Category: domestic bliss
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Transcript of the conversation in the bedroom this morning: Is that my night bra? I’ve been looking for this! Night bra? Crazy woman and your night bra. You just imagine, if you had to nurse you’d want a night bra too. I’ve handled this breastfeeding bullshit pretty well! *hack hack hack* Ruby, are you still…
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Why do people more frequently say a house is too small? I have yet to be advised that a house is too big, even when it’s a 2300 sq ft beast ( not counting basement and garage). That is twice what we need—twice the renovation cost, twice the heating and cooling, twice the maintenance, twice…
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House hunting in winter sucks. Our budget means a fixer upper, which we love, but come on! It has to be at least mostly structurally sound. Milwaukee has some ugly, ugly housing stock right now. According to the listings, the highlight of the Wisconsin home apparently is the basement bar. I am determined not to…
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Baby Vivienne can’t appreciate it yet, but her mom loves the crap out of Christmas. I can’t wait until she understands leaving her shoes out for St. Nick, leaving cookies for Santa Claus and leaving mom and dad asleep on Christmas morning. I love cookies, Yule logs, putting another log on the fire, singing carols…
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I returned to work, only part-time for the month of December, yesterday. Everyone, and by everyone I mean everyone, including my dental hygienist, has asked “How are you?”, “Are you ok?”, “How are you handling it?”. Imagine the accompanying head tilt and sympathetic expression. I have not entered my child into a gulag. I have…
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Sleepy baby. Sleeping on the diaper changing pad. A fancy automatic swinging bassinet, a co-sleeper bed, a folding travel baby bed, a nordic designer-y bouncy chair and a pack ‘n play all available to her and what’s her favorite? The five dollar foam changing pad.
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There have been some nights when I thought I’d lose it as the Baby screamed for hour three…but we’ve gotten through that phase and learned how to calm her. What I do seem to be losing is my memory. Me, wandering around perplexed: “Somewhere in this house is a bag of breast milk”. Paul: “I…
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Paulie took a few candid shots of his sleeping family this morning. Ruby was actually awake, on baby-watching duty. I was sound asleep…for 6 hours straight! Little Miss Viv is giving us a solid 5 to 6 hours each night for a few nights in a row now. Keeping my fingers crossed that she keeps…
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How can such a wee little baby need such a big vehicle? Oh, right…it’s all the supplies that need the extra space! (We had the new station wagon for less than 12 hours before Mom insisted on a trip to Target as our first outing).
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Dear Darling Daughter, Thank you. You have given me the greatest gift a mother could ask for. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. No other achievement, no award nor perfect grades could compare. I will be forever proud of you, and eternally grateful to you for… sleeping through the night! Love, Your grateful…
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