Baby Watch

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-09-24T22:01:13-05:00September 24th, 2012|Jonah|

What a long 24 hours it has been. I started having contractions last night. Last night they weren’t too bad. Strong enough to make me stop and they took my breath away. But they weren’t super regular so I didn’t put much thought in to them. We were busy prepping our new curriculum for Taryn last night that we started today, so I had a lot of distraction. We got done pretty late, I took a warm bath, had some chamomile and lavender tea and tried to sleep. Unsuccessfully. But I tried. I think the best sleep I got was between 6 and 6:45 am when I needed to get up for the day. I woke up with a lego […]

the nursery | leander photographer

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-09-23T08:38:24-05:00September 23rd, 2012|Jonah, My Family|

The shared nursery. I think if I had to come up with one word to describe it, I’d choose…..intentional. That might seem like an odd choice for a nursery but it is true. In the past I’ve put months and months in to designing and creating the perfect nursery for the other kids. Especially Jude and Taryn. Walk down memory lane? Jude’s nursery here. Taryn’s here. For each, it was a room of their own and not a shared space. Beyond that, we didn’t put much thought in to what was in the room outside of aesthetics. This room was a whole new ball game, both being a shared […]

his name….and the home stretch

Lyndsay Stradtner2012-09-14T17:28:38-05:00September 14th, 2012|Jonah, My Family|

It occurred to me today that we hadn’t yet shared the name we’ve chosen for our baby boy. We made a decision quite some time ago, I’m not sure why I haven’t shared yet. Jonah Reid. We love it. We love him. And we can’t wait to meet him.

This pregnancy has flown by. It’s hard to believe we are sitting at 35+ weeks right now. Out of all the kids, this pregnancy has, by far, been the easiest. No sickness, less pain, just….easier. Of course I’m to the point now where I am over the duration of this Texas heat, beyond uncomfortable and just ready to be done sharing my body. […]