Boyds’ Nest News

As “Ann has written”:/news/2006/spontaneity/, last night we went out for pancakes in the middle of the night because Pregnant Lady wanted pancakes, and as we were paying the bill, the cashier told us a superstition I’d never heard before: Continue reading “Craving superstition”

Last night after a church meeting, Jon and I were hungry — so we decided to make a late-night outing to our local diner for pancakes. (I ended up getting blintzes — more protein for baby!) It seemed like the sort of spontaneous thing one should do before a baby is born, and it made me think: What other spontaneous things should we be doing? Continue reading “Spontaneity”

To keep myself from going stir-crazy while we wait for labor to begin, I feel that I need to concentrate on a couple of new projects. Continue reading “Waiting and learning”

Yesterday, I got a really exciting phone call. Jane and Andy, our very good friends, have been in the adoption process for a few months. Yesterday morning, Jane got a call Continue reading “Baby has a new friend”

Well, my cramping and spotting has pretty much subsided — I guess a good night’s sleep does that. And least we have “a clean house”:http://boydsnest.org/news/2006/camera-ready/ now. Continue reading “Bo-ring”

If you could peek through our windows, you might think we were going on vacation. We’ve got a couple suitcases packed. There’s a big bag of granola bars and snacks ready to go. We’re doing last-minute laundry. There is a checklist on the diningroom table of last-minute things to remember: Continue reading “Bon voyage”

Baby can be born now, it’s fine: “the new camera”:http://boydsnest.org/news/2006/tracking-baby arrived today. Continue reading “Camera ready”