Baby Rocky (Pebble?) arrived on Saturday, April 26th at 5:16 am central time.  She measured 20.5" and 8 lb 3 oz, and responds to "Mia".  

Her arrival seems to have been in response to a challenge, in this case issued by my sister as she drove out of town for the weekend, who said "don't worry, it's not like the baby is going to show up in the next 24 hours".  When my water broke 3 hours later we did have quite a scramble to find someone to take care of DD but still made it to the hospital in time.  

We are home and recovering well and will post more details soon!

--R

We welcomed Justin Reed on Thursday, April 17 at 12:45PM. His stats: 7lbs,4 oz and 20 inches (almost a whole lb smaller than big brother).

I’ve always been one for strange dreams and nightmares.  I’ve heard that dreams are the mind’s way of processing the day’s events.  Stress can sure come out in a dream.  So, it should be no surprise that three out of four moms reported having nightmares about their babies.  

New parents reported having dreams about floating babies, babies falling out windows, and miscarriages.  I had a few miscarriage dreams, though I have never actually experienced miscarriage myself.  

For me, my most intense dreams occurred during pregnancy.  To this day I still remember one I had while pregnant with Madeline.  She was already born and talking, and throwing things all over the place while having some sort of temper tantrum.  She ran out the front door and into traffic.  Of course I couldn’t move in the dream... paralyzed like my legs were made of lead.  I woke up shaken, sweating, and terrified in the middle of the night and it took me at least an hour to fall back asleep again.