Today marks the beginning of Constance’s 32nd year on this glorious planet and everyone who is lucky enough to know her knows how much better our world is with her in it. Perhaps the best part of getting older - or the best part of Constance getting older as it may be - is that [...]

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Now that the holidays are at an end, I’m finding myself even more exhausted than during the big lead up. Nola’s first Christmas was quiet and sweet. We didn’t go crazy on gifts for anyone because, well, what’s the point. Saving money now, while Nola has no clear method to differentiate between Christmas and Arbor [...]

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My childhood best friend, Sarah, sent us an amazing care package over the weekend that included a birthday present for me (Clinique for Men!) as well as Christmas gifts for the three of us. The morning of my birthday started off in a not-so-fun fashion, so by the time I got home from work and [...]

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This time of year can turn a lot of normally semi-sane people into stark-raving lunatics. Devoting hours and inches of shoe leather to finding the perfect stack of gifts, traversing the country to spend time with family, holiday parties that leave the average Joe fueled by nothing but alcohol alcohol and sugar - the hilarity [...]

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Saturday was one of those 14-hour stretches of time during which there wasn’t a second to sit down and enjoy the fact that there was no work - only play. Adult play isn’t as fun, though, considering our whole morning was eaten up by a car appointment, errands and an orthodontist visit that left my [...]

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The only downside to having a baby in April is that now, finally, Nola is ready to hit the park. But the weather is no longer jiving with outdoor escapades so our time to swing is limited. Had she been a bigger girl, we could have put her in the infant swing sooner, but even [...]

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We were in the middle of a lovely sushi-in dinner when Nola, who had been firmly placed in the center of her playmat situated on the center of the rug, wiggled her way back and, ultimately, flung her whole body in reverse. Her head smacked the hardwood floors with an enormous thud.
Tears followed, albeit very [...]

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Up and down, like an elevator with doors that never open, my health remains a mystery. But there is no doubt that I am on the mend. Every day I feel a little bit better, even though there are stretches where I feel like I’m getting sick all over again.
Constance, however, is on day 10 [...]

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Of all of the headline worthy events I could write about today (including Nola turning 6 months old today!), I have the energy and verve to write about only one thing: Yes, Constance and I have the swine flu.
Nola is fine. She’s had a few minor symptoms, but her breastmilk-boosted immune system is like lead [...]

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Yep -despite the fact that we had our flu shots a month ago, we’ve all been sick with the flu since what feels like forever ago.
Which means Nola now wakes up at 5AM because, well, because there is no good reason. God I want to go back to bed.

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