My. Baby. Is. Portable.

I can hardly believe it.
It used to be a dastardly pursuit to take Mister Finn out for an errand, into a store, to someone’s house at our mom’s group. I think he would get overstimulated, overcome with fussiness sooner or later in the outing. But for the past month or so, he has been a [...]

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For Owlie, because you asked: My story with meat

I went vegetarian at age 15, with animal rights in mind. And Natalie Merchant, whom I had a big crush on.
In college I had a holier-than-thou vegan girlfriend. It was a bad relationship.
In my twenties I realized that my animal rights concerns were rather hypocritical considering my indirect use of animals in ways other than [...]

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on bad days

It would have been nice to have a more graceful transition between the loveliness of my last post and the impending boredom of this one, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be. 
Wifey and I are both overwhelmed and we both had meltdowns last night. 
We are confused and undecided about whether an 8 hour/week nanny [...]

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About Naming Ceremonies

A Secular Explanation:
In recent times naming ceremonies have become popular as a non-religious (or non-denominational) equivalent of a christening where a young child, between 6 weeks and 2 years old,

is introduced to their family and social group in a meaningful way.

Like Baptisms or Christenings, you can have a Naming Ceremony at a formal venue, or [...]

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First Birthday

It was a beautiful day.  It is hard to wrap my brain around the fact that it has been a full year since A. was born. But here we are: he is ONE! I feel victorious, blessed, and tired. As beautiful, important days often are, the day was a frenzied collection of minutes; the minutes [...]

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The In-Laws

Wifey’s parents are here.
They are hell-bent on A. using and liking a pacifier. He used to like to go to sleep with one, but a few months ago he started spitting them out and blocking entry. They are trying to get him to use one again, rather than chew on everybody’s fingers. I don’t think [...]

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The Way You Are

You are almost 1 year old.
You are almost 9 months “old.”
You are 16 and a half pounds.
You have no teeth yet.
You sit in your high chair.

When you’re nursing, you touch your head like you’re fixing your hair. Or sometimes you scratch your head. And sometimes you hit yourself in the head repeatedly.
You play peek-a-boo, covering [...]

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25 things about me

After being tagged 5 times on Facebook, I finally wrote out my list. You all already know some of these things, but I thought I would share anyway.
1. On the first day of first grade, I was so excited to wear my new yellow outfit with butterflies that I could not sleep the night before.
2. [...]

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