If you haven’t already thought I was completely out of my gourd to date, here is the nail in the coffin. I think… I might… love the NICU. Before I give you my sales pitch, let me first state the […]
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I know… with that title, you were expecting me to say, “Until you hire a lawyer”. But being a lawyer’s daughter and a lawyer’s sister, I keep my wisecracks about lawyers to a minimum. And honestly, if you don’t know […]
It’s official. I recently came to the realization. If you are Facebook friends with me, you already know. And you’ve known probably longer than I have. That I have become that mom. The one I may have silently vowed to never […]
Oh, 2013. You’ve been quite. the. year. You’ve definitely left your mark on the Brehm family. You came in with a cacophonous bang to let us know, you had arrived. On the very first day, you gave me a somewhat […]
If you’ve ever been pregnant, perhaps you’ve signed up for some sort of week by week “updates”. Rather than requiring that you turn the pages of What Can Go Wrong To Expect When Expecting, the virtual world has hopped on the […]
After I dried off from my shower this morning, I looked in my closet to figure out what to wear. I hemmed and hawed a bit. Do I don materni-wear? Do I, instead, try to make my pre-pregnancy duds appear suitable? […]
This is a different Christmas for us. Every single thing about it. Is different. When I was put on bed rest, Adam and I made an executive decision: We would not travel for Christmas. We travel every year. Every. Year. […]
I love the Holiday season. Especially this week. And the next. It feels like the world kind of slows down. And people start to be where they are. It’s a welcome change from the hustle and bustle to get to […]
The second or third day of Harrison’s life {it’s all a little bit of a blur at this point}, we attended a “class” designed for parents of NICU patients, called “Life in the NICU”. They tell you about your blue […]
Ohhhhh… MSPI, we meet again. You are a tricky tricky nut to crack. You are like the long lost friend who really isn’t a friend and who I hoped would stay lost, longer. But alas. We are back in business. […]
