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Continue reading →: the toddler mulletBilly Ray Cyrus. Carol Brady. Joe Dirt. Holden. What do these folks have in common? Legendary mullets, that’s what. Holden’s super fine golden blonde hair has grown into a mane that’s straight up business in the front, party in the back. Now here’s the thing: the poor thing was pretty much…
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Continue reading →: happy 4 months, GBHappy 4 months, Big Guy. You are the sweetest baby; so content and pleasant 95% of the time. I’m pretty sure you think your name is “Handsome” (maybe it should be). Weight: According to my super scientific stand-on-the-scale-with-him-stand-on-the-scale-without-him method, about 13.5 lbs. Likes: being held, milk, his sister, sitting outside, watching the…
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Continue reading →: crying over frozen milkWelp, after 4 short months, this day has come: my freezer milk is finally gone. I have never been a fan of pumping. I find it to be a necessary evil, but I’ve always really really hated assembling all of the parts and pieces, putting on that hands-free bra and…
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Continue reading →: the horror. the horror.So here it is: my toddler is a screamer. It turns out that Holden’s own fireworks display on the Fourth of July was not a fluke; she is a full-blown screaming, tantrum-throwing, screeching toddler. She has also added a fun new word to her vocabulary: NOW. “Milky now.” “Outside now.”…
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Continue reading →: fireworks fail, or my worst night as a parent to dateMy hometown puts on a pretty fun event for Independence Day at our Atlantic League baseball stadium. Think bounce houses, carousel, playground, live music, concessions and, of course, fireworks. If you’ll recall, we forewent fireworks for Holden last year. This year, I thought we’d give it a shot. Spoiler alert:…
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Continue reading →: happy three month birthday, GBAt 2:31 pm today, Mr. Gatsby (GB) will be three months old. Here’s a snapshot of the little man: Weight: 12 lbs., 6 oz. The pediatrician called him a “string bean” at last week’s appointment. Pretty sure I was never ever considered a string bean. Likes: being held, milk, his…
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Continue reading →: that time I thought holdy almost blew up the houseWhen I got home from work this afternoon, Holdy was upset and kept saying “ball stuck.” My dad nonchalantly explained that she had put one of her water table balls into one of the vents outside. I, being an idiot, thought nothing of it until I—also nonchalantly—mentioned it to someone…
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Continue reading →: birthday traditionsSo as per ushe, I’m totally late on this (like more than a week late), but Holdy’s second birthday was pretty great. I forewent a big birthday party this year and instead we went to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. We continued the tradition of birthday pizza. We wore hats…
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Continue reading →: to my daughter on her second birthdayHoldy, Well, Big Girl, it’s your second birthday. This has been a wonderful, frustrating, hilarious, educational, heartwarming, awe-inspiring, terrifying, remarkable year watching you grow. Truth be told, you entered your “terrible twos” a bit early: more like the “terrible 18 months.” But I’ll take a terrible day with you over…
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Continue reading →: early birthday surpriseThey say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I’ll just leave these here. ps – I think I found a new way to make your toddler get rid of their Nuk…
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