When you have a new baby, everyone wants to know how he's sleeping. "Is he sleeping through the night yet?" they start asking somewhere around month two. When you tell them, no, he...
(via) I want... [+] to summer-ize our house. Lighter curtains, throws, and pillows in the living room, adding cushions to the patio furniture, swapping out the winter comforter for the summer bedspread...just like...
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Whenever we're out with Eli, the comment we hear most is what a happy baby he is. As a new parent, that's one of the nicest things you can hear. At six months,...
Pros: First half marathon complete, had fun, pain was manageable during the race, no stomach drama, well organized event, nice course, mostly flat (ish), great volunteers and spectators, gummi bears and orange slices...
[+] Four days remain until the Blue Nose half-marathon. I ran eight miles Monday night. Maybe jogged would be a better word. Or "trotted unenthusiastically". It didn't feel very speedy and it certainly...
Last Mother's Day I was not quite four months pregnant. We had just spilled the beans to our families and friends about our little womb-dweller a couple of weeks earlier, but it still...
When Eli was about two weeks old and six weeks old, he went through a couple of growth spurts. Anyone with a new baby knows growth spurts are the devil's handiwork. The kid...
Confession time: My running has been a little wiggity wack lately. My weeknight short runs are going great. Anything between three and five miles, anything that isn't a massive time commitment, is going...
When I was small, our dad would sing a song every Friday morning at breakfast: "Today is Friday and Friday is unique. I've been waiting for Friday since the first of the week." ...
This week's Writer's Workshop prompt is to write about an invention you'd like to see created. Somebody get on these, please. 1. Something that allows babies to be born without having to actually...