Pete and I have been on the prowl again this past weekend locating more of the Fore!Kids fleur de lis. Check ‘em out on our new fleur de lis page. We are now only missing three (well, four if you count the one that was stolen before we snapped its pic — Rrrr). Hope you [...]
I am back at work for the next couple of Fridays to help the transition of officially being back to work a bit easier. Going in before I am due allows me to get work done, chat about Sun, and sort through 500+ emails without getting new work yet. It’s nice. It also affords me [...]
Early on in knowing Captain Sarcastic, I was aware that animals and small children responded to him–he has this uncanny ability to calm and relax them; they are uncontrollably drawn to him. So it came as no surprise that Sun finds peace in her daddy’s arms. I can rock, sing to, or walk with Sun [...]
With all the problems I’ve had with breastfeeding, there has been another kind of nukkie war being waged in our home. Sun loves to suck. She could suck all day. Except for one problem: the binky pops out of her small mouth. If she were a cartoon, I’d see “doonk” all day long in a [...]
I spent the weekend waxing philosophical about the halcyon days of my youth spent at my grandparents’ camp in Hopedale, Louisiana. And feeling bad that Sun won’t have the same experience. I was one of five children; I had cousins my age and younger, as well as young grandparents and aunts and uncles. On the [...]
As I previously wrote about, my mother gave me a dresser and high chair that were used by her and her two siblings when they were all babies. The dresser has been refinished by my grandfather and uncle. I am told that my uncle really did most of the work on the dresser, not my [...]
While on maternity leave, I am trying to get things done that will just be harder to do once I am back at work. Here’s what I’ve done so far: 1. Written countless thank-you notes for the gifts we’ve received since Sun was born. I am currently caught up! 2. Opened a savings account for [...]
My dear friend who’d been struggling with lymphoma died last night. She learned of her cancer in October and initially expected to beat it in these nine months. This is a second friend of mine to die of cancer in as many months. She recently celebrated her 65th birthday. I just finished reading “Life of [...]
I go back to work in four weeks. It may as well be next week for the amount of time I spend thinking about it. I am starting to get inquiries by my clients and my partners to do work. And I resist because I know its a slippery slope–once I start to do work, [...]
So, this nursing thing. Indulge me in yet another post on this topic. This one is a PSA for all those women who have no idea what to expect. ‘Cause that was me, and, boy, am I getting more than I ever, ever expected. And not in a good way. I won’t cover ground I’ve [...]