Life with a Baby

A taste of work at home

September 8, 2010

The upside (well not upside, but the thing that made it bearable and kept me from losing my mind) to my mother-in-law getting sick a few weeks ago was having the flexibility from my boss to work from home as needed.  The excited, if not naïve, Krista had visions of sleeping in until 6:30 (yes, [...]

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She’s going to be an “outside girl”

September 2, 2010

I have a confession to make:  I’m not an “outside” person.  Don’t get me wrong, I love those first few days of spring and summer that are sunny and warm.  I love going outside for an hour or two in the afternoons and hanging out at the pool.  I love walking around fall festivals in jeans and [...]

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I have a village

August 24, 2010

So, you think you have a system.  You think you’re so smart and have it all figured out.  You think you’re so lucky to have the quickest morning drop off routine, just waltzing across the yard to your mother-in-law’s house and dropping off the baby who is so happy to see PapPap that she doesn’t [...]

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Giving up the bottle… now what?

August 23, 2010

Ok, Internet.  We have a bit of a situation around here and I’m requesting your help.  I don’t know what to feed my kid.  That’s right.  I’m stumped.  At almost 11 months old, she’s down to one or two bottles a day, so that leaves me with three meals and at least one (sometimes two) [...]

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A former farm girl goes back (sort of)

August 18, 2010

Growing up my summers all crescendo-ed with the county fair.  A quasi farm girl (meaning I had animals but didn’t actually grow up on a farm… more like the animals lived in my backyard) I got up early to feed; had to make sure water and hay and feedings were done before my social activities [...]

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She really is cute…

August 2, 2010

One night last week, on one of the days that it wasn’t 96 degrees and humid, Craig wanted to take C for a walk when I got home from work.  As we started our stroll through the neighborhood, we were stopped by a little old lady neighbor.  This woman, who has probably known Craig since [...]

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When screwing up isn’t funny

July 19, 2010

I use this space of the internet to laugh about all the things I do to screw up my kid or fail at this parenting gig.  Like my knack for forgetting to pack bibs and burp cloths, thus prompting me to dig out half used napkins out of the pocket of the front seat, or [...]

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It seems we’ve turned a parenting corner

July 15, 2010

Um…  guys.  This parenting thing gets HARDER as they get older?  Did none of you think to tell me that?  Oh, no.  You were all “you can do this” when she was itty bitty and had hours every evening where she fussed and cried and I walked miles up and down the halls of my [...]

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Wish You Were Here! Postcards from Vacation

July 12, 2010

July 4 – 10:00 AM Dear Other guests of the Courtyard, I’m sorry.  I’m really, really sorry.  I know the screaming you heard coming from our room for an hour at bedtime last night was a big inconvenience.  I know that you were gritting your teeth looking at your wife, saying “can’t they get that [...]

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Vacation Photos

July 11, 2010

 Our vacation, in a nutshell, in pictures…. From top left, clockwise:    Craig & C. rocking the Baby Bjorn. What do you do when you forget to pack a bib?  Tie a napkin ’round her neck, of course.  Oh, and Blue Moon.  YUM.  He’s got a stroller loaded down with luggage, a duffel bag on his [...]

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