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Tubular

Posted by Katie on Apr 29, 2013 in Obscure references to pop culture, Sterilization | 1 comment

Well, for those of you who don’t know, I did it, and by it, I mean, I got my tubes tied. Actually, to be more specific, I had them charred into little Fallopian briquettes and am toying with hiring the Black Knight from Monty Python to stand in my uterus proclaiming, “None shall pass!” to dissuade any enterprising sperm who get in there looking for trouble. And given the Black Knight’s propensity for flesh wounds, I might see if Gandalf is also available: At any rate, when it comes to sterilization, my bases should now be covered. I thought I’d take a minute to...

Name that Baby!

Posted by Katie on Apr 18, 2013 in Life as a parent, Random parenting issues | 1 comment

I just happened to peruse Babycenter’s 100 most popular names tonight and almost lost my grasp on reality when I noted that my daughter’s name, ‘Katherine’, is not even on the list and that my second son’s name, ‘John’, is freaking 57th. What the Hell? (‘Will’, in case you were wondering, isn’t listed, but William is #15. I think most people are abbreviating it as ‘Liam’ nowadays, given that ‘Liam’ is 4th on the list.) Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want my kids to have the same name as everydamnbody...

Everything I needed to know in life, I knew as a newborn…

Posted by Katie on Apr 11, 2013 in Finding Balance, Good to know, Life as a parent, Random parenting issues, Sterilization, Stuff kids do to your life | 2 comments

Katherine turned two months old on Tuesday. I can’t believe she’s two months already. This has truly been the easiest newborn experience that I’ve had. I think this is because contrary to Will’s newbornhood, where I was hit with a shock and awe campaign of Oh-my-God-what-have-I-done-to-my-life bombs, and unlike John’s newbornhood where I had delusions of ways-to-keep-control-of-my-life-despite-presence-of-newborn-because-I’m-a-seasoned-parent-and-know-how-to-control-my-kids hallucinations, with this kid, I have accepted that I have no control over my...

An Ounce of Prevention

Posted by Katie on Feb 27, 2013 in Life as a parent, Marriage, Obscure references to pop culture, Postpartum Care, Sterilization, Stuff kids do to your life | 3 comments

Okay people who have successfully restrained your reproductive powers, I need some advice: Before Bill and I got married, we determined that we’d like to have three children. Bill grew up with two sisters and I had one sister with whom I always agreed that there should be at least one more sibling in our house, though alas, there never was. So, three children were what we wanted, and as you may have ascertained, we have reached our self-induced child quota. See them all there? Count them. There’s three (and a grandma too). And we even got lucky and had representation...

My Baby Blues Playlist

Posted by Katie on Feb 25, 2013 in Life as a parent, Post partum depression, Stuff kids do to your life | 0 comments

Well, Kat was two weeks old this past Saturday, and you should know that just typing that sentence made me cry. A lot of things make me cry here lately. For example, here is a sampling of things that I have cried over in the past 48 hours: 1. Downton Abbey- and not even this past episode where there was the shocking and sad ending. (No spoilers here). Really, the theme song alone is enough to cry. 2. And while we’re on the subject, hearing Laura Linney say, “I’m Laura Linney and this is Masterpiece Classics,” followed by the Masterpiece spot with the book...

Party of Five: A Birth Story

Posted by Katie on Feb 16, 2013 in Pregnancy | 0 comments

For some reason, in each of my three pregnancies, I’ve hit a point where I have a complete emotional breakdown. I cry for the injustice of pregnancy everywhere. I curse my hugeness, my every discomfort, my inability to control my own body, and my own body’s cruel habit of attempting to trick me into false hopes of delivery only to stop labors already in progress just when they start to seem promising. In other words, I lose my proverbial shit in a big way. When I was pregnant with Will, this happened on March 3rd, 2009. Will was born on March 4th, 2009. With John, it happened...

Baby #3: Stuff Undone

Posted by Katie on Feb 3, 2013 in Pregnancy | 1 comment

I have no idea if this is status quo for your third kid or not, but if I had to define this pregnancy in a single phrase it would be “the one where I didn’t do stuff.” Bill remarked the other night about how he felt more prepared for our other two births. He said he didn’t feel like he’d really processed that another baby was coming in the house. I agreed. I proposed, “Maybe it’s that with the first baby, you have no idea what to expect, so you over-prepare. Then with the second baby, you think you know what to expect, so you spend all this time...

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Greetings! I'm Katie. I used to do a lot of things and then I had kids. Now I'm trying to find balance between being a high school English teacher, a musician, wife and mother. I have two boys, Will, born in March of 2009 and John, born in March of 2011. In February of 2013, we'll welcome our newest baby (yeah, on purpose). Welcome to this chronicle of my thoughts and observations. Poke around! Read stuff! Remember that your comments are always appreciated and that you're always welcome to stop back by for a pit stop while cruising the information highway.