While my letter to RR for her first birthday is still in draft mode pending some edits, I figured I’d give a post-party update! For the record, birthdays are serious business in our house. Well, not THAT serious, but I’ve always loved my own birthday, mostly because it’s the day I get to talk to [...]
Archive for the ‘triumphs’ Category
13 Aug
The Paneras
Yesterday, I had my first extended outing with RR on my own. Well, my mother was with us, too, but we might as well have been on our own, ifyouknowwhatImean. (Yes, my mother. Yes, she’s back. But she’s only been here since Wednesday afternoon and is leaving tomorrow. No, no one has killed anyone. Yet.) [...]
4 Aug
Eaten By a Bear!
Dear RR, Thank God you have your mother. Otherwise, you would sit around most days while I make you do the Mexican hat dance, and the chicken dance over and over on my lap. Really. I can’t seem to remember any stories or songs from my childhood, and the ones I do remember, I don’t [...]
14 Jul
In and Out
I always scoffed at people who took their babies outside (like, to a store, outside) before they were a month old. I can blame much of this on my mother, who is a firm, and very vocal, believer that you should wait at least a month before you take your baby to a public place. [...]
