Announcing…
ow that all our birth/adoption announcements have been mailed, I’m ready to post the announcement in the ol’ blog. I think it came out amazing. I have to thank the people at InStyle Cards for their great design. (Click the thumbnail to see the full-sized announcement.)
The piece de resistance was the Zara stamp created by [...]
Mixed Reviews For Svan Bouncer
think I love my Svan Bouncer…
Wait, I’m not so sure…
OK, I’m really not happy with this thing. Get me outta here!
Lovesick
oy did I miss my Zizi yesterday!
Yesterday I had to go downtown for the day to participate in an exercise for work. Even though I am working part-time from home, they needed my in-person presence. So Monday morning, I took the train downtown with the rest of the commuters and left Zara in the [...]
Things People Say #127
was in Target shopping for formula and baby stuff while Zara was home with AdoringHusband. I get to the checkout line and was pointedly not greeted by the old woman at the register. Her only words to me were, “do you need a gift receipt?” To which I replied that I didn’t.
I then firmly [...]
Father’s Day Dinner
e had a special Father’s Day chez Teendoc. AdoringHusband had to work, but Mommy and Baby Z braved the supermarket to make a special dinner for Z’s favorite guy.
We started with Charlotte’s Boursin Roasted Chicken:
Charlotte’s Boursin Roasted Chicken
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2004
1 tablespoon olive oil 1 (3 1/2 to 4-pound) whole chicken Salt and freshly [...]
Things People Say #105
rom a distant relative:
It’s been my experience that after people adopt a baby, they end up getting pregnant. That could happen to you…at least as long as your eggs aren’t shot.
Foot Dandruff and Other Afflictions
ince I’ve become a mom, I seem to have let myself go. The little girl is spiffed up, buffed, polished and cutely dressed, but mom looks like something that was dragged under the bus. I’ve even got mom shoes: sneaker mules. What has become of the Prada wearing shoe whore?
I wear jeans and a raggedy [...]
Things My Mother Taught Me
iss Z is taking a post giant poopie nap, so I have a few quiet moments to myself this afternoon. I’ve been thinking about my (so far) lack of daycare mommy guilt and where this comes from in my family. I trace most of it back to my mom and the things she taught me.
Now [...]
That Wasn’t So Bad
oday I sent off the check, the check reserving a place for Zara at the great day care center I found close to home. I had planned to use my work day care, but they have a waiting list a thousand miles long. We are #46 on the list for September. Yes, contingency planning was [...]
Baby Knits
hanks to the wonderful Wendy, I now have some babyknits for Zara. No Wendy didn’t make them. I did. Yet the part of knitting I hate most is the finishing. For that, I found Wendy to outsource that task. Here’s what’s finished:
The kimono:
The bunting: Look at the detail on the buttons:
And the blanket: [...]