As most of you know, we’ve been swallowed alive by copious amounts of snow. My neighborhood got around 21 inches. Now that it’s all over and we made it through without losing power I can say that it was awesome. Especially the thundersnow.
It ended up being the 3rd largest blizzard in Chicago history, which [...]

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I love to read.
A lot. And I’m a library geek.
I consume 1-2 books every week, which is something I’ve continued to make a priority even during this time when my own time has become the equivalent of a white truffle. It’s amazing how many pages you can read while your daughter is asleep in [...]

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Three years ago, an optometrist told me I had the start of glaucoma. I was devastated by the idea that with each passing day I might be edging closer and closer to a day when I would be blind. I even wrote a song about it, which is one of my favorite things I’ve ever [...]

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I was sitting with Nola, she was sitting in the Baby Bjorn, and I called our dog, Marcy, over to see us. The amazing moment that follows doesn’t even include the first 90 seconds of Nola’s hysteria. I’m not quite sure what it was that was tickling her funny bone, but I’m pretty sure it [...]

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As most of you know, back in my teen years I was morbidly obese. Almost 500 pounds, actually, and I lost all of the weight by the time I was 19 through diet, exercise and a crippling fear of the reaper (with all due respect, Blue Oyster Cult).
Even before we had Nola, I was afraid [...]

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This morning a coworker asked me what my plans are for the weekend and my first response was, “Watching the tennis.” It was painful to realize that there will be no yellow balls spiraling through the air this weekend. No legendary, marathon 5th sets to cause me a tremendous amount of stomach pain due to [...]

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My job is rarely a source of stress, but this week has been an unwelcome change of pace. It has left me zero moments in which to write and for that I am surly. But to keep y’all up-to-date, here’s a roundup of the awesome holiday weekend that was.
On Friday night, Constance and I went [...]

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Right under our noses, Nola has grown to a whopping 9 pounds. When we brought her home from the hospital a mere five four weeks ago, she was 5 pounds 14 ounces. One week ago we took her to see the pediatrician for some gas issues (nothing a little prescription Zantac for infants couldn’t fix!) [...]

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Our feet dined on a heaping helping of pavement over the weekend – 3 hours’ worth to be exact. Babies come out whenever they are ready, but anecdotal evidence exists for a reason so we thought it worth our while to take these quasi-true stories to the streets.
Walking, spicy foods, pregnant sex, raspberry leaf tea [...]

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Yesterday, my sister called just to see how we were doing. She has saved up 100 “Gym bucks” from Gymboree and can’t wait to spend them on Nola/Calvin.
“I’m just about to lose it I’m so excited,” Angie said. “I can’t stop thinking about it. And just so you know, I’m not in the office tomorrow [...]

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