Look What I Can Do!

I’ll admit, I’ve been terrified about Patrick’s residency starting. If you’l recall, I wrote this post a while back about the pros and cons of residency, which was just a way for me to mask my terror for a while. I’ve cried more than a...

Necessary Torture: Sleep Training Twins

Just about every time we take the twins anywhere the three questions we get are: 1. Twins? 2. How old are they? 3. Are you sleeping/how are they sleeping? I had no idea so many people would care if we were sleeping or if our babies were sleeping. Some days I’d...

A Reflection After 6 Months

The twins were 6 months last week, which is still totally unbelievable to me. It seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant, and so, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the last year or so, and really just the parts when I was pregnant, since you...

Opening Day and Father’s Day

I’m feeling entirely uninspired today, as sleep training the twins is not going well. I feel like we’ve had 3 pretty easy months (as far as sleep goes), and less than a week before Patrick starts residency, the kids decided they do not want to sleep. Day...

Pep Talks

Over the past 8 or so years I’ve given Patrick countless pep talks. He is an incredible student and an incredible person, but has a way of doubting himself that can bring him to an almost standstill. First there were the pep talks about getting into med school...