The Reluctant Grownup – Page 168 – Growing old gracelessly.

Holidays and Celebrations, Parents and Siblings and Cousins, Oh My!

THE Wedding of 2011 . . .

. . . (until November 5 . . .) (when my other sister gets married, of course!) So, I’m not going to tease you. I’ll go ahead and start this…

August 3, 2011

Domestic Bliss, Holidays and Celebrations, Jack, Liam, New Orleans

Censored

Oh man, lots of things on my mind, most of them improper for public consumption. The emotional load has been heavy lately, for a number of reasons, mostly related to…

October 4, 2011

Liam

From the Mouths of Babes

I cannot even keep up with constant stream of ridiculously funny things that Liam is saying lately. I find all of this so charming – a large part of it…

August 28, 2014

Annoyed

RG / July 24, 2010

48 hours you have fussed, grunted, wiggled, and resisted sleep. If I put you down, you wail, but when I hold you, you wiggle. When dad holds you, you also wail, so it’s…

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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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