In his tender fourteen months, Simon has thus far had only one true love. Her name was Stephanie, she was a flight attendant on our flight to San Francisco last May, and despite his many, many crushes since then, no one has quite lived up to her or received the same intensity of affection before […]
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In the nicest of all ways, I’m being replaced as Simon’s favorite person. It is very clear to me—to be more specific, Simon is making it extremely clear to me—that his heart belongs to Grandma and Bubbie. I know this because on Sunday, when my mom dropped by with mandel bread for us all, Simon […]
Once upon a time, there was a baby who tried to give up his nap too soon. He had just spent a day at his grandma and papaw’s, where he had only one nap, and so he thought he had grown up and given up the morning nap forever. So the next morning, Friday, when […]
Boy, after months of sameness, I feel like Simon does something new every time I turn around these days. Today his something new was saying “blue” when he heard a toy say it and then playing peek-a-boo with himself. It was around lunch time, and Simon was busy scooting around the kitchen while I cleaned […]
First off, I forgot to mention another kinda funny new thing in our lives. Two nights ago, Matt popped a Baby Einstein sign language video into our DVD player. I had mixed feelings about it for a variety of reasons including but not limited to: 1. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time […]
While I’ve been busy yammering about Chrismukkah, Simon has been busy experiencing new things and mastering new tricks. Sunday night, as we were leaving the Whitworths, Simon said “bye” for the first time. He didn’t wave, but I think he meant what he said. This followed the first time his word “dat” came out clearly […]
One of the presents I received at my family Chanukah party Saturday night was a book called Chrismukkah, a humorous guide to the make believe hybrid holiday. Last night, once we got Simon settled into bed, hauled in all our new loot, and broke down most of the packaging, I eagerly grabbed a cup of […]
For the first time in the 13 ½ months Simon has been home from the hospital, I’m going to be away from him for more than 4 hours today. Thursday has been “Grandma” day for nearly a year now, but until today Evie has always come over to watch Simon at my house. She does […]
Have you ever had a moment when it suddenly dawned you that you have suddenly become the living embodiment of a stereotype? Mine came just a few days ago. I was reading a friend’s holiday wish list, filled with small and not-so-small luxuries and items related to her hobbies, when I began wondering what I’d […]
I write today to offer advice no one is likely to need. But just in case and for the record… If you’ve had a recent bathtub oopsie with your baby that may have scared him, it’s probably not a great idea to try a shower next. We did, and the result was that we had […]