Sylvie woke up with a fever of 103 on Saturday, so off to the doctor we went. (How awesome is it that pediatricians have Saturday appointments?) At first I thought we were being overly worried and we should try letting it run its course. But the doc validated our appointment: double ear infection that looked "very inflamed and painful" and ( Read more... )

It's Day One of a brand new year, and I am committed to posting more. And returning (social) emails within 2 hours. And writing back to Tim's grandmother, who sent me a really nice card in August. I'd like to be a better person in general, but I'll start with being a better correspondent. I think that was already a NYE resolution of mine. Crap ( Read more... )

My BabyBump app just reminded me that I now have a 2.5lb, 15.75" butternut squash-sized thing growing in my abdomen. I hate squash. I'm all for growth & development, but it was much more fun to describe the baby as a martini olive.

THIRD Trimester? Whatever happened to the first & second ( Read more... )

This happened only a short drive away from our apartment ( Read more... )

Happy Wedding Day to crazyotter and runexe!!

I love baseball. I have gone to many games played by teams I don't give a shit about, simply because I love to be in the stadium watching live baseball go down ( Read more... )

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I'm in the Great American Southwest, visiting with Danny K. Goodtimes so far, although I was under the impression that it was going to be really warm down here. Apparently the mild CA weather followed me down. If that was the case, I should have just flown a cloud down here rather than the chaotic mess that was Southwest airlines. "Ok, everyone ( Read more... )

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