I got to watch a movie! In its entirety! In one sitting! In the theater! On a big screen! With popcorn! And Brandt! What's next, going out at night?? (Okay, maybe not yet, but in a few months.)

God bless the bestest babysitters in the world, mojomuze and damnthemidwest. How many sitters not only care for the baby but compose songs in Garage Band and dance for them? ( Read more... )

Auuuuuuuugh. Someone on my f-list posted about this awesome house sometime in the last two years -- I'm pretty sure it was in the Shenandoahs, and it was full of light and in the middle of the woods. coral, was it you? I'd like to look at it for a little vacation for the familia, but I canNOT remember the name. Someone helllllp.

There are times I'm comforting her back to sleep, times just after I've hugged her to me, whispered that it's sleepytime, and pressed my cheek against her clean, soft forehead and silken hair, that I drink in her pristine little presence, her father's brushstrokes throughout her tiny face, times that I realize that every searing pain and ( Read more... )

We were telling my parents that Devin was coming. INSANITY. One year ago she was 1.5 cm long. Now she laughs, yells, hugs Maisy, doesn't let us have any sleep, and makes every day worthwhile.

My friend Amy is the editor of a parent's magazine in Augusta, GA. Her editor's letter this month was inspired by the emails we've been firing back and forth over the last few weeks and, in my maternal still-hormonal state, got me all misty. Here's the letter, with text behind the cut for posterity. mojomuze, you and Chris play a little part in this one.

( Amy's letter )

Brooks emailed me this picture last week, then called and had me look at it immediately. The subject line was "funniest pic ever." Once I opened it, I wholeheartedly agreed.


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Devin rolled over this morning! Three times! In a row!

Aaaaaah! She's growing up!

Okay, people, help us decide our next mode of transportation! For the last two years, we've planned to trade in my '97 Rav4 and purchase a hybrid Highlander a year after its release (hopefully getting a late-model, low-milage used Highlander). Well, we're almost at that point, and now we're reconsidering. Our new option is to keep the Rav4 and buy ( Read more... )

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I can't believe my baby girl is one week old. It's been quite the week, too. It's amazing what that little face can make me feel.


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