away, this post shares a visual review of the pregnancy journey so far.
A post about missing pets, helpless fear, Lexi the terrier wandering off, and Stomper the cat disappearing just as the author’s wife may go into labor any day.
UPDATE: Stomper is back home now. He was away for four days.
The author reports on training for a 10 mile race in Washington, DC, dealing with shin splints, running through the Cherry Blossoms, and finishing the Spring training cycle.
Alongside the race training, he joined a Biggest Loser contest at work, ran 189 miles, and lost 19 pounds in 9 weeks.
A pregnancy scare happens while the author is 500 miles north in New Hampshire for work. Amanda has pains, goes to the hospital, and both mother and baby are cleared as fine.
When I was One, I had just begun.
On his 30th birthday, the author reflects on A.A. Milne, pregnancy at 36 weeks, taking a more relaxed approach to writing, and catching readers up.
The author announces a month-long break from writing, while keeping the Facebook page and training page active and focusing on life’s other big projects.
Winter is ending, but there is still time for a restorative bowl of borscht. The post points back to the author’s borscht recipe and notes how flexible the soup can be.
March arrives with couch, soup, kitties, spicy food, fever, a sinus infection, pregnancy at 30 weeks, and a brief note about switching web hosts.