A Mindful Life

When I was pregnant in 2007, I remember a day when I came back from a walk (or maybe a trip to the grocery store) when my left knee ached. (There were several trips to Safeway when my foot stepped in something on the floor and I slipped. The management has improved maintenance since then.) [...]

From the first post I authored each month this year. January: It’s a new year and we’re off running, trying to find a place to live. February: The movers from Hansen-Smylie arrived at 8:30 a.m. on Monday the 29th, and they finished unloading the truck at 5:00 p.m. March: I’m pretty darn happy these days. [...]

Update: New photos of Claire on Flickr! One year ago today I learned I was pregnant. For those who haven’t been reading my blog long (or who might have forgotten), here’s the back story. After two miscarriages in 2005, we tried in 2006. I became nervous about the lack of progress, and Husband and I [...]

(This post is more for myself and may be of zero interest to you.) I Am Grateful For/That: I have a washer and dryer inside my home and don’t have to lug laundry to a laundromat. Ditto for the dishwasher to save us from hand washing dishes constantly. The invention of the baby bottle dishwasher [...]

While the hospital has wireless access, it blocks certain sites, and one of them is Flickr. So until we get home, we are unable to upload photos or approve contacts. I promise to upload asap and will post when they are up. We likely won’t be going home until Wednesday the 12th. I was in [...]

We joyfully announce the birth of our daughter! Claire Georgia Harper Date: September 8, 2007 Time: 12:49 a.m. PDT Weight: 7 lb, 1 oz. Length: 20 in At this time I don’t intend to publish photos of my child on the blog for the whole world. However, I will upload photos to my Flickr account, [...]

Just got the call from the hospital to report at 1 a.m. for the induction. I’m gonna have a baby!

It is now near 9:00 p.m. on Thursday. Below is what I wrote earlier today, but did not publish at the time because Husband asked me to wait and breathe a bit. ———- Written Thursday morning around 9:00 a.m. With the exception of a couple hours of dozing, I’ve been awake since 9:30 a.m. on [...]

We were called and went to the hospital at 8 p.m. A cheery nurse did an exam and said I was one centimeter dilated, 60% effaced (up from 10% last week), and the baby was much lower. All good. In fact, she said I was in the ideal stage for the gel and induction. She [...]

As is the way of life, the hospital doesn’t have room for us to come in at 6 p.m. as scheduled for the gel. A bunch of women in labor recently came in. The nurse said she’d call us in a few hours when a room opens up. I don’t know if this means that [...]