I look longingly at the pictures of houses on magazine covers. The perfectly dressed dining rooms, the carefully adorned coffee tables and the soft light on the house plant in the corner. I have always wanted a magazine-house; no clutter, no baby toys, or carpet stains.
Instead, my house resembles a maze. We […]
William has started to drop things behind his head. It is such an important developmental stage - dropping something so you can’t see it, but it doesn’t disappear. The problem is that he has been wearing clothing with a collar. And his toy balls are so light that they end up getting […]
On the way to school the other day the kids were discussing what they want to be when they grow up. I am so glad they are such close friends.
LA: I’m going to be a soccer player when I get older.
C: Me too.
LA: And a doctor.
C: I’m going to be […]
My baby, as most babies, was born a lump. I quickly fell into the habit of placing him anywhere, high or low, and not worry about his safety. Unlike his brother who flew off the kitchen counter during a diaper change at 6 weeks old or his sister who started rolling on a […]
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I woke up on Tuesday with bad cramps and spotting and pretty much knew what was happening. So I called my doctor. Only I don’t have a doctor, I have an HMO. So I actually called an advice nurse, who advised me to go to urgent care. I went to urgent care. They saw […]
He has no choice. I will only pay for law school and no other. I will not pay for medical school or even a Liberal Arts degree. And if he wants to go to Clown College, well, he better look into student loans.
Connor is already debating me. Our conversations these days […]
Many, many years ago, before we were married. My husband got a hard hat. Living in the city and not doing construction it was a very nifty momento of an afternoon. We have kept that hat for years. Moving it from house to house, never using it.
Today I dug it out, […]
William is cruising. After 9 months of not rolling over or rocking or trying to crawl he finally took his first steps, left. Now, about 10 days later he is a pro at walking around the coffee table, left. He can even manage to get around the corners, left.
The same day he […]
It started a month ago with ‘dadadadadadada’, then he started to say ‘dat’ (that). William also says a word that sounds kind of like ‘hi’. I started working on mama with him. He says dada and I say mama. I have even wrangled the kids into my agenda. Lainy Ann […]
It was Christmas time and we were getting ready to go on our annual trip north to visit the relatives. It was our first Christmas with our daughter and a huge undertaking. As we got ready to go I realized my period was late by about a week or more. So I […]