jenadmin | November 30, 2009
We spent the day celebrating our baby’s first birthday. A year ago our beautiful baby girl was born, making a big brother out of our son and completing our family. I can’t believe the year has gone by already.
I’m so happy to see her change and grow, but there is a tiny part of me that wants [...]
jenadmin | November 23, 2009
After a particularly fretful morning last week, I put my son on the school bus, waved goodbye and thanked my lucky stars we had survived the morning. One argument after another, feet dragging, you name it, we had it going on that morning and I was sure we would be too late. Or that he [...]
jenadmin | November 22, 2009
Does anyone remember when I looked like this on Twitter? Way back when I was first trying to figure out what Twitter was all about, thinking, hmm…what could the appeal be? (9 months and way too many tweets later, I’m hooked.)
Well, anyway, then I got ribbed about being a “cup with legs” so I sucked it [...]
jenadmin | November 13, 2009
I see him standing by his teacher and watch him jump and wave as he recognizes me. She cautions him to wait until I’m closer, then as she sees me wave, she tells him to go. He comes at a run, then slows to skipping as he gets closer.
“Mommy! We were outside! And I was [...]
jenadmin | November 13, 2009
A cute holiday decoration that hubs decided to put in our powder room. I love that he and the boy were taking over the decorating, but can I just say that it cracks me up to read “Do you see what I see?” as I go to…ahem…use the facilities?
jenadmin | November 11, 2009
Two nights ago I read stories to my five year old son, tucked his blankets around him and began to bid him good night. He repeated our little good night wishes back to me, then with his face in the pillow, paused a long while and added a muffled, “…but I’m just so sad that I [...]
jen | November 5, 2009
I remember wondering what it would be like when my son learned to talk. He was our first, and I couldn’t imagine this tiny baby suddenly being grown up enough to talk and carry on a conversation. I would look at his cute little Gerber face at five months and think…never. Of course, it didn’t [...]
