The Reluctant Grownup – Page 165 – Growing old gracelessly.

Buon Giorno

Monday dinner: spaghetti with sausage Tuesday lunch: Lean Cuisine lasagna (supplemented with fruit) Tuesday dinner: leftover spaghetti with sausage Wednesday lunch: Lean Cuisine cheese ravioli (and fruit, again) I’m…

November 21, 2007

Wonder Women Posts

Just Call Me Wild Thang

This is an easy one. I’d stay in bed until Frog woke up, which is usually around 8. I’d change his diaper, wash his neck and face with a baby…

July 24, 2008

Sometimes I Get Hepped Up and Think I Know a Thing or Two, This One Time I Broke My Back

Careful What You Wish For . . .

The back pain has settled into a dull, constant ache. So maybe I preferred the ache-free, sucker-punch-at-any-minute stage more. I don’t know. The dull ache sucks. But it’s an ache…

August 1, 2011

A Much Needed Date

RG / July 24, 2010

I had a date last night with my favorite guy. We pulled into City Park, and called our friends who didn’t answer. I left a message. “We’re here, we’ll just drive around…

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5 weeks

RG / July 22, 2010

Your eyelashes have grown in much thicker, cutie, and you really are starting to grow into your own person instead of generic newborn. You have recently started smiling at us, and it kills…

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Talking at last!

RG / July 22, 2010

Paradoxically, as your development speeds up and you get more interesting, I am writing less and less about it. But here goes. Liam was born recently, and you were kind of a terror…

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Twenty Five

RG / July 22, 2010

This is the number of pounds I have to lose to get to my pre-baby weight. SUCK. I gained the same amount with each boy, but with Jack I had way less to…

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He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother

RG / July 20, 2010

Jack asked to hold the baby today. And then my heart exploded. He did really well. God knows why he wanted to do it suddenly today, but he kept insisting “Hold baby, hold…

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