We have a tooth!

Finally!  I have not gotten a picture of the little bugger yet, but hope to soon. So, first tooth: 10.5 months. A little bit of a late bloomer, I guess? All of his other baby friends already have some; though what an odd thing to worry about (not that I was worried, really)– it’s not [...]

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Yesterday (a poem)

Sometimes I scan my blog statistics for meaning that usually isn’t there. But today it was.
In the section of the stats analysis called “Search Engine Terms: These are terms people used to find your blog,” I’m usually graced by such odd concepts as “no teeth face,” “nursery baby monkey,” “how poop is formed,” or “abdomen [...]

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Foggy Bits

Foggy is how my brain feels right now.  I am still in a dull state of confusion regarding my blogging life. (see 2 posts ago.)  Also, the days seem built of bits of randomness that haven’t melded together into something coherent enough to write about. Some of the bits are lovely, some chaotic.
Today we went [...]

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He’s Got Rhythm

We’ve got a dancing boy!  A. smiles and bounces up and down when he hears music.  He plays his little piano and bobs, and wiggles like a dolphin when we hold him and dance to his favorite songs. Even the warped, xylophone-esque “music” of  battery-powered baby gadgets will often transform the grumpy boy into a [...]

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The Tangled Web I Weave

People, I have been clumsy.
As I’ve made my way through email accounts, blogs, websites, and facebook, I’ve given a lot of thought to my online identities…. in some ways. In other ways, I appear to have gallivanted about the internet with nary a care for the divide between my private and public selves.  Now my [...]

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This Morning

I think I did get out of bed and put on a nursing bra.  Then, I think I did put on a “sports bra” over it.
I think I did wake my puppy from her morning slumber and put on her leash.
I think I did put on my running shoes.
I think I did jog around the [...]

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In the Beginning, Part 5: Homecoming

A. came home on May 17th 2008, 10 days after his due date.

I guess we were still afraid to get excited and believe that we were really going to bring him home one day, because when they told us on May 16th that he’d be coming home the next day, we were totally unprepared. We [...]

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