Most days, we go about our business. We are people of repeat. Of routine. Of monotony. Such a milquetoast approach to living makes sense, when you think about what a baby typically needs. Order is the name of the game and, quite frankly, we’re just old enough to be more than happy to deliver that…
My Family
My girlfriend, Leslie, came to visit us this weekend and take pictures of us. What she produced using our scrappy, goofy little family as subjects is something to behold. I could not feel more grateful to have Leslie as a friend AND that she so generously shared her talent with us. And seriously! We look…
A new pace
The most I’d hoped for when I began to recover from sinus surgery was no longer having constant nasal drip. (Wow! This blog is sexy! SHAPE magazine may totally be rethinking this lovely honor!) I had no idea what an immediate difference it would have on my workouts. Or, really, the rest of me. For…
A Mom
I haven’t given much thought these almost eight months as to whether I see myself as someone’s mother. At least not through the lens in which I’d always viewed women who mothered, no matter how that mothering happened. Truth be told, there really hasn’t been the extra time to ponder such things. Parenting is exhausting…
Regression
Abigail is knee-deep in the eight-month sleep regression. And it is killing us. Last night was the worst so far – we got a total of three hours of sleep, and that was with both of us taking shifts and trying to calm her down and get back to sleep. She slept from 6:45 p.m….
Aspirational Eating
I use the word “aspirational” a lot in my work. The marketing world is a funny place, especially when you’re someone who makes the sausage and, therefore, knows how it’s all made. So you’d think I’d be smart enough to be immune to magazines, blogs and products that are all marketed to people like me…
Month Seven
Dear Abigail, The other day, as I came out of a very fuzzy state, having been under general anesthesia for my long-awaited sinus surgery, I was asked the following question from the nurse on duty: “Isn’t it hard being away from your daughter,” she asked as she checked my vitals and made conversation, asking me…
Quick update and a Thank You
This morning I went in to, literally, have my nose sucked out, the second-to-last appointment I’ll have with my surgeon as this whole sinus surgery adventure comes to a close. And oh my stars. I really and truly am amazed by how much I wasn’t breathing before. Or at least well. My entire world feels…
Welcome To My World
At some point in my maternity leave, Sarah Bryden-Brown reached out to me to ask whether I’d yet considered becoming a “mom blogger.” I have been writing online since God was a boy. The most sure-fire way to get me to roll my eyes at you is to try and pigeonhole this little hobby of…
Sick and Surgeries
Next week I’m having sinus surgery – septoplasty, turbinate reduction and endoscopic sinus surgery, which all sort of sounds like the same thing but I guess is not. For years I’ve had the world’s worst sinuses – hyperbole much, sure – and without fail, any time a cold goes around, I end up with a…
Probably Need My Head Examined
I just agreed to run the New Orleans Half Marathon in March with AB Chao, Linda and Eliza. It’s possible that I need my head examined, but there is something symbolic about running a half-marathon almost a year to the day I had Abigail. Which, coincidentally, was a year to the day I ran the…
Colic Survivor
I don’t know what prompted me last night to re-read the posts I wrote when Abigail was at the height of her colic, but there I was, on our bed, pouring over the old entries. After reading about three posts, all I wanted to do was go back in time to hug that poor woman…
New Potato & Turkey Skillet
I note in the sidebar that one of the things I love most is Clean Eating magazine. I used to subscribe to Oxygen magazine just so I could get the recipes – I love the lifting routines, but to be honest, I can only take so many of the copious supplement ads. It’s a little…
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This sits proudly on my desk. I love it so much.
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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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I decided to try enhancement products when I was training for my second marathon this year. I chose these and love them.
