And Then, My Dog Died

| December 14, 2008

Sitting around this evening, about to start watching a movie with the husband and my dad, who rolled into town this afternoon. The phone rings. It’s my mother. Sobbing. She came home from work and found the dog dead. The woman is absolutely devastated. Me? I’m heading in that direction. Austin was my cuddly little [...]

Looking For That Paper Bag

| December 12, 2008

Um yeah. So. Have I mentioned that we’re moving? Like soon? Like, movers are coming on Monday? And have I mentioned how we have no destination yet? How we’re going to be indefinitely ‘passing through’ at my mother’s house? Like, for at least a month? How about how the husband is perpetually pissy because neither [...]

Santa Had To Come Before The Tree Came Down

| December 10, 2008

What do you get with an impatient Daddy, an adorable “spoil me cause I’m so cute” kiddo, and dwindling days without snow covering everything? Any early Christmas present, of course!! Tricycles are . . . Fun for standing on. Great for sitting on in the living room. Meant for riding being pushed in circles around [...]

Christmas: Southern Style

| December 8, 2008

A way back up north, in the frozen tundra of Northeast Ohio, we spend our Decembers scraping ice off the car windows, adding one more layer on before heading outside, and partaking in holiday festivities indoors. Never before have we heard of a Christmas parade. Here? In the low country? On one day, we had [...]

As Long As This One Is In The 97th Percentile

| December 5, 2008

We won’t have to buy more baby clothes. That’s right. So long as we have another gargantuan, consistent, top-of-the-charts child, we’re set on girl clothes. As of today, pregnancy stats are . . .~19 weeks~April 30th due date~Not even showing enough to warrant a picture~No longer puking~Already having to roll off the couch and walk [...]