Our bathroom is decorated with Star Wars collector's plates. Last night the baby was helping me brush my teeth before bed (and when I say helping, I mean he was sitting on the floor crying because I had to put him down for a second). Hoping to distract him, I asked, "Tucker, where's Han Solo?" He immediately quieted, turned to the wall o' plates, ( Read more... )

I've just discovered GSN.com. You know, Lingo is much harder when you're actually playing, rather than kibitzing. Although, in my defense, I'm playing solo. The schmucks on TV have partners.

The latest in what I suspect will be a never-ending series of Things I Never Imagined Saying Even If I Lived A Thousand Years:

"You can play with your penis all you want, I just wish you would let me clean the poo off it first."

Two days ago, my little monkey turned one. I went all out, you'll see: I slaved for nearly an entire 90 seconds and spent cents and cents to make him an orange jello mold "cake", complete with whipped cream. It turned out looking like a silicon breast implant. Oh, well! I had really envisioned it much differently, with not quite so much hellacious ( Read more... )

This is the most endearing thing in the world ( Read more... )

"You're still covered by your current policy; just get a hysterectomy now, and we'll be able to cover you when you switch over ( Read more... )

I can't believe how insanely relieved I am to be past Halloween this year. So many things to do and decide, but in the end it was good and now it's over. Yay! I was going to make Tucker a circus strongman, it would have been brilliant, except for the part where I have no crafty skillz. I kinda thought I had some, somewhere, but you'd never know it ( Read more... )

( baby's first Halloween )

It's like a magic trick -- you set him down on his feet, he wobbles a bit, and then, seemingly against the laws of nature, he stays up. Freaky. But that's not the end of it. You keep watching, expecting any minute he'll go bada-big-boom onto his butt, but he takes a step! And another and another!

That's right, folks, Tucker's walking! Woohoo!

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