2013
8 Kid’s Gifts That Don’t Suck
While our kid is only 7ish months old, I understand that we haven’t seen anything yet…but I’ve been to my share of kid’s birthdays, Christmases, Easters, Arbor Day Celebrations…you get the idea! Why is it that people feel the need to bring MORE toys!?!? We’ve all been there, right? You show up at little Bobby’s 3rd birthday party and add your obligatory wrapped blinking, screaming, honking, bleeping truck-train thingy that you found on sale at Target to the humungous mountain of other wrapped crap! By the time Bobby gets around to opening all 57 of those gifts, he’s all sugared up, overstimulated, and likely exhausted. Let’s have him sit and open all that shit now and attempt to play with it, okay? Bad idea! Now load up the car, take it all home, and try to find a place to put it all! Read more >>
2013
The Most Beautiful Heartbreak of All
Happy Birthday
I remember getting all misty and teary-eyed the night before we went in for the C-section to have our little Sammy. Matt asked me what I was thinking about and I told him I was realizing that from the day he was born, every day Sammy would move a little bit farther away from me. He would begin seeking his independence almost from the very beginning, and I was sweetly sad thinking that this night was the closest he would ever be to me. Read more >>
2013
Our Kid Eats REAL Food!!!
Butternut Squash
I couldn’t wait for our pediatrician to give us the green light to feed Sammy “real” food! I was so disappointed at his 4-month appointment when the Doc said “well, there’s really no need for it at this point”. I held on to my excitement, knowing that time passes so quickly and the 6-month appointment would be here before we knew it! And it was…a couple of weeks ago…he gave us the GO sign and I went for it! I propped the little dude up in his newly-put-together high chair and spooned a wee bit of rice cereal into his open little bird mouth. He took it!!! He took it!!! And he even seemed to dig it a little bit. Wow!!! Let the games begin!!! Read more >>
2013
Good Versus Evil…
Boston Marathon
Yesterday, April 15, 2013, something evil happened in Boston, Massachusetts. As thousands of spectators looked on, runners steadily crossed the finish line in the 26.2 mile Boston Marathon. What an accomplishment! I can’t imagine how finishing something so challenging and rigorous would feel! So, as these people were celebrating reaching HUGE goals and realizing their dreams, 2 bombs went off in the crowd. As of right now, 3 people have died and almost 200 have been injured. We see pictures of massive bloodshed, people frantically trying to get away from the scene, and chaos at every turn. Read more >>
2013
What A Difference 6 Months Make
Tomorrow, April 12th, 2013, Sammy will be 6 months old! Everybody told us to enjoy every minute because time flies, and they weren’t joking! It’s funny…when we were in the midst of no sleep, constant feedings, and unannounced projectile spit-up, time seemed to have stopped dead in its tracks. Now we look down at our little man and realize that he’s actually becoming a real human! He has a personality, a sense of humor, and looks more and more like Matt every day. It’s been an absolute joy to have him in our lives for the past 6 months and I look forward to a lifetime more of laughter, challenges and memories. This is a wild ride for sure, and I wouldn’t have it any other way!!! Read more >>
2013
5 Things Nobody Told You About Baby Play
We’ve written about things that they don’t tell you when you get pregnant, things they don’t tell you when you have a newborn, and tons of other unexpected stuff, but here’s a new and developing list! Now that Sammy is almost 6 months old, our days are spent actually playing with him! In other words, he responds to us with laughter, facial expressions, and random noises when we jump around just enough at just the right time looking for that next laugh from him. Until recently, he’s mostly been a sleeping, pooping, spitting-up blob laying in a bouncie seat. Not that he doesn’t eat and poop these days (he really does!) but things are changing right before our eyes! Read more >>
2013
This Is Why I’m Tired!
Sleeping Sammy
Yes, they told us…they told us that we’d better get all the sleep we could before the baby arrived because we’d never sleep again! We laughed at them. Why? Well, for one, because we all know that you can’t store up sleep in a bank and cash it in after a sleepless night of getting up and down with the baby 7 times! We also laughed because we thought we’d figure it out…we’ll get our kid to sleep through the night, we’re smart, we can do this! Read more >>
2013
To My Dear Son, Sammy…
Dear Sammy, Pumpkin, Buddy, Lovey, Chunky Monkey,
Today, on the day that is 4 months from the day you were taken out of my belly and brought into this world; our world and our life, I want to tell you some things. Turns out this might be harder for me than I thought…the tears are already flowing! But, here goes… Read more >>
2013
I Love My Husband
Sammy
I love my husband. Yeah, yeah, maybe that’s not new news to you all, but let me explain…this having a kid thing is kind of a big deal. It’s a big deal because at some point, you have to get back to living your life and being a real human instead of a “parent of an infant” or whatever you want to call it. Sound obvious? Yeah, well let me explain even more; this takes some logistical planning. Being that our 3 1/2 month old Sammy boy requires 24/7 care and observation, it makes it difficult to just get back to your life! Well, my husband is enabling me! Read more >>
2012
Newborns; The Good, The Bad, and the Really Messy
Being a new mother is AMAZING!!! There’s this little bundle of joy that gazes up at you lovingly as you provide him with all he needs to thrive and survive in this new and scary world. He looks partly like your soul mate, a little like you but mostly, just like him. The perfect little miraculous result of a loving and passionate relationship, and the absolute definition of possibility, hope and purity.
Okay, while that’s all true, I’m going to interrupt myself to throw some reality in! Ready??? Read more >>
