We got everything we need right here, and everything we need is enough

Posted on March 30, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 22 Comments

A few weeks ago, I met a friend who’s expecting her first baby for coffee and conversation. It’d been more than a year since we’d seen each other, so we had a lot to chat about, but mostly we just talked baby, as those who have just had one or are about to are wont [...]

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Look Ma, I’m famous!

Posted on March 21, 2009 | Category: Saturday Snapshot | 10 Comments

Him: I’m kind of concerned that so many people on the Internet want to eat our baby.Me: Ha! Yes, that’s just an expression everyone uses, you know, because he’s so cute, you could just slather his cheeks with ranch dressing and EAT HIM RIGHT UP!Him: Um, that’s a little weird. Not nearly as weird as [...]

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Now if you don’t mind, leave – free yourself at the same time – leave

Posted on March 19, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 9 Comments

I have just six weeks left of my maternity leave, and while we’ve not yet secured daycare for Rowan (more on that in a bit), I really want to try to make the absolute most of the little time left before my inevitable return to the daily grind. In fact, instead of referring to my [...]

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I can haz bacon?

Posted on March 16, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 11 Comments

Rowan has been really grab-handy lately, so I got him a soft rattle he can easily grip, and of course, it went straight to his mouth. Fitting, since it’s a pig, and well, he is his father’s (OK, fine, and mother’s) son. Mmm, bacon.

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When you’re finished with this dream … delete, begin to rewrite me

Posted on March 12, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Once upon a time, when I was newly pregnant and the prospect of several weeks off from work still felt like a distant dream, I thought I might try to write a book during maternity leave. Oh, ha HA. Everyone kept telling me that babies sleep a lot, especially during the first three months, and [...]

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Nobody puts baby in a corner

Posted on March 8, 2009 | Category: Saturday Snapshot | 5 Comments

Someone needs a nap … … really, really bad. Happy Saturday!

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Just so easy when the whole world fits inside of your arms

Posted on March 4, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 11 Comments

It is with a modicum of trepidation that I’m about to admit what I’m about to admit, for as soon as I admit it, I will most certainly regret said admission and will inevitably be forced to eat my words with a slice of humble pie, but here goes: Things … are getting easier. There, [...]

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