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Putting the Memori in Memorial Day

( Illness andPhotos andStella )

An hour after Stella and Steve left for the rollerskating party I get a phone call: “Um, so we just left the party. Stella fell pretty hard on her wrist. She’s being a trooper, but I’m thinking we should probably have it checked out.” So, 4 hours in the dearth of human existence – otherwise [...]

September Roundup

»Soccer! Stella’s 2009 soccer season began, and let’s just say that this season isn’t quite the same vibe as last year, but we are making the best of it. As is pretty typical for this age bracket, aimlessly wandering the field, kicking dirt at one another and picking up the ball and running off the [...]

When the 3-year-old with a shiner asks you to paint his nails, you do it.

( Illness andPhotos andPorter )

Bluetooth, Baby

( Illness andPhotos andPorter )

Have I mentioned MY NEW MACBOOK? Well, along with all of its beautiful, sleek apple-liciousness, comes the ability to wirelessly pull the photos off my cell phone. Here are the sweet little pics of my baby boy I took just before his ear-tube procedure back in August. Although, the image of him in a baby-sized [...]

The Maker of Mayhem

At his 15-month check-up, we found that the fluid behind Porter’s ear drums still hasn’t cleared out. This, coupled with the fact that he is still yelling at us in some unintelligible Eastern European dialect meant we were directed by the pediatrician to take him to an audiologist and ear-nose-throat specialist. After a string of [...]