The Scene: A lovely day in Tyler Park, sunny, breezy and comfortably warm. The Players: Matt, Jessica, Simon. A slighter younger, significantly hipper couple with their two sons, age approximately 4 and 7. Our time at the park began by simply lying on a blanket under a tree and rolling a tennis ball and forth […]
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I just got the most recent update on my friend Jen’s son Sam. The good news is that Sam’s overall heart function continues to improve. The not so good news is that his aorta has re-narrowed in one place, necessitating more surgery early next week. This time the surgeon plans to go in from his […]
Simon is now in the full throes of separation anxiety. This developmentally normal phase is alternately cute and tiresome, thrilling and exhausting. I am Simon’s entire world, or at the very least his very most favorite person within it. When I laugh at him, he laughs. If I seem upset, he will, too. What’s more, […]
This past weekend, Matt and I went with friends to the Police Reunion tour at Churchill Downs. Matt discovered The Police in 1983, the year they broke up. They were the band who got him to listen to rock music and remained his favorite for over two decades. I discovered Sting in 1984 when his […]
Simon will be nine months old next Monday. According to the books, that puts him five days away from crawling. Well, I’ve baby-proofed in anticipation of the big event, but I’m not counting on it happening anytime soon. Simon hasn’t been early with any major motor skill, but this is the first he’s likely to […]
Tonight was the night Simon ate the first real table food I made for him. I’ve been waiting eagerly to introduce Simon to more complicated food and have him join me at the table, and I’m very excited that our gustatory adventure has begun. For the past month, Simon’s breakfast (oatmeal or muesli with fruit) […]
Simon has been working on cutting his central and lateral incisors (the front four teeth) for over a week now, and it has resulted in some fussy, uncomfortable days and some board books with chewed up corners. Friday night I finally saw the culprits-four tiny icebergs just about to break through the gummy surface-when Simon […]
This Thursday I had my scheduled appointment to order prints from Simon’s photographer. With Dede Holman Photography, you don’t simply look at proofs and choose your package. No, you have to come in for an appointment to place your order after viewing the proofs online at home. When Dede explained this to me, I thought […]
I have recently hired-and I can barely bring myself to type this-a regular babysitter and a cleaner. It’s something I feel very uneasy about, in fact I’m quite embarrassed, because doing so is an obvious mark of privilege. Now, in many important respects, I’ve always been privileged. I grew up middle class and white in […]
Yesterday, Simon had his first kiss, and, befitting his station as a Kentuckian, it came from a cousin. A second cousin once removed to be precise, so hardly scandalous. It happened at my Uncle Sam and Aunt Marcia’s house, where the greater Goldstein clan gathered for swimming, horseshoes, croquet, and a cookout. My first cousin […]