The Reluctant Grownup – Page 165 – Growing old gracelessly.

Strike That

It’s not a "very faint black eye," as previously stated. Today this thing is purple and yellow and green and seriously gross. Gah. It didn’t even hurt that much.

December 17, 2008

Holidays and Celebrations, Jack

To Throw a Birthday Party

I am surfacing briefly, gulping some air before diving back down into the miserable, murky sea of finals week, in order to bring my eldest son’s adoring fans a few…

May 6, 2012

Holidays and Celebrations

2010 in (Slightly Shorter) Review

I ditched some of my least favorite questions, and answered the rest! 1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Mardi Gras! Who knew that it…

January 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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