Nate & I have had a lot of talks about how to help me & in return, our entire family, especially on the weekends. Setting up a routine, getting out, not leaving me alone with Harrison, & getting in some ol’ fashioned endorphin-inducing exercise top the list. In the past, Nate takes Harrison on [...]
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I think the hardest thing for me is looking at this picture & knowing that from the outside, it is perfection. I know that’s why so many people in my life were shocked at the PPD diagnosis when it “seemed” that everything was flowing perfectly. A beautiful baby. A loving mother. Who is absolutely quaking [...]
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After two months of preparation, we finally celebrated The Momma’s party on a sunny day with no snow to thwart travel! Her girlfriends came from all over & we had a fantastic morning celebrating one hell of a woman. After my announcement to the family on Friday regarding my current mental health, The Momma quickly [...]
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I need to start this McFatty Monday off on a different note. First, THANK YOU for all of your support. Your emails, your comments, Tweets, everything. Right now, life is pretty crazy (ha!) & I may not be able to respond to them all, but I do read them, appreciate them, & soak it in. [...]
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I have PPD. Post partum depression. I literally feel like my chest is closing in on me, reading those words. I suspected it for awhile, but the official diagnosis came this past Wednesday morning after a sob-filled, hyperventilating discussion with my OB. I just kept sliding downhill. & as much as I knew it was a possibility [...]
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Happy Belated Valentine’s! & a big fat middle finger to the three boxes of chocolates in my pantry, compliments of my mother-in-law! (seriously y’all…they are CALLING MY NAME. They even gave me a nickname – “sweet little sugar dumplings.” and they CALL ME. So Nate is taking them to work tomorrow). I lost 1 lb [...]
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your baby blues so full of wonder your curly cues, your contagious smile & as I watch, you start to grow up all I can do is hold you tight ~Plumb Dear Harrison, Some days, I feel like I could tell you for hours everything on my mind & in my heart; other days, I feel [...]
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Harrison is not a man of change. At all. He hates wardrobe changes, hates any hiccup in his schedule, hates to be handed from one person to another. & he HATES cold, wet weather. (but who can blame him?) But while he bucks at a first introduction, he’s usually pretty mellow by Round 2. Needless [...]
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with a smile.
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Let’s put this bluntly – having a baby is like watching Britney Spears shave her head with crazy eyes & then ram an umbrella into an SUV at a gas station. Remember how you felt? Helpless, humored, confused, & shocked with a massive dose of “WTF IS GOING ON HERE, PEOPLE?!?!” yeah. That’s what happens [...]
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