this applies to several things. 1. baby monster. everything, everything goes in/on/near that little mooth. he’s like a slug leaving his slime trail all over the house. my chin is usually soggy from his, um, affection. 2. the dog licked breast milk off henry’s mouth today. sigh. i just…i….whatcha gonna do. 3. i gained weight …

i absolutely LOVE this time of year. love the newness of a fresh school year, love (the idea of, anyway. don’t actually enjoy the sport that much. but really do like tailgating) football season, love the leaves changing and sweater weather. love that it’s my anniversary, my birthday AND halloween all in one month. love …

so…sadly/happily my sister-nanny will be off to greener pastures soon. she is now officially a licensed RN (!), so i guess, really, her greener pastures will be dealing with adult feces instead of infant feces. a big step up. 🙂 but anyway, we’re all super proud of her and excited for her future. it’s been …

mr. man was dedicated today, which is our church’s version of baptism (baptism is for adults when they can decide for their ownselves that they want to commit their life to God. a dedication is parents committing to God and the church that they’ll raise the kid up knowing God). the ceremony included a message …

i find that i am very rude as a mom. several times a day i walk away from a conversation realizing that i can’t recall the second half of someone’s story. which means that i either stopped listening half way through or they stopped telling it because something came up with the baby and my …

working full time + henry-ing= wow. very busy. i find i have very little time to do things like keep up with the house and finish projects (still working on finishing applications for life insurance, a trust fund for McMonkey and re-financing the house. we started all these months ago. if we finish by the …

little monkeystein is officially 4 months old and he is doing AWESOME! he is sweet, funny, easy-going and growing and developing just beautifully. he is a very likable chap. robb said the other day that he thinks henry will be “one of those people who everybody likes.” 🙂 so far he is quite charming and …

a friend recently asked me what it’s really like being a mom. i said it’s even better than i thought it would be. and i thought it would be amazing. i said that i’m happier than i’ve been in my whole life. my heart feels full and content just watching him watch the world. and …

first vacation with the baby. like, real vacation where we’re staying in a hotel among strangers instead of with family. who have to love us. it requires a lot of packing. and planning. and apologizing. we’re in the home town of all of our parents, but we’re staying downtown in a fancy shmancy hotel (courtesy …