How I survived winter break

January 3, 2010

Lest you think the Sears Willis Tower swallowed me whole, it didn’t. But winter break with two kids, a non-stop working husband and sub-zero temperatures nearly did.
Not that I didn’t have fun touristing around Chicago amidst the snow, slush and rain. I We thoroughly enjoyed the My Gym Holiday camp where you get to drop [...]

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The Tourist in All of Us (Me)

December 22, 2009

I hate doing “touristy” things… especially in my adopted hometown of Chicago. I try to avoid crowds like the plague (except if I’m trying to score a really great deal on December 26… you know I like to shop), and since I don’t celebrate Christmas I can’t help but find that this time of year [...]

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The Two-Boy Club

December 14, 2009

My worst fears have come true — people are pitying me for having two boys. It’s like a Pavlov reaction when they find out I also have an older son:

A look of disappointment washes over their face.
They immediately say something ridiculous like, “oh, you have your hands full!” (Doesn’t anyone with a newborn have his/her [...]

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Some Firsts

December 5, 2009

My first night out with the ladies since having #2 consisted of a few more firsts:

The first time I used a breast pump in public. Well, if public is considered in my husband’s car while parked on Belmont. That’s public enough for me. He kept psyching me out that everyone walking out of Potbelly was [...]

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Lactation Nation

November 24, 2009

If you had told me 10 months ago that I’d be breastfeeding my baby, and not only breastfeeding, but have an abundant supply of milk so great I could feed two babies simultaneously, and that my newborn would be the fastest eater the lactation consultant who visited yesterday has ever seen (we’re talking 15 minutes [...]

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See Me Read from See Mom Run

November 22, 2009

Nothing like ignoring your blog for 10 days while in newborn hell heaven. And nothing like remembering while in such newborn hell heaven that in about 13 days, you have to get up in front of a crowded room at a public place and read something you wrote that was published in a book.
I hope [...]

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On life, labor and lululemon

November 11, 2009

The birth of my second son, who will be henceforth known as Baby Burrito (I just love the way they swaddle them at the hospital like a Chipolte sandwich), was filled with the randomness of life, a labor story to kill all others and of course, lots of lululemon.
First, the vitals. Baby Burrito was born [...]

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Ghosts of due date past

November 5, 2009

The last time my due date came and went I didn’t know what to expect. All I know I was large and nervous as all hell about childbirth.
This time, as my due date (yesterday) came and went, I was a little more relaxed. I shopped around Nordstrom’s half-yearly sale (being 9 months pregnant is a [...]

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H1N1 vaccine: Lucky to get one

October 29, 2009

It’s hard to put into words what it took for me to finally get the H1N1 vaccine yesterday, 38 and 6 days pregnant. There were the phone calls, the texts, the emails (yes, we’re quite the tech-savvy pair) to my OB/GYN office. There was the nagging of pediatrician offices (they had it for my son before I [...]

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Happy Health-a-ween

October 21, 2009

I can’t believe I did it, but the lack of high fructose corn syrup must have gone straight to my non-sugary brain: I bought pencils, puzzles and card games to give out to kids for Halloween this year.

Oh, yes, I did.
My friend Caitlin was on the fence about the candy-overload dilemma. Me? I took one look at the Halloween candy [...]

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