We’d planned to pack days in advance, but in all our spare time, that didn’t happen. The day before the trip I did all of our laundry. All of it. Practically buried my mother’s helper in clean clothes. Just when…
sleep wobbles in carrying its shoes in one hand
The boy had three glorious days of those 1-1/2 hour naps. On day four, he decided to just take one 2-1/2 hour nap. On day five, he hardly napped at all. And so it goes. It hardly seemed worth mentioning…
the giggler
Today is the day he giggled. He’s smiled. He’s even laughed. A kind of inhale exhale 2-beat chortle. But giggling? It happened this morning. On the changing table of course. I yelled for Scott. You have to hear this. Tickled…
he’s so cute i can’t stand it
The blog’s been awfully wordy lately. So I thought I’d stick in another picture. Took a whole bunch out by the flowering plum tree last week but the technological hoops I’ve got to go through to get them uploaded… It…
long, lean, and lanky
He’s over 25 inches long, weighs just a hair shy of 12 pounds. That’s 65th percentile for height/length, and 10th percentile for poundage. But mom, before you call me all worried… he’s fine. Gaining weight at a normal rate and…
making work, work
I had originally thought the WAHM thing was an advantage. Make my own hours, not be far from the babe. But as many readers pointed out, trying to get work done at home, with a baby, may precisely be the…