She spent it being a brave little trouper, smiling even though she was worse today than she was yesterday. And, yes, she was the only one in our family who wore green today. “This is my lucky shirt.” “My 1st St. Patrick’s Day” bib.
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Learning to Trust My Mothering Instincts
Song Lyric of the Day: The devil ain’t lazy, no siree / The devil ain’t lazy, no siree / He likes to see us fight and fuss / Makes us mean enough to cuss / And then he blames it all on us / He works 24 hours a day…
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Sick Baby
Song Lyric of the Day: Hospital food / It’s gonna help the medicine go down / Want some hospital food The Eels / “Hospital Food“ Heads up: This post is going to contain lots of references to baby vomit, enough to make up a drinking game. Consider yourselves warned. Having…
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The Beauty of Sleep
Song Lyric of the Day: And now It’s always good / I fell asleep from day / And all the promises Chemical Brothers featuring Hope Sandoval / “Asleep From Day“ When Coraline was first born, she didn’t sleep well. It seemed like she actively tried to sleep as little as possible overnight. Of course,…
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Photoblogging: Happy Girl
Coraline enjoys some time on her gym (118 days old, 1/19/11).
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Trying Not to Drown on Dry Land
Song Lyric of the Day: Oh it tears me up / I tried to hold on but it hurts too much / I tried to forgive but it’s not enough / To make it all okay James Morrison & Nelly Furtado / “Broken Strings“ I’ve been doing my best to…
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Photoblogging: The Kind You Don’t Take Home to Mother
You think her outfit has attitude, you should meet her in person. 1/10/11, 109 days old
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My Happy for the Day: Coraline Hits the Gym
This is one of my favorite things these days: watching Coraline play on her gym. She “talks” to the flashing, smiling sun at the top of it, the one that blinks in time with the music. She’s just now started grabbing the toys that hang from it and staring at…
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Photoblogging: Coraline Dressed to the Nines for New Year’s Eve
Rich and I found this little tuxedo onesie awhile back and couldn’t resist picking it up for our girl. It seemed like the perfect outfit for her to wear to celebrate her first New Year’s Eve. Complete with tiny gold top hat, of course.