Mother Nature makes sure that the sound of your own kids’ little voices is just the cutest thing you have ever heard. Really. On occasion, I’ll admit I’ve heard a little kid talking at a restaurant table nearby and thought to myself, “Oh my gosh. That voice is like a cartoon adult…
So unfortunately, we’re still battling the carnal desire to bite. It’s very infrequent, and mostly clothes, but still considered overly menacing for the civilized world. We found out the cartoon movie Madagascar has a clear and apt message, “Don’t bite your friends.” Just the message we’re trying to send! The…
It’s so hard to keep up with the pace of life… especially when “phases” can last a few days to a few short weeks. A few little sayings that I know won’t be around forever: “Whaeezat?” and “Whoeezat” (What is that? and Who is that?) “I deeyit!” (I did it!) “Lay…
Last week I was changing Nate’s clothes and absentmindedly singing as his little legs were going buck wild. “1, 2 skip to my lou. 1, 2 skip to my lou. 1, 2 skip to my lou… skip to my lou my darlin’.” Okay, I’ve just looked-up the words to this…
I never thought anyone would say this, but here goes: I love living in an airport flight path. In the beginning, a long time ago, there were two kinds of airplanes: Mama airplanes and Baby airplanes. Of course this made Mama feel special given the world revolves around Daddy. But…
On July 4th Jakey got drunk on excitement and did what uninhibited, inebriated youth do in such situations… he got a tattoo. He came to me with this grand plan for a double shark tattoo with bubbles. A purple shark and a green shark swimming menacingly in a circle. Given…
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to institute the nigh-nigh. People with babies that don’t have a plastic plug in their mouth always say the same thing, “My baby just won’t take it” they shrug. “Just won’t take a pacifier.” Honestly, I thought I was going to be one of those…
On Friday, James and I took Nate to see Dr. Nancy for his 4-month appointment. Just like Jakey, people like to compare Nathaniel to a puppy with really big paws. For the baby record, his stats were: Weight: 17 lbs 5.8 oz: 87.41% (down from 89.92%) Height: 26.5″: 91.21% (up…
First there was the hammer (T), then the shoe (L). This week during bathtime Jake held up the U, “Look! Horseshoe, Mama.” A bit later he’s holding the O up to his eye. “Jakey, do you have an “O” on your eye?” “No. Eye patch, Mama.” “I see. Are you a pirate?”…
After Jake’s Saturday with Geoff and Angela, we got the following e-mail: I forgot to mention that the best part of the short lived goose hunt was Jakey embarrassing his Auntie An-la-la by pointing and yelling at the top of his lungs to the cute little white house across the…