Matt and I have spent the last few days in a clinic on fever, and we’re more than eager for class to be out. Simon arrived home from school Friday with quite a fever. We gave him some Tylenol, and he spent the next four hours laying back against me on the couch “watching” the […]
Monthly Archive for October, 2008
Well, it’s all piling back on at the moment. About ten days ago, I moved my head to the side quickly and felt an uncomfortable pull. The next day, my neck was stiff and sore. Yesterday it moved into actual spams, which I not-so-fondly termed “neck labor” and which were sufficiently miserable that they necessitated […]
Before I forget, I thought I’d take a minute and jot down some of the new things Simon is saying and doing. On the verbal front, we’re still not getting sentences, but we are hearing lots of new words. He says things like “yo-yo”, “circle”, “mommy apple”, “mommy mean” (sigh), “pee-pee”, and “shirt.” More notably, […]
The Maternal Sole
Posted in Jessica on Oct 3rd, 2008
I once tallied my motherhood by counting diaper changes and nursing sessions. A little later, I looked to birthday and New Year’s celebrations as an index of how much my life had changed. These are all perfectly good indicators of where things stand, but I think my shoes also have a story to tell. Bear […]