http://unexpectedblessing.com ...and Loss. Plus remembrance, hope, and the journey back. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:13:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en WooHoo!  We got to move in to the house we're buying!  It's so great to be back in our own space.  As much as we love our family, it's just better for all of us that we not live together for long periods of time.  Anyway - our purchase is ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/in-the-house/ Oh my goodness!  Did I really NOT post the birth story here?  I posted it a couple other places, but not here....chalk it up to "new mama brain" (especially with the limited amounts of sleep and all). Then of course, the places where I posted it are no longer online (my ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/long-awaited-birth-story/ Man, sometimes you just have those days that go so well.  After a number of trying days last year, it's pretty cool to have a great day now.  Today was one of those days.  My oldest daughter got her schoolwork done without taking alllllll day.  She also did great on ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/what-a-day/ Something that I think enters a lot of mother's minds after they bring a newborn home is "is there enough of me to go around." This baby was my 5th living child and I still wonder that. Even though time after time I've found that, somehow, things work ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/is-there-enough-of-me/ Yay!  The appraisal came in just fine.  It actually came in $2K over the purchase price of the house we're in escrow for!  Phew!  One step closer.  So long as our loan comes through okay, we should be good to go.  The paperwork for that will be submitted to lenders ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/the-appraisal/ Wow - it's been a while.  Things have been crazy with the holidays, but we had a nice Christmas and New Years.  Now some of the kids are back in school and it's kind of "back to the daily grind." Baby is doing well and I will be taking her in ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/quick-update/ Wow, my baby is one month old!  Where did the time go?  I feel like she was just born.  Gosh, if her months are going to fly by like this, she'll be a toddler before I know it.  They grow so, so, so, so fast and it seems like, with ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/one-month-old/ One of the challenges we've faced with Stacallen deals with health.  First she had some jaundice.  She was just fine when she left the hospital less than 36 hours after birth, but within the next few days she did develop some jaundice.  So we had to put her under the ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/its-not-fun-when-baby-is-sick/ Sooooo, my daughter makes 4 weeks tomorrow and, obviously, I haven't even been around posting updates.  Things can get quite hectic in the days and weeks following the birth of a child.  PLUS life was busy before baby was born and doesn't seem to have slowed down much at all.  ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/adjusting-to-having-a-newborn/ As you probably guessed by now, I had my baby!  I know I owe you all the details and pictures and everything, but things have been absolutely crazy.  Between finishing up the sale of our house and moving and having to go back to the dr's office for check ups, ... http://unexpectedblessing.com/i-had-a-baby-its-a/