I know it seems like all I do is post these “Embrace the camera” posts anymore but honestly, I don’t have ONE SINGLE HOUR in the whole day to get anything done for myself so blogging really falls by the wayside. Add to that that when I do feel like writing something, it’s usually Thursday [...]
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Posted in HoboBaby, How do I love thee? on Jul 26th, 2010
“You’re the best mom ever.” (While hugging during our special lunch date at P.F. Chang’s) “Well you are the best daughter ever. I love you.” “No Mommy, you’re just the best Mom.” “Say it with me, Avelyn, yo-gurt.” “No-gurt.” “No not no-gurt, yoooo-gurt.” “YO!! NOGURT!!” “I love you, Mommy.” “I love you too, Baby. I [...]
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Can someone please tell me where my baby went? I mean, didn’t I just become her mother yesterday? Because I’m pretty sure my baby is, well… missing. I swear I just blinked my eyes for a split second and when they opened again this girl was standing before me. An absolutely beautiful, wild haired, funny [...]
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Posted in Firsts, HoboBaby, Tiddly bits on Jan 19th, 2010
Again, so much to say and not enough time to write it! Avelyn has been down for nearly an hour now so I’ll see what I can pound out. I can’t believe how much more I love this child everyday. I didn’t think it was possible and then, poof! She grows a little taller, pops [...]
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Posted in HoboBaby, Tiddly bits, Videos on Sep 15th, 2009
It’s official, I repeat, it’s official. Summer is in fact coming to a close. Kevin is back at work and school is now in session, as evidenced by the swarms of children that flooded the ER the last few weeks. Note to parents everywhere – unless your child is less than 28 days old or [...]
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Posted in HoboBaby on Aug 16th, 2009
My husband just looked at the blog and said, “Oh, no new Hobo stories. Depressing.” Thanks, husband. And here you go. Our little Hobo is amazing, so amazing, and growing into the most amazing kid I’ve ever seen. How lucky are we? And yet… she is driving me crazy these days. One minute she is [...]
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This pretty much sums up our trip to Chicago: Beautiful walks along the lake, running in the gardens at Northwestern, dancing to music in the dorm, the wind blowing through our hair and lots and lots of food and fun with good friends. Last year I came back with about 500 photos. This year I [...]
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It’s OVER! I am DONE with nursing school, DONE with working for free, DONE with living away from my family, DONE with living in apartments and with other people! DONE! DONE ! DONE! Where to begin? The past two weeks (Seriously? Two weeks? I can’t believe I’ve gone two weeks without blogging. It’s like I [...]
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Another great weekend with the Hobo, another job interview, another job offer and NO completed school work to show for it. Sounds like a success wouldn’t you say? I now have two job offers to choose from. One in the Pediatric Emergency Room (Pedi ER), the other in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Decisions, [...]
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Posted in HoboBaby, My Little Lady on Apr 4th, 2009
AVELYN ISABEL WELCH That’s who! Just thirteen more days until my little Hobo Baby turns ONE. We’ve started celebrating a little early around here…
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