I have a nice little routine that works for my daughter and I for bed time.  She still gets too excited about eating the books for me to be able read one to her so that “usual” bedtime idea is out for now.  What works best, I’ve found, is still a little time with the baby crack [...]

My pondering for this evening is:  How is it possible to simply hang out with my daughter and be so exhausted by it?  By hang out I mean sitting on the couch while she plays on the floor.  Sitting on the couch while she sits next to me playing with a toy.  Sitting on the couch while tickling her [...]

Today I had a giant increase in the number of people who have visited this website.  To all those who took time out of their busy day today to show your support in my efforts I THANK YOU!  When I started this blog I didn’t realize quite how much work it would entail.  First, getting [...]

To the dear Mr. Hootie Owl who has decided to sit outside my bedroom window and make your haunting hooting sounds all night long, your waking me up and I really deserve my sleep.  I did my time with pregnancy insomnia where I was so mammoth it took a crane to roll over while my [...]