It was a normal morning like any morning and Anderson was wheeling around like a crazy head saying "anderson not gonna fall!!" over and over while careening around the house. I'm all "Please be careful, you crazy baby." and then he ran in front of me full speed and tripped head first into his desk ( Read more... )

Well, Kurt has officially completed the 2.5-day Ohio bar exam. I can't explain the relief. I am so proud of him and so happy to be through this. I actually almost immediately felt like "Oh, now we can think about this BABY that's on the way!" When we got back to Cincy I immediately had Kurt set up the baby's new bed and there it sits all ready for ( Read more... )

I seem to be using this space increasingly for the occasional bitch and moan festival. But, so it goes. If you're not in the mood for my vent, move along. I'm sure there's something far more amusing on the next blog ( Read more... )

I am sick. I've been sick for over a week now and my god I am sick of being sick. I've had bronchitis and now I'm hacking up god knows what and hoping I'm not getting pneumonia because my doctor has me incredibly paranoid about getting it while pregnant. I can't really take any medicine and I can't sleep for stretches of more than 2 or 3 hours ( Read more... )

My little boy will turn two next Monday. TWO! I have no idea how this happened, but it's got me all nostalgic and weepy (more so what with the pregnancy hormones). I went to Meijer at some insane, pre-dawn time this morning to get things for his cupcakes and whatnot, and it just made me so sad. I couldn't help but compare it to last year, when he ( Read more... )

All kinds of things happening while somehow nothing is really happening. Such is life ( Read more... )

Very slowly adding some videos to YouTube. Here's one with Anderson a few weeks ago (he was 21 months at the time) with my grandpa. Please ignore me in the background chortling and babbling at my grandma:

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This one is from February and it's Anderson and Kurt on Anderson's Roller Coaster Car, a Christmas gift from my mom. This thing is so cool. You ( Read more... )

Baseball is a religion in Cincinnati. I'm really not exaggerating much. It's almost 1 p.m. and the 89th annual Findlay Market Opening Day parade has been going strong since 11 a.m. Kids are out of school (to clarify, school is open but there are hundreds of kids in the parade alone let alone all the spectators), people are playing hooky from work, ( Read more... )

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We're only in town for one more day and want to eat somewhere new for breakfast tomorrow. Suggestions? We're on the west side but will travel a little for somewhere highly recommended ( Read more... )