Archive for January, 2009
rumors of his weaning have been greatly exaggerated
As is the way of the Internet gods, as soon as one blogs something, it turns a corner, flips a U-ey, slams into reverse.
…eh, it’s not that bad.
I hadn’t been super enthusiastic about him weaning. I liked the idea that he seemed to be doing it on his own. But I wasn’t feeling ready.
Is breastfeeding [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, January 29th, 2009 at 10:10 pm in baby baby baby | 4 Comments »
bump band giveaway
When I was a wee pregnant woman, and this blog was still fairly new, or rather, less old than it is now, I participated in a bloggy giveaways carnival. My readership spiked for a few days as people vied for the opportunity to win one of my adorable TCBTS mugs.
In the spirit of this blog’s [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 at 10:16 pm in giveaways, pregnancy | 85 Comments »
the 200th word
Okay, so I don’t really know which one was the 200th word because I was having too much fun using the sort feature to alphabetize the list, eliminate duplicates.
Sometime in the last few days, Jonah said his two-hundreth word. Let’s pretend that it was “Honey.”
Our mornings go like this: Jonah wakes up, Scott goes to [...]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, January 23rd, 2009 at 9:08 pm in milestones | 6 Comments »
jonah’s experience of the inauguration
I turn on the TV to set the Tivo to record (since I won’t let him watch TV). He immediately pulls himself up against the TV stand and looks up at the giant screen, at the crowds.
Hiiiii! He says.
I turn off the TV, switch to laptop, load the flash player to watch streaming video on [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am in milestones | 2 Comments »
a beautiful day
When we clean up for company, it’s as if the house perks up, like a dog that knows it’s been good and is waiting for a pat on the head.
Kelly brought these fancy doughnuts from a shop in San Francisco. The box was plain brown cardboard. Inside, huckleberry-meyer lemon, bacon-maple, and deep-fried chocolate cake doughnuts.
How [...]