Dear Miss AG – Yesterday you, me and your new nanny were all in the playroom crawling around when all of a sudden you yelled out “MA MA!” and looked at me and scurried on over my way, crawling at full speed, right up into my lap and yapped once more, “MA MA!” Oh my…
1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before? Had a baby. That, my friends, should be enough, but I’m going to go ahead and count my faster mile time. I’ve never run that fast in my life. I can’t wait to do it again. Have another baby? Well, I think we’re…
The nice folks at the The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston sent me this awesome infographic to share with you guys last month and with all of the crazy that had happened around here at that time, I dropped the ball and never posted this. I realize Thanksgiving is all but…
So we found a new nanny. Sorry to be so dramatic and then leave, but it’s been a little crazy lately and every time I sat down to update this blog, something else got in the way. And, truly, at this moment, I don’t feel much like writing. I’m tired. So tired. My schedule is…
I’ve spent the past three weeks holding my breath. Seemingly out of nowhere, our nanny told me she was heading to Poland the week after Thanksgiving, the same week we’d also taken off of work. I thought that was wonderful; she still has family there. She then told me later in the day she would…
Dear AG – You’re nine months today. NINE MONTHS. The other day I pointed out to your dad that you were more than half-way through all of the Wonder Weeks growth spurts and how crazy is THAT? He looked at me sort of funny and nodded his head in agreement, if I remember correctly. He…
My hands smell like cider, oranges and cloves, thanks to the brine I’ve finished making for this year’s turkey. Our first turkey. We’re hosting Thanksgiving for my family this year. I have an apron on. I have, admittedly, underestimated the undertaking this would be, despite my prep and planning. When I dumped that 20-pound bird…
I am still With Boot. I am not by any stretch of the imagination a Shrinking Violet, but I swear on all that’s good and holy I hate attention for attention’s sake and walking around on crutches with a bum foot is just that. Just now, in the line at the Jimmy John’s in my…
Sigh. I have a stress fracture in my left foot. I’m going to be on rest – on crutches – for 6-8 weeks. Maybe 4-6 if I get this quasi-experimental (read: not covered by insurance) laser treatments. I went into the doctor’s office yesterday thinking I was going to get some advice and scolding about…
Left over from my pregnancy was a wicked, wicked-ass sweet tooth. If you’d asked me pre-AG,what made up my Achilles’ heel, I would have told you that if it started with “P” and ended in “-otato,” I wouldn’t care how you prepared it. SERVE. IT. TO. ME. With salt. Now? I can’t tell you the…
Very very soon, I’ll be taking a vacation. We haven’t had a vacation since June 2009, and a word of advice for anyone without kids who thinks maternity leave is like a vacation? It. Is. Not. I will tell you a not-so-secret: we’ve known about this trip since January, when I was all sorts of…
Yesterday in spinning class, the girl next to me rushed out with 15 minutes left to go. A couple of times I’d glanced her way to make sure she was OK. You never know really what to do in those instances: she was new to spinning, and when someone is new to spinning class, the…
AG! AG! AG! Guess what happened the day you turned 7 months and one day? You started crawling AND popped two teeth. All on the same day. It’s been a really busy month. And it’s been hard to capture a picture of you without flash. And you hate the flash. So you move all over…
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This sits proudly on my desk. I love it so much.
I saved up and planned for these puppies. Some of the best money I've ever spent. I love these more than I can say.
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