Monthly Archives August 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30

has been painted into a corner by mismatched design and content. # Iron & Wine "Passing Afternoon" ♫ http://twt.fm/258338 #musicmonday # made Jon a toasty s'mores cake for his birthday. # S'mores cupcake recipe makes good cake too: http://bit.ly/13x9yC # Hooray! Ice cream in the snack cart. # Tom sprouted a second tooth sometime Thursday. [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23

noticed that Thomas is starting to play with his toes: looking at them, touching them, and using them to play with toys. # Blast From the Past: NKOTB singing Hangin' Tough on the radio made me do a double take. # Elbow gets me every time with the 6/4 time and clapping in "Mexican Standoff" [...]

The Fourth Anniversary

Four years ago today I married an amazing man. Some days it feels like a decade, and others just a few months. I like that I’ve lost track of time with him, that I have to stop and calculate just how far removed we are from our early days, that each day feels just as [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

was seduced by fresh brownies in the cafeteria. # The Walkmen made a chill cover of "There Goes My Baby" ♫ http://twt.fm/243733 #musicmonday # hates broken fingernails. # moved Thomas into 6-9 month sleepers. 3-6 month onesies and shorts still fit, but the sleepers are ridiculously short on him. # can't believe Tom has his [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16

was seduced by fresh brownies in the cafeteria. # The Walkmen made a chill cover of "There Goes My Baby" ♫ http://twt.fm/243733 #musicmonday # hates broken fingernails. # moved Thomas into 6-9 month sleepers. 3-6 month onesies and shorts still fit, but the sleepers are ridiculously short on him. # can't believe Tom has his [...]

Five Months

That beautiful smile is the reason I get out of bed every morning. Well, that and the sound of your squawking coming through the baby monitor at 6 am. Now that you’re sleeping unswaddled and on your side, you wake up slowly, squirming and cooing for a few minutes before getting into more enthusiastic kicking [...]

Five Months – Milestones

17 pounds 5 ounces — 27 inches long — too long for 3-6 month clothes, but still wearing them — teething, teething, teething — sitting up with a little help — notices kitties — first trip to Maine, for Larrabee Family Reunion — drinking 5 ounces of formula and cereal every 3 hours — first [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09

Sam Roberts "Them Kids" ♫ http://twt.fm/235087 #musicmonday # Fun family reunion on Saturday with a happy baby. Long drive home on Sunday with a cranky baby. # is having a strong craving for Whoopie Pies. The half I had at Sam's last weekend just wasn't enough. # putting Thomas to sleep with Beatles ballads. # [...]

Covered

I have a penchant for good covers. Something about hearing an old song in a new way just makes me happy. But it has to stand on it’s own, above the original to really catch me. This playlist has a few of my recent favorites. What are yours?

So Sensitive

I’ve mentioned in a few of my Tweets that we’ve been dealing with an unhappy baby. Teething has turned our sweet little baby into a sensitive, sobbing mess. I still haven’t seen any teeth or redness in his gums, but he has so many of the other symptoms that his teachers insist that new teeth [...]