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Time for five

When we were dating, I told Harris that if we ever stayed together and had children, I 'got' the first girl. I saw over and over and over again girls then women disappear in census records and hated it. He could have the first boy, and after that we'd alternate. We have two girls and the plan worked out nicely. We have a Spring, we have a Carpenter, and it looks like in February we'll add another Spring. Harris is so completely and lovingly outnumbered.

a small update

Margot was born on the 11th of September! The birth was a little more exciting than that of Madeline - I woke up around 2:45am and thought, huh, I think I'm in labor - and she was born at 5:11am.  I hemorrhaged  after she was born and have had some other complications this week so we're still having a nesting phase of me sitting around in bed or on the couch with her.  Madeline had surgery on her broken arm on Monday. When they opened up her arm they found it was not the horrible pin needing break they thought it was so drained a bunch of fluid and blood and stitched her up into a new cast. Because it's back to an occult fracture, her cast should come off in three weeks instead of the earlier anticipated 6+ weeks. We're finishing up the final details of moving in. Marty and Ellie (Harris's mother and Aunt) were here over the weekend to cook and clean (omg they made the woodwork they touched sparkle) Once everyone is ...