In case you didn’t notice, 2016 was just about the worst year ever. In addition to social and political drama such as a glut of celebrity deaths and the presidential election, many people I know, including our family, had a pretty crummy year personally. That doesn’t mean 2016 was a total failure, but I’m not sad to see it go.
Archive for December, 2016
Good riddance, 2016
Posted in family, Holidays, Kids, Time, tagged 2016, 2017, kids, new year, newborn, toddler on December 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Happy Birthday, Hazel
Posted in Faith, family, Holidays, Kids, tagged baby, christmas, Christmas baby, delivery, labor, newborn on December 8, 2016| 1 Comment »
Welcome, Hazel Ruth Taylor, born at 12:57 am on December 8, 2016 and coming in at seven pounds and 21 inches on the nose.
39 weeks: the homestretchÂ
Posted in family, Government, Holidays, Kids, Science, The District, Traffic, Work, tagged delivery, labor, maternity, pregnancy, washington dc on December 6, 2016| 1 Comment »
Well, baby is due on Sunday but theoretically could come any day now. Did you hear that, baby? Any day now. The second pregnancy has been relatively uneventful but definitely more tiring with a 15-month-old involved. I’m so thankful my parents have been here for almost two weeks now to help out as we await the arrival; while Bart has been super amazing as usual, we could never have managed this well on our own.
I could say a lot about pregnancy and all the thoughts and emotions associated with it or described the unique aspects of this one, but as we count down the final days I thought I would keep it relatively light by reflecting on some of the questions and comments I have received over the last few months. Most are pretty benign or guileless, even if they get annoying in their frequency or short-sightedness.
The Taylor Approximation 