One of my new moms club friends is going through something that no parent ever wants to face. Just on Monday she commented to several of us that she thought her almost-4-month-old son's head was getting very large. And we did notice that it seemed that way to us, but we all tried to be encouraging, saying that it was probably nothing. Well, ( Read more... )

It's been so long since I've written anything here I can't figure out where to start! But I don't have a lot of time, so here goes, in no particular order.......

• For the last two months my life has been taken over by potty training. Ok, well I guess it's not that bad, but it is now a daily obsession so it feels like it's taken over. What do ( Read more... )

Tomorrow morning I'm off to PA for the week. 4 days of conference in Lancaster and 2 days of being a tourist at Gettysburg. My parents and Quinn are driving down on Thursday to pick me up in Lancaster and then we'll go on to Gettysburg. It will be Quinn's first long car trip, and I'm going to miss most of it! Seems like a good deal to me ( Read more... )

[rambling thought]Hmm...that subject makes me think of sailing. I'm sad that my parents have not had their sailboat fixed, but not sad enough (motivated enough!) to fix it myself. Though it would be nice to raise Quinn with a stronger stomach than Eric has.... Though, I guess if Eric were more enthused about it then I'd have more motivation to ( Read more... )

Some disconnected thoughts...

• My sister got back from India on Monday. She went to go to a wedding. Hopefully this weekend I'll get to see pictures and hear about the exciting parts, because she admitted that on Monday I was mostly hearing the whiny parts! (Like her allergic reaction to the anti-malaria drugs, etc.) But it sounded like it was a ( Read more... )

We had a great time visiting lualum97 and family yesterday. I got to hold the baby lots! It seems like they are all doing well and starting to get used to having a new baby - even the cat is getting used to her, I hear. I was so amazed by how teeny tiny she is - and she is bigger than Quinn was at that age. Even though it's only been (almost) 19 months ( Read more... )

I just realized how long it's been since I've posted, so here's a quick one to help me jog my memory for later....

In no particular order:

• I've had in mind to do a post on what my toddler has taught me lately, but I keep forgetting the ideas that I've had for it by the time I get to sit down at the computer. So maybe next time. Oh, here's one ( Read more... )

Saw the movie yesterday. Wow! Then had a great time discussing the movie/reliving great lines with sabriel_0405 and Eric. Many many many thanks to sabriel_0405 for babysitting so that we could go see the movie. It was a super birthday present!

( Here's how I scored on the Serenity character quiz )

If only I were talking about going to the beach, but alas I am actually talking about gargling salt water. Laryngitis stinks. Quinn laughed at me even harder than usual today when I told him “No! Don’t touch the power button on the tv.” I think it’s because I sound so odd. Didn’t get a lot of sleep this weekend but other than that (and feeling ( Read more... )

Is it wrong of me to expect less than two problems when receiving a furniture delivery worth several thousand dollars? Or is it sad that I anticipated one? At least (with any luck) one of them will be resolved tomorrow, when they deliver an ottoman in the correct color. On Sunday one of the first things that the delivery guy told us was that he ( Read more... )