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Author Archives: mom
too much time on my hands
Get this…the baby is awake and I’m typing on the computer. How can this be? Well, it turns out having the ability to sit up and transfer object between hands is a lot more entertaining to a baby than lying flat on his back motionless! I had heard this development was coming but I can scarcely believe it. Of course, Grip is about 2 seconds away from actual crawling (he just scoots backwards now) so this honeymoon from constant monitoring is going to be pretty brief, but it sure is sweet while it’s here. Continue reading
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love sucks
Grip has developed a kissing technique we hope he doesn’t take into his dating years. He will, if your hair is long enough, grab it in two vice-like fistfuls and lunge straight at your face, mouth wide open, to suck on whatever protuberance he happens to contact… Continue reading
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stan the man
Griffin has his first imaginary friend. You hear all about how babies like black and white patterns and faces, right? Well, instead of going out and spending a bunch of money on some mobile he’ll be bored with in a couple of months, I decided to create a home-made version. I broke out a black Sharpie™ and a piece of recycled paper and voila: Stan was born. Continue reading
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details
Dad has a picture on his desk of Griffin and I sleeping together in the hospital bed. He looks so new and scrunched and his hat is too big and it makes me strangely nostalgic to look at it. Now, … Continue reading
dreaded wednesday
Grip has his two-month check-up on Wednesday. I’ve been dreading it ever since his 5-day-old appointment when they informed us that he’d be getting four shots—two in each precious, tender thigh. Continue reading
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ah-goo means “I love you” . . .
…at least it does to me. We’re having long conversations with Grip these days—actually they aren’t so much conversations as his parents making a gaggle of goofy syllables in an effort to get him to let loose one or two of his own. Continue reading
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