There is a new Jake in town. I don’t know what it is exactly… a change of routine? A change in school? A change in his little 15-month old brain? That often cited, potentially theoretical phenomenon called “teething”? Almost overnight, everything about Jacob is meltdown-worthy. Bath time’s over? Nooooooooooooo!! Put…
He wore a washcloth beret The kind you find on a bathroom floor Washcloth beret And if it was warm he wouldn’t wear much more.
I got this picture as a text on my iPhone with no note, from an unknown number. Is it weird that my first thought was: OMG, what if this is a ransom text?… “I have your child. Give me a million dollars and nobody gets hurt.” Maybe I’ve been watching…
Newsflash: They have finally discovered the torture gene. It is passed down through the maternal grandmother and can, in fact, skip a generation. I work for a famous biotechnology company so, of course, I am privy to this type of super secret genetic informational scoop. You read it here first.…
This morning James puts Jake in his car seat so we can all go to the train station. He is now sitting forward which seems to be way more his style. James, “Jakey, are you ready to go to school?” Jake, “No.” James, “Jakey, aren’t you looking forward to seeing…
We’ve been cruising along the freeway of parenthood for 15 months now. Of course there have been some sections of the road that seem to be maintained by the City of San Jose, some nausea inducing curves, and a few times we may have been asleep at the wheel. Just…
Last week was the longest I’ve ever been away from Jakey. 4 nights in the steam bath that is Miami in June. More importantly, it was the longest I’ve ever been away from both Jakey and James together. We are all still recovering and in need of some pampering. Speaking…
My bra is in the kitchen. The ottoman is in the hall. There’s a block in the shower, Things are up at least 3 feet tall. An empty TP roll in the dishwasher, My folded clothes were pulled out of the drawer, Brand-new swimmy diapers in the hamper, Clean clothes strewn about the…
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1. I wish I was Tina Fey. (I fell in love with her as Sarah Palin. I wanted to be her after the outtakes in the movie “Date Night.”) 2. Hazel is the word you use when you have no idea what color something is. (As in, my son has hazel…