Joe’s first Easter. No words to describe the joy NO YOU’RE RIGHT, I AM A WRITER, SO I’LL TRY, but I refuse to make sentences. Suspenders Joy Grandparents Love Ham TINY SHOES AND PANTS relief …
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There are no Words
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Puff
Joe, meet Food. Food, meet Joe. Joe, food will be how I show you I love you, especially when I’m not there, it will be how I try to cultivate joy in your life, how …
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thoughts and prayers for our lower backs
Ever since Joe was quite wee, like maybe three weeks old? Morrison has been encouraging him to ‘walk.’ At first it was just a newborn reflex, like a fart smile, he would peddle his legs …
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a chair
Us: We need a chair for a baby that can’t stand, but sort of can stand, that’s for sitting but also for sort of standing, for a baby that is sort of inbetween, moving but …
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Mo and Joe
I’m realizing now that before we had our own, Morrison’s sister Emily’s boy, also named Morrison, was kind of the dream boy of my heart. Gentle and kind and just a little weird. Yesterday, my …
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why to be a Baby
Having a baby makes you want to be one again. Sometimes I pretend I’m one again, but this time, I appreciate it. Scenario: I experience a big new emotion, experience or sensation, something that overwhelms …
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BIG FEELINGS
The only bigger feeling than the frustration you feel when your baby low grade whines or what the British apparently call ‘mithers’ all night JUST loud enough to keep you from sleeping is THE WORRY …
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A Day
Pandemic days bleed into each other, so I like to mark the holidays, the special ones that wear a blocked colored hat on my google calendar, with a Festive Pajama, so that looking back, we …
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A Schedule
Joe has many favorite classic baby games these days, including Peekaboo, Roll the Ball, Yank out all hairs dangling from Mom’s head or Dad’s face, and then of course THE MOMENT THAT MOM GRASPS A …
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Buy Now with One Click
Sometimes I feel like a very good, very on top of it Mother and then I realize that it’s mostly that I have Amazon Prime. Joe’s milestones get left in boxes on our front step. …