Today my baby turns one!! What a year it has been, my sweet little Cooper. You are a party wherever you go! Yesterday we had a party for the Cooper man – seven families came to our house to celebrate our little circus. There was fishing, kayaking and lots and lots … Read more
And to MommyBlog! I am 35 and this blog is now three years old. Time flies, eh? I wanted to write something poignant, misty-eyed and reflective, but maybe I’ll save that for a Happy Birthday post to Cooper in four days… It was a good day… a great one, actually! I woke … Read more
Cooper is officially weaned. This is not the dramatic statement it was when I was finally able to say that Kenny was weaned. Kenny would have nursed round the clock until he was in grade school, if I had let him. In fact, at Kenny’s 1 year check up, the doctor gently … Read more
While I was picking up the house a bit this morning, carrying Cooper on my hip, Kenny walked over to the bookshelf and got down a stack of especially large Tom Clancy hardbacks from the shelves and plopped them down on the couch. “What are you doing?” “I’m reading!” “Oh. Ok. Carry on, … Read more
It’s been a busy week around here… For once, I actually took pictures as each adventure came our way. First up: a weeknight Oriole’s game! It was nearly rained out, but we survived through a delay and then headed to our seats as the drops stopped and an evening sunset came through. … Read more
Casey and I both love our yard. We’ve completely redone it over the past five years and are proud of all we’ve accomplished. When we first moved in, it was way over-landscaped and that was way over-grown, not to mention Hurricane Isabel had just stormed through town and put the entire property under … Read more
Cooper loves to hide. Yesterday morning, it took me several minutes to find him, hiding behind the curtains in our bedroom. What I should have guessed is that the game was only half the reason he was hiding. He had a monster poop in there, smell wafting deftly through the air. … Read more
I just wanted to publicly announce that Cooper, three weeks shy of his first birthday, has suddenly turned into a real looker… His crazy little personality has just exploded. Today while I was brushing my teeth, I briefly left Kenny and Cooper playing in the floor in their shared room. Two minutes later … Read more
Stinky Boy #1: Dudley, who has inexplicably rolled in death three times now in the last two days. For newer readers, we live on the water – on a creek off a river off the Bay – where there are fish and crabs and tiny shrimp in abundance. We have a dock as … Read more