You know you're really a parent when you can simultaneously carry a 13 pound crying baby and a full-size stroller down four flights of stairs.

It's doable, but certainly not fun.

An elevator would be nice.

Today, right after I put Isabella down for her mid-morning nap, the repairman came to fix our sink and window. He replaced a pipe under the sink and then went to inspect the windwow. He opened it up and, without warning, started blasting parts of it away with some sort of hand-held electric sander. Please forgive me, but I know nothing of power ( Read more... )

Tonight, Rich and I are going out tonight to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. Have we really been married for five years now? Yes, and in fact, I wrote about our wedding in this very journal, which seems to indicate that I've been writing here for over five years as well.* So my journal and my husband have seen me go through a lot; some good ( Read more... )

Well, it's been awhile and my Isabunny is almost two months old now.

This is her serious face:


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Our first family picture:


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Yay! Bulls swept the Heat!! I can't believe it, I'm so happy! And Phoenix won too, which makes Sunday a very good day for basketball. I am very disturbed, however; that the Mavericks are losing to Golden State (what the fuck is Golden State anyway? As much as I love basketball, I've barely registered them as a team until this season). I was so ( Read more... )

It's Hagrid! My baby is Hagrid!!!


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I just wanted to take a minute to say thank you for all your calls, text messages, emails, MySpace comments, and various other methods of communication through which all of you expressed your good wishes and concern. Obviously, this has been a crazy week and I haven't been able to respond to everyone personally, but I really am grateful for all ( Read more... )

I'm getting induced tomorrow at 11:15 am. Please pray that it goes fast and well and that the baby is healthy.

Thank you everyone for a wonderful baby shower. I love all my cute baby stuff!