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I thought that I was all feminist and progressive, what with actively avoiding overly-pink clothing for my daughter, and seeking out gender-neutral clothing. "We don't need to impose societal notions of gender on her this early! She'll get that from greater society soon enough ( Read more... )

A few recent pictures of our baby.


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B very much enjoys sucking on her fingers, but at one month, she has no control over where her hands go. Sucking on her fingers, then, is a lucky accident. The other day, she managed to get one finger in her mouth and was as happy as a clam.... until she somehow jammed another finger right up her nostril. The look of shock on her face made me laugh ( Read more... )

One thing I was dreading about parenthood was something I heard from so many parent-friends: "We haven't seen a movie in two years/since X was born!" Both Torsten and I love movies, and I was not looking forward to a two-year hiatus in which the only movies I saw were on DVD ( Read more... )

Germs be damned, we've taken B out several times for holiday parties ( Read more... )

B was born on November 19 at 12:30 a.m., weighing 8 lbs., 12 oz. and measuring 20 inches at birth. She arrived 11 days after her due date via C section after 25+ hours of induced labor that went nowhere.

I have been feeling the need to keep track of some of her exploits, and this long-neglected journal seems the place to do so.

Me: Honey, where did you put that jar of salsa I bought at the grocery store [when you unpacked the groceries ( Read more... )

Poor Pumpkin was attacked last weekend. Luckily, she was not injured, but it was frightening for us both.

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Early this morning, Torsten got out of bed to go to the bathroom, then came back. Almost immediately thereafter, I thought, half-asleep, 'Is it really that cold that he's shivering enough to shake the bed?' Instead, it was the earthquake that hit southern Illinois ( Read more... )