Archive for June, 2008

Just wanted to clarify that I didn’t think my own friends were vacuous once they became Mothers. If anything, I assumed (without any evidence) that they had to be bored a lot of the time -you know, in addition to the incredible highs that came with their cutie pies.
That’s why I was surprised by my… »

Well, we didn’t have screaming last night from the shots but he was sure dopey all day today.
Happy, but dopey. His eyes looked a bit dull and spacey and missed that usual spark.
So I panicked and googled ‘brain damage infant shots’ and even called the doctor just to be sure. I was calm by the… »

I took Gus to have his 4 month shots today.

I was dreading it. Hate to see him cry. Here is his trusting look moments before.

The doctor did the first shot in his right leg and Gus looked suprised but didn’t cry. Then watched as the needle went in the second leg and…WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! Such a red… »

I thought motherhood would be boring. I just assumed. Maybe it was based on babysitting experiences as a teen-ager when I’d have no idea how to talk to the little buggers and would just be counting down the hours till they went to bed and I could watch The Love Boat.
And so I developed… »

So it looks like we’ll be flying out of Sydney (and into Portland) on August 11th. That’s suddenly a very short time away! But I’m still determined to stay in denial for at least another month.
So in the spirit of diversion, here is a cool thing I found today (on the very cool Beeker blog)… »