Living the Fictional Dream

Hello, blog readers.

Wondering where I’ve been these past few weeks? Well, it’s been a crazy time, let me just say. I don’t normally talk about a lot of non-writing stuff on this blog, but I’ll make an exception today.

A little over a week ago, my little girl, Summerlyn Anne, was born. She came 7 weeks early, which was a big surprise and not exactly what my husband and I had planned for. But she is apparently headstrong (she gets that from her daddy) and decided that she couldn’t wait to join the world any longer.

Summerlyn was born at 4 lbs., 3 oz., and 17 inches. Because she was a preemie, she has been in the NICU since she was born, but she is doing really well. She never needed oxygen and she got off the breathing tubes after just a couple of days. She’s now in an open-air crib, as well, and maintaining her own temperature. Once she learns to take all her feedings on her own, we’ll be able to bring our little darling home. Until then, life is being lived crazily between working frantically at home to finish all the stuff we thought we had more time to do (like the nursery) and spending time with her at the NICU.

I would share a picture, but I’ll need my husband’s help on that. I’m not great with the linking and the HTML.

I hope all my friends out in the blog-o-sphere are doing well, and I promise I’ll start regular blog updates again once the world slows down a little and I have time to get back to things that are writing-related. Right now, it’s all Summer all the time, and I can’t wait until my little girl comes home!