Written from hindsight

I know exactly when I got pregnant with Liam. February 28, 2005. Todd's and my wedding anniversary (ish).

It was also about three weeks after Thea weaned. Ha ha, good one, universe. (Of course, I couldn't be happier about the way it worked out.)



This is about a week and a half before I got pregnant with Liam. I'm working at a conference, and you can't tell in the picture but my makeup was applied with a trowel to cover the bruise on my face. I had gotten a horrible stomach virus and ended up throwing up until I passed out. Todd found me unconscious on the bathroom floor, my face bruised and blood on the corner of my mouth. (I must have hit the corner of the tub when I fell.)

On the plus side, it got me close to my pre-baby weight. I think I only had about 5 or 10 pounds to go when I found out I had a passenger.

Thea is 14 months old

Thea grew a lot in the last month. She can say all sorts of words, like snow (it's snowing outside right now, and she says "Snow. Brrrrr"), Daddy, Mommy, Thea, Heather, kitty, shoe, Boohbah (her favorite show, which she's actually watching on Daddy's lap right now), pizza, milk, bottle, hot, cold, up, down, bellybutton, eye, nose, mouth, hair, toes, and more!

She has six teeth and eats almost everything we eat, but her favorite food is still pizza, and she loves her bottles of milk. She knows she's not supposed to touch outlets, and she'll point to them and say, "No no no!" She's a very sweet girl who loves to laugh, play, and give hugs and kisses to her favorite people and cats.