When I first found out that I was pregnant with you I knew for a fact that out of all the families in the world you had chosen us. After I took six pregnancy tests and picked my jaw up off the floor and had a panic attack and ripped the calendar off the wall and stared at it for two hours wondering when in the hell this happened, I knew out of all the families in the world ...
The culprit
As I'm sure you recall, Lila was born with two butt holes. Or, as those in the biz call it, a "deep sacral dimple." Of course I was worried when she was born because it was so deep that they had to do an ultrasound to make sure there were no bats or gnomes or anything hiding out up there. But now I'm actually excited about the possibility of her making a decent living as a ...
Hello
Now, you all know that I'm not one to be all "Hey! You know what sounds like fun? Looking at some more pictures of my kids today!"Well, maybe once in a while. But after 32 years of being kid-less I know that nobody gives a crap about pictures of other people's kids. But this is really weird. So I posted this video of Hadley on my Facebook page last week of her saying her ...
Late
This is my favorite picture of our house. In fact, it's one of my favorite pictures ever. Our neighbors took this picture exactly one year ago today - March 26 2011 - after a huge and unexpectedly late snowfall blanketed the city. You might think I like this picture because of the way the snow delicately frosts each tree branch, or maybe because it looks like there's a ...
The baby that stole Christmas
Yesterday, a month and a half ahead of schedule, I took down the Christmas decorations. A task that usually leaves me sad and a little forlorn, hence why I try to put it off until Valentine's Day. Or our long dead Christmas tree bursts into flames because someone flipped on the overhead light. Whichever comes first. But this year I was champing at the bit to put this ...