From the category archives:

Ransom

Firsts All Around

February 25, 2010

RHYS:
Last night our little Reesey-Bear had his first serving of…
At first it was all so very confusing…
But eventually he warmed up to up nicely…
He even started crying in between bites, anticipating the next one…
Until he finished the last drop with a smile…

RANSOM:
Our little handsome Ransom built & conquered his first…
This may be the first year [...]

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HI HI HI HI

December 9, 2009

Rhys just turned 6 weeks last Monday which means one thing…
I’m back to work (as you can probably surmise from my lack of blogging activity)!  The great part about being back to work -for now- is that it’s all administrative things I can do from home while sitting in my pajama’s and/or nursing Rhys.
The hard [...]

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What makes me Smile :)

December 6, 2009

A few days ago Rhys & I made the trek out to my school, Western Theological Seminary for our annual Christmas luncheon.  It was so much fun to see all my old peeps from last year when I got the wonderful opportunity to spend a whole academic year focused fully on getting my M.Div.  Shouts [...]

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parent directed feeding vs. demand feeding

December 5, 2009

The other day I twittered this, “I’m creating a demand-fed-co-sleeping-sling-wearing-rocked-to-sleep-baby monster. Arrrghgh, I need a system QUICK! Babywise take me away…” & got plenty of comments arguing both sides via facebook.  It’s such an interesting debate because I think a lot of it boils down to the disposition and phase-of-life of the primary caretaker.

Little Reesey-Bear [...]

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“N as in Negro”

December 4, 2009

Recently I was ordering a personalized item for Ransom over the phone.  This is how the horrible conversation went…
Operator: Rancid?
Me: No, RanSOM.
Operator: Ramsum?
Me: No, RaN. RanSOM. And som, like the sound of some, s-o-m-e
Operator: r-a-m? And then s-o-m-e? Ramsome.
Me: No, r-a-n. N.N.N. (along with her, getting frustrated). Not some, just like the sound of some, [...]

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