Aug 31 2001
I had really been looking forward to being at home alone. While I appreciated all the help I had been receiving from my mothers-in-law, I also found it hard to relax around them. I don’t know either one of them all that well and couldn’t help but worry about what they thought of me. This [...]
Aug 25 2001
I went to work just as usual, without any idea that something momentous would occur. I wasn’t bothered by the mild contractions I was having since I’d been having similar pains on and off for the previous couple of weeks. They might have been stronger than those I experienced previously, but if they were, I [...]
Aug 22 2001
Samuel Reid Nelson was born on August 10th. He was 19 inches long and weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces. He was very eager to make his appearance in this world. I’ll post the birth story soon–it’s a tale packed full of drama and humor (at least in retrospect. I wasn’t doing much laughing at the [...]
