Adventures in Babysitting My Own Kids, 24 hours a day, forever
Posted in Family on Jun 3rd, 2008
My husband has the uncanny ability to tell in advance the gender of our children. He sometimes knows even before I’m pregnant. He’s also figured out the baby’s name well in advance of me. And Colin’s always totally confident about his prediction. Until now, I’ve had no feeling one way or another gender-wise. But this [...]
Posted in Family on Jun 2nd, 2008
Two of my sisters, Abby and Phoebe, came to help me last week, and I just dropped the second one off at the airport. I cannot believe how much they got done in just a few days! Most of my house is boxed up and cleaned already! My mind is still spinning with relief, since [...]
Posted in Kids on May 26th, 2008
Now we know a possible reason for my weight plateau. Yes, I am pregnant! I found out and we announced it to the family on Saturday. I’m only six weeks along, and it’s “traditional” to wait to tell everyone until you hit 12 weeks or so, but I’m not good at keeping secrets about myself. [...]
Posted in Kids on May 23rd, 2008
Like many mothers, I allow my children to run around the house in nothing but a diaper some of the time. After this week’s events, this practice must end, at least temporarily. I’ve mentioned before that Maggie had taken to removing her wet diapers whenever she’s in her crib. Well, her practice of taking off [...]
We got back yesterday from our trip to DC for my sister’s graduation and boy am I tired! It’s taken me about 2 hours to get through my email, and I have only listened to 4 of my 15 voicemails. Know, for your own future reference, that I’m a notoriously bad voicemail checker. But it [...]
Image by hint of plum via Flickr To all of you moms out there, happy Mother’s Day! My mother is definitely one of the best mothers ever, and I dare anyone to try to top her efforts or results. Really, try it, you’ll be happier for it. My mom is a great teacher and [...]
Image via Wikipedia This morning I took two kids to the doctor with me so I could get a physical. It was an adventure! It was the first normal, healthy, no babies, regular doctor (not an OB) physical I’ve had in I don’t know how long. The doctor (someone I’d never seen before) seemed a [...]
When my mother found out Maggie and I were going to be at our “family reunion” in DC, she said she wanted to pay to bring Degen and Colin. So she bought them tickets and we’re all going to Washington, DC, for the graduation. Yay! The catch is that Colin can’t come as early as [...]
Image via Wikipedia It looks like we’re moving to California! We’ve been working on figuring out what to do job-wise when the school year ends for a while now, and last week Colin’s parents asked him to work at their print shop in MIll Valley, CA. They also generously offered to let us live with [...]
I took the kids to see a local pediatrician this morning. It took me a long time to choose one and make an appointment, partly because I kept hoping I’d get someone to recommend a good one to me who takes our insurance. People have recommended a couple of good ones, but they don’t take [...]