category: motherhood
It’s magical. It’s wonderful. It’s… hilarious and exhausting and sometimes a little sticky.
just one of the reasons we let her keep living here
November 18, 2008
"Just so you don’t think my kid is Misery and Torture all the time (Newsflash: She slept last night! Only woke up for 5 minutes at 4:30am and went right back to sleep! Happy dances all around!), I thought I’d share some of her adorableness in action. Now, of COURSE she did this whole thing way [...]"
progress
November 17, 2008
"You guys? ARE THE BEST. Seriously. Thank you so much to everyone for your comments and stories you shared yesterday. You have no idea how much it helps to hear that we’re not alone. Of course I know that every parent goes through these tough phases, but hearing it from you guys just reminds me [...]"
dealing with The Problem
November 16, 2008
"Since she was about 3 months old, Maggie has been sleeping through the night. We were, of course, ecstatic when that milestone came along, having been constantly sleep deprived for 12 weeks. Sometime around 6 or 7 months old, she started fighting bedtime. She still slept all night, but getting her to fall asleep was an [...]"
just… stuff.
November 12, 2008
"Today was a much better day. We all got a good night’s sleep, for one thing- Maggie slept from 9 until 7, us from 10 until 7. Hallelujah! is all I can say about that. It was very very good that we were able to wake up refreshed, because I had to work my 1-or-2 day [...]"
Number Two.
November 10, 2008
"When you get married, sometimes AT THE WEDDING, people immediately start asking The Question: When are you having a baby? At first, it’s cute. I mean, you JUST got married, you’re barely home from the honeymoon. HA HA not quite yet, thank you! But after a while it gets a little more pressure-packed, like WHEN ARE [...]"
hanging in there
October 22, 2008
"Didn’t mean to rustle up all that drama last week only to drop off the planet for a few days, sorry about that. Things have been understandably NUTS and I do have an update coming for those of you who have been asking. Everything is (hopefully) going to be resolved in a day or two [...]"
not a baby anymore
October 15, 2008
"There are all kinds of milestones during the first year of a baby’s existence, ones that mark the transitions to the next stage in their young life. Mostly it’s little things: the first smile, the first giggle, sleeping through the night. Then come the bigger things, like rolling over, crawling, babbling, and then walking. After that [...]"
everything’s coming up roses
October 13, 2008
"This weekend was crazy-busy. Saturday we visited a nearby farm for some good old-fashioned fall entertainment. Farm animals, a hayride, and a stroll through a pumpkin patch. The weather was absolutely gorgeous. Plus: my kid feeding a goat. How much more idyllic can it get? We came home for lunch and naptime (well… kinda. Maggie really [...]"
Poop-casso
September 27, 2008
"Hi! What did you do today? Did you spend 3 hours trying to get your child to quit whining and just TAKE A NAP ALREADY? Only to have her PAINT HER CRIB WITH POOP? No? Well, you totally should have come over to our house, because that’s what we did! You really missed out on the [...]"
one point five
September 23, 2008
"My ‘baby’ (I feel like I need to put that in quotes now.) will be turning 18 months old on Sunday. Yeah I know it’s a little early to be writing a pseudo-birthday entry, but I always intend to and then forget and then it gets to late. So I’m early! EIGHTEEN MONTHS. I cannot believe [...]"
shop-a-holic.
September 17, 2008
"This past Sunday, back before power-outages and interrupted football games (gosh that seems like SO LONG AGO), I cleaned out my closet. I tried on every single item of clothing I own and got rid of… well, almost everything. I somehow managed to make it through this summer with just the few shirts I had that [...]"
Saturday.
September 06, 2008
"We went car shopping today- to get me one of these. We have test-driven everything under the sun (or at least that’s what it feels like) starting back in April. And this? Is definitely The Car For Us. I’ve had a Honda Civic since 2001 and I love it. I’m not a big Brand Loyalty [...]"
my ears are still ringing.
September 04, 2008
"Last night Maggie screamed from 8pm until 11pm. We tried everything. Snuggling on the couch: didn’t work, she just wiggled off our laps. And sometimes slapped us. We let her play a little more- hey, maybe she’s just not tired yet?: wrong. She was exhausted and rubbing her eyes, all while whining and trying to [...]"
wow three day weekends are just AWESOME.
