If the only way you keep track of us is through this blog, you would have had no way to know we were going on vacation. I try to keep my travel plans fairly hush-hush when it comes to the blog as far as pre-trip hype at least. Upon our return, then I [...]

It was all over the news yesterday that WE’RE KILLING OUR BABIES WITH SHAMPOO! Chemical leach through their precious skin and melt their reproductive organs. It’s the end of the world. It will be just like that movie Children of Men and it’s all due to us and our fascination with… AHHHHH!
Take a [...]

If there was ever any question that we produced a dog-person, it was not refuted by our little yesterday-adventure. Sunday was the first official day of Sparkle’s obedience classes. The four of us — Karin, Claire, Sparkle, and myself — loaded into the car and drove to the pup’s doggy daycare (who were [...]

December 3
I’d hate for anyone to think that we’re so wrapped up in our own little lives as not to notice the ever-increasing birth-rate of those around us. If anything we’re a bit more tuned into the weather: it’s not a baby shower, it’s a storm. Thus, just for the record, today was [...]

It’s been a month worth of upgrading. Upgrades are cool. Usually, it just means taking something you already have and improving, replacing, or appending it to make it better. My highlights of this pleasant process include:

:: I put my snow tires on the car yesterday and just this morning had the two-year old beast [...]

Claire is one month old today. I suppose I could pontificate on the transformative effects of parenthood, relating to world, or the nuances of not only becoming a dad but surviving it for the first four-plus weeks. Yes, the first month of life for this strange little creature that come to live with [...]

Things are starting to settle into routine. What does that mean for the new family? It’s time for PHOTOS! Hurrah! Huhzah! Click! Snap! Woosh!
Over the coming couple of months — rather than scatter hundreds (as there are likely to be) random mug shots of the Claire Bear into numerous galleries and albums [...]

I’m learning.
Six days in, I’m starting to figure this all out.
I suppose there have been a lot of people coming here looking for more information on the exact details of the birth. I suppose that you have all been reloading the site hoping that I’ll post something to tell you the story of the new [...]

Ok, I know I suck at baby pools. Current information is posted here. Comment your guess. Those guesses will be taken in order of the time stamp. TWO bucks buys you ONE SLOT in the DATE/GENDER table AND TWO SLOTS in the WEIGHT/GENDER TABLE.
GO!

Ah, another weekend in September gone and time for an update on the progress of summer projects. It has been, yes, a busy, busy summer. For those who read this regularly, it’s probably common knowledge that we’ve kept ourselves busy with little projects around the house. I reported earlier that the deck [...]

I had a baby dream last night. It was a confused mess of a dream, as dreams often are, and involved odd bits of rushing to the hospital, trying to call people who should be called, wondering how things moved so fast — then so slow — then being caught up in irrelevancies and [...]

One Month. September. Plus or Minus.