When it comes to the birthdays of those that I love, I am not subtle. I go big and shout my love and ask of the person many times, ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD BIRTHDAY? …
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National Momshaming Week
It’s National Breastfeeding Week which means lots of posts on Instagram about how selfless Mothers are for solely breastfeeding their children, and what hard work it is. Both true things. Hashtag breast is Best. For …
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BREATHTAKING
I’ve seen fireworks over a glacier lagoon in Iceland, I’ve looked down on Machu Picchu from a summit above it, I’ve seen the jungle in Costa Rica and old churches in Prague and MANY MANY …
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Away Message
Sorry I can’t respond to you right now. I’ve just realized that there will come a point in time when I’m not supposed to kiss his elbows, or smell his ears, or squeeze his thighs, …
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there’s no u in mom
I returned yesterday from my sojourn VERY excited to see Joe. I missed him like he was a new boy I was dating who’s just learning how to eat food. I thought about him constantly …
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if you teach a baby to drink
I want to apologize for the lack of diversity of content on my blog for the last…nine months? But I also know that if you slice open my brain my right now, out would seep …
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Ball
Joe, quite innocently and suddenly, one morning: …Ball. Morrison: GET IN HERE. JOE SAID A WORD, HE SAID BALL. I run into the room like the rest of the house is on fire. Morrison, to …
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how to make friends
Joe had his first official playdate yesterday with Leo, another 8.5 month old (not pictured here, so as to not go willy nilly posting pictures of other people’s kids.) He’s seen other kids, but none …
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Queen Mother
For Mother’s Day, Morrison updated this pic of Joe and I by Lake Tahoe to reflect me as my TRUE SELF: a medieval Queen, with great Knowledge and Secrets. For Mother’s Day, Joe woke up …
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Heavy Metal
It came to light a few months back that there are potentially unsafe levels of metal in many baby foods, including, this just in, the ‘organic’ puree pouches we’ve been giving Joe for the last …