September 01, 2008
"This weekend was supposed to be fun and relaxing. It’s Labor Day! The unofficial end of Summer! A three-day weekend! We had plans for most of the weekend, but still, THREE DAYS! It all stretched out in front of us and I was very much looking forward to it. Now, before I delve into the ridiculousness [...]"
Operation: No More Muffin-Top.
August 30, 2008
"Enough messing around, y’all: it’s time to get back on the horse. Or the exercise bike, in this case. Last winter, after I officially lost all the baby weight (Thanks to Weight Watchers Online, woo!) I started taking yoga and pilates at a friend’s studio, and I looooved it. I had never really done yoga before, [...]"
ways my kid is cracking me up lately
August 27, 2008
"She has started to dance. Twirling in circles and pointing her fingers up and waving them around and swaying her shoulders back and forth. The freaking cutest thing EVER. She says ‘uh-oh’ about everything. Mommy dropping things, her dropping things, yesterday during the shark-chase scene of The Little Mermaid. Sometimes it makes sense when she says [...]"
good and bad: this week so far
August 26, 2008
"Inspired by Janet’s Love and Hate Fridays. good: Maggie slept till 9:30 yesterday! bad: Maggie woke up at 6am this morning. good: I got a lot of work done in the morning because she took a very early nap (8:30!!!), so we were able to take the afternoon off and have some fun. bad: I found out today that [...]"
corn and ice cream.
August 25, 2008
"Yesterday we made an exception to our ‘Doing Nothing This Weekend’ plan and headed to my parents for the afternoon. There was free (yummy!) food involved, so who were we to say no? Plus, we always have a fun time over there. It wasn’t just the food. It was a hot afternoon, so we brought Maggie’s [...]"
way to confuse your kid, Dad.
August 24, 2008
"Last night we had a rare family moment. All three of us, playing on the floor together. Usually we Monster-Wrangle (our term for keeping an eye on Maggie) in shifts, because one of us always has something to do- cleaning up the kitchen, making a phone call, getting a shower, etc. But last night, we [...]"
I tried to find an NKOTB lunchbox, but they didn’t have any.
August 10, 2008
"Last night, Dan and I went out to dinner for his birthday. It was quite the occasion- not the having dinner out, because we do that fairly often as a family- but going out without Maggie being with us. We haven’t done that since… January? Yeah that’s a long time! We went to Walnut Grove, [...]"
babies, birthdays, and also: my kid has a sense of humor
August 04, 2008
"This past weekend we went to visit some friends in Ohio. First up was my college roommate, her husband, and most importantly their new baby boy, who is just 6 weeks old. Later that day when we visited more friends and their 19-day-old baby girl. Lots of squishy baby-ness to enjoy! Maggie had fun saying [...]"
16 months
July 31, 2008
"Dear Maggie, I know, I know: I have been absolutely horrible at keeping up with these monthly letters. I had grand plans to write you a note every month, talking about your milestones and all the wonderful things that come with you growing up. In reality, I’ve kind of sucked at doing that. Best laid plans. [...]"
bestowing his knowledge upon his daughter
July 30, 2008
"Maggie was wandering up and down the hall, carrying my bra, and Dan taught her to say ‘Boo-beeee!’ I’m so proud. More posts like this: my daughter, the genius. November 5, 2008 one short year February 29, 2008 things that happen when you work 14 hour days October 7, 2005 babies, birthdays, and also: my kid has a sense of humor [...]"
Squeegee Beckenheim
July 28, 2008
"(I couldn’t think of a title to pull this incredibly non-cohesive post together, so I picked something random. First person to guess the reference wins a million rays of sunshine! …What, that’s a not a legit prize?) Saturday we spent the day at Kennywood, which was super awesome and fun and exhausting and wow, I never [...]"
cue randomness here
July 24, 2008
"I keep thinking of random things to blog about but nothing really warrants a full post, so here’s some randomness for you! Yesterday morning I went in to get Maggie up and ready for daycare (yes, I had to GO AND WAKE MY KID UP at 8:15. Hate me. It’s okay.) and turns out, she was [...]"
