Life of a Catholic Librarian

...I found out for certain that I was pregnant with Anne. :) I wouldn't have remembered the date, but Mike did. Isn't that sweet? I ...

...that will be my baby's birthday. :) My water broke around 6 am this morning (do I have no shame with these details?!) Please pray for...

Today is the day in my last pregnancy (39 weeks, 1 day) that I delivered. I didn't think it would be psychologically difficult for me to...

Well, almost finished. But finished enough that I feel much more relaxed about bringing the baby home. I mean, how ridiculous is that? It...

Blogger has been acting weird today, so now it's the end of the afternoon and I don't have time to post much of substance. But I...

I'm a person that likes to be in control. I'm certain this is no surprise to any of my regular readers. :) And right now, there is ...

As I'm finishing up my tasks here at work prior to my leave, my heart is full of joyful expectation about the coming Baby CL. Late pregn...

Well, it's nearly mid-May, and Baby CL is really in the spotlight now. I was at the doctor today. More progress has been made. She *thin...

I'm here. :) And I expect that I will remain for this entire week. Which is just fine by me. Mike had his second exam today, and will ha...

Last night, my mom and I made a pilgrimage to the mecca of all pregnant women - Babies R Us . It's only the second time I've been th...

All of a sudden, it's sunk in that the baby is technically full-term and can be born anytime. In order for me not to hyperventilate at t...

Oh the joy. I woke up in a better mood than I did yesterday, but my stress level has unfortunately not abated. I clearly need to be spending...

I started off the day a bit cranky this morning. Hank was bouncing off the walls, we're hosting my in-laws for an unspecified duration a...

This morning, as I readied for work, I heard a bunch of commotion out of one of our bedroom windows. I'd been hearing a lot of cooing ou...

Has anybody tried this? I just read the book, and thought I'd post my quick thoughts here. So, the important disclaimer is that I did no...

Well. :) Lots of updates today. It'll be a long post, so settle in with some tea. I'll start with this morning, and work my way back...

Easter weekend 2011 is finally here, and this year is special. We're packing up tonight, and leaving early tomorrow morning for my siste...

It's official. My belly button is an outie. It's been begging me for weeks to please leave it alone, but really, what could I do? I...

I can't tell you how excited I was when I logged in Monday morning and saw that little baby in my ticker head down. :) Everybody is gett...

So, there I am on my big night. :) (Photo credit to Pati Vito). Saturday was a workshop and an informal hafla . The workshop was *wonderful*...