Posted by Donna Donnelly in October 9th 2009
Well She’s Here! You may have seen Love Bird featured in Wondrous Wednesday #89, or you may have seen me tweeting from the waiting room…
Starting from the moment I learned my DD was being moved during a possible version procedure (turning of a breech baby) into the O.R. for a C-section, I am learning what [...]
Posted by Karen Hartzell in September 16th 2009
We are pleased to announce that fellow blogger, Donna, is now an official Grandmother.
“Love Bird” made her grand entrance on Friday, September 11th, 2009, at 12:01 pm, weighing in at 8lbs 1oz and 20.5 inches long, and according to “Nonna,” “looks just like her mom (only with hair)”.
Best wishes to Donna and her family!
Every Wednesday [...]
Posted by Donna Donnelly in August 10th 2009
As I approach being a first-time grandmom, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to give advice without meddling and how to be fun but supportive of “the rules.” My hope is to be fair, wise AND relevant. Naturally, my mind returns to my own Mamie and the 45 years that I was lucky enough [...]
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Posted by Donna Donnelly in July 20th 2009
I was hopping around on some of my favorite blogs and found that Parentsconnect.com is playing a fun game where readers submit 5 of their own “Mom-finitions.” As parents, we all know how easy it becomes to invent new words and that we have a tendency to come up with our own funny sayings, original [...]
Posted by Donna Donnelly in June 23rd 2009
It didn’t occur to me that I would have to pick a new name for myself, but one of the first questions everyone asks me when they learn of my impending granddaughter’s birth is “Do you know what you want to be called?”
My first reaction is to let her name me. Shouldn’t that be one [...]
Posted by Donna Donnelly in May 26th 2009
Like a lot of people “our age,” Hubby says he doesn’t like the idea of “ruining” the surprise by finding out the gender of the child before birth. Hearing those words “It’s a….. It’s a…..” he says, is the fun part of waiting to find out. With our girls, we always wanted to [...]
Posted by Donna Donnelly in May 5th 2009
We stored our baby crib a very long time ago not wanting to let go of the reminder of our three daughters’ magical first years. There was also the idea (hope!) that we’d someday get to set it up for a grandbaby here or there- an idea which amazingly comes into crystal clarity as [...]
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