Sam is now three months old; a quarter of a year! When you’re eating and sleeping, time can really fly by. Poor Sam, he’s definitely the Second Child. This month I really began comparing him to Lydia and her Awesomeness of Sleeping Through The Night At TEN WEEKS OLD. She started one night at ten […]
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dramatic taco
Lydia is really turning into my little drama queen. She is realizing that she can ‘pretend’ in order to get a specific reaction out of others, especially me. I first realized this about a month or so ago when we were watching cartoons on a Saturday morning. It was The Backyardigans (darn it, now the […]
eater of crayons
We visited my sister down in Auburn yesterday. Lydia’s cousin, Elizabeth, has these excellent crayons that are mostly encased in plastic. Lydia was unamused with the unbreakable nature of the crayons and spent five minutes unsuccessfully trying to take them apart.
normalcy
Sam and I have colds and are feeling a bit under the weather. Lydia is wandering around the house wearing her “cleaning gloves” and refusing to take them off even to eat her cheese. Then there’s Renton, recently drunk from a vet visit, rolling around on the floor and trying unsuccessfully to jump onto the […]
sputnik; two months in orbit
Today Sam turns two months old, but he looks about the size of Lydia at four months old. During this past month we have found out that Sam likes to EAT. Holy moly, he can put it away. Even now I can hear him beginning to wake up behind me, smacking his lips in anticipation […]
the one where the hospital tries to kill me
You would think I would have copious amounts of time to sit about and write blog posts while being on maternity leave, but I have managed to keep myself busy with other parts of life. There was also the most horrible sickness I think I’ve ever had, a foul thing known as mastitis, which had […]
sputnik; one month in orbit
And just like that, Sam is one month old. Time flies triple fast when you have two kids nipping for your attention! This first month, caring for Sam himself has been relatively easy. Now that Lydia has been putting us through our paces for the past few years, newborns are a piece of cake. Sam […]
two-year-old taco
Miss Lydia turns two today! Oh, what all can change in another year! Despite the cute outfit I had saved for her, she was not ready to face the day this morning. Even the promise of cupcakes later in the day could not bring her to smile. One year ago, Lydia was yet to walk […]
the launch of Sputnik, part IV (orbit)
We have been home with young Samuel for about a week and a half now and things are slowly beginning to find a new normal in our new household of four plus two hungry cats. On Sunday afternoon Lydia arrived a few hours after we did, and here came The Moment I had most anticipated […]
a summary of Sputnik
I have been writing a lot, it’s just all been on the kids’ site. You can go over there to check out the story of Samuel’s arrival, from the countdown to the liftoff and the ascent. There will be an orbit as well. Not only have I been getting Sam used to the camera, we […]