That's less than three weeks ( Read more... )

Alex just asked me to put his shoes on by handing them to me and saying "O N Mama" as in spelling the word "on". He JUST turned two a week ago and apparently knows how to spell. He definitely knows the alphabet, and says "please" and "thank you" often without prompting. He amazes me.


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Alex has been sick, so I've haven't been to work yet this week. I actually got some stuff done... like cleaning the puke out of the carseat ( Read more... )

Every now and then (very rarely thank God), someone in one of the parenting communities loses a child. Both times I have come across this, I have had physical reactions. The first time, Alex was less than a year old. I picked him up out of his crib and held him while I cried for a good 30 - 40 minutes. Somehow, he slept through it. This time I ( Read more... )

Southwest added a second nonstop flight between Buffalo and Vegas... both ways! We can fly out in the morning and not waste an entire day on travel! I hate coming in at 1 am and that flight is ALWAYS delayed and we're stuck with a bored toddler in the airport with no play gate. This makes me so so so happy, you can't even imagine ( Read more... )

I haven't disappeared... really ( Read more... )

We're here in Buffalo until the fourth.

If anyone has something going on for New Year's to which we can tag along, let me know :)

Stupid head cold ( Read more... )

We're back in Vegas. It's friggin hot. The mailman took the tag with our names out of the mailbox, even though he supposedly KNEW we were coming back. He thought we "accidentally" put an end date on our mail forward, even though I called the post office to verify our TEMPORARY mail forward. This should be fun ( Read more... )

This is my last weekend in Buffalo for a few months. How should I spend it? We fly out Friday, but some of the weekdays must be spent in a desperate attempt to get some wedding details nailed down. We need a reception venue, and I don't want to book one sight unseen ( Read more... )