Wow.

( Shh, Spoilers. )

William Xander C.
born July 21, 9:08 am
8 lbs 15 oz
21 3/4 in

At two months
12 lbs 5 oz
24 in

enjoys napping, sleeping through the night, and making smiley faces at his sister
does not enjoy diaper changes, bonking his head, and mama cooking dinner without holding him every second

My kids, I has dem ( Read more... )

39 weeks, 4 days. (277 days ( Read more... )

(again, discussion of birthy things and women's body parts. you've been given notice.)

I wrote earlier of my going back and forth between scheduling a c-section and attempting a VBAC. After much deliberation and a diagnosis of gestational diabetes that never seems to have amounted to anything, the doctors I was seeing were very hesitant to even ( Read more... )

( Complete with SPOILER cut tag... )

Here are the remainder of the books I've tracked in the last 12 months. I know I read more than this-- at least a couple more anyway, but I forgot to write them down.

New reads are marked with a dash and rated out of five stars.

- 14. Long Way Down, Nick Hornby. I remember thinking that this book was utterly brilliant, and wishing I'd thought of ( Read more... )

Easter's over, and we're entering the blissful April break season although the snow we got last night is cutting into my bliss. Anyway, time to take stock of my goals-- the ones that are making good progress, the ones still on the table, and the ones that need to be re-imagined.

Current goals:

1. Have a healthy pregnancy - in progress. This ( Read more... )

EW's report of the same conversation with Barrowman that I referenced here seems a little more optimistic, as if someone (maybe even a hypothetical interviewer with JB) is just kicking around the idea of changing Jack's sexuality and meeting resistance from producers, actors, and of course fans at every turn. Whatever. I still have very little hope ( Read more... )

Not that it's unpredicted-- for Fox or for Barrowman. But John is miffed that Fox is considering *making Jack Harkness straight*. Yep.

You can't have a straight Jack Harkness. You can have a new character who is played by a different actor and has a different life. You can have a series that is related to Cardiff's Torchwood, but different, where ( Read more... )