I was going to write a post about how Joes’ been waking up super early and we can’t figure out why, how I’m lying in bed at the Crack listening to him cry thinking weird …
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Never Alone
Sobbing in the shower this morning over having to leave Joe for TEN FREAKING DAYS (to NYC to workshop the Notebook, poor me), I was reminded of the LAST time I sobbed in the shower: …
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Happy Hour
One of the absolute WORST things about having a best friend who’s studying to be a nutrition coach (I see u Blaine) is that you learn things you don’t want to know, like the fact …
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Pain
Every now and then Joe will sort of not be himself, and will drool a lot and hum in a concerned sort of way, and go AHHHHH! at the throw pillows but then be laughing …
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Grown
Joe, since when did you sit in chairs that I don’t strap you into? Since when do you not let me stick my fingers into your palms so you can hold them like reigns, since …
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Mrs. Foster-Keddie
Morrison surprised me (and Joe!) with a birthday trip Santa Barbara. I don’t know what was the best part, the fact that he planned it all and packed Joe’s things so I literally didn’t have …
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The Mother’s Prayer
….that you grow big and strong but small, smaller even, so you can stay in my arms forever that you grow autonomous and also need me always that you go places but never leave that …
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inherited Joy
Me, to Joe: Guess what, Joe! It’s Christmas time! You’re going to love Christmas! Joe: okay, but what is it? Me: Christmas is a beautiful, wonderful, cozy time of year in which we bake, decorate, …
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HAVE BABY, WILL TRAVEL
Having a pandemic quarantine baby means you really, REALLY don’t go anywhere. I literally can’t even fathom taking him to a Store. It took us weeks to even take the dude for a walk. So …
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New Rock Bottom
Our Zoom baby class teacher told us that once we had Joe, once he came out ready to party at 4 AM, we would discover what she called a New Rock Bottom. Like, whereas before …