July 29, 2011

a crappy chain of events

You know when you’re sitting on the couch, nursing your baby, talking to your husband by phone, trying to distract yourself from the gallbladder attack you can feel coming on and you hear That Sound coming from your baby’s diaper area and your husband laughs and, when the feeding and the phone call are over, [...]

July 28, 2011

babies don’t keep

I’ve got bags to unpack forms to fill out photos to edit and upload posts to write too-small baby clothes to put away and send away birth announcements to finally send out thank you cards to write (from months ago) but instead I will be hanging out with these three because they’re not this little [...]

July 27, 2011

he won’t smile for stills, but he’ll smile for the video

I hope he holds off on his teeth for a while yet (although he’s drooling up a storm and I can see tooth buds) because there’s nothing better than a big gummy grin.

July 26, 2011

a decade in the making

Somebody turns double digits today. Wow. That means she can do more chores, right? Happy 10th Birthday, Kaylie Jaqueline!

July 25, 2011

I hadn’t seen my Liliana in a whole week and this is our first conversation

Me: “Hi, Liliana! Did you miss me?” Lili: “Yea, but can the baby go back in your tummy now?”