This time last year, Kenny first became interesting in the potty. So interested, that I thought he’d be potty-trained well before age two, and was ready to gloat about how easy it had been. Then we moved from Arizona back to Maryland, and it all went out the window. Since last June, it’s been […]
Every night, after the books are read and the prayers are said, Kenny wants a story or two (or ten). He has gone through phases…. Hector the silly monkey, baby-Dudley, “Little Casey,” Hoodwink that rascal monkey, and on and on. Until recently, he was fairly satisfied with whatever tale we conjured. Occasionally […]
Dudley is starting to rub off on us. He gets up anywhere from two to ten times a night, occasionally because he has to pee really bad, and more often because he’s bored and wants to see if there are any squirrels out who want to play. Because of this, Casey is also often up […]
After several days of technical difficulties, I am finally back online…. I also finally found my usb cord, so I figured that now would be an opportune time to offer a photo-tour of our last two and a half weeks here in Florida… Though I haven’t managed to catch an alligator on film (or the […]
Kenny speaks incredibly well, as I have written often of on this blog. But I can’t resist recording some of his adorably-odd pronunciations of words that he likes to use. After all, the mommy-blog is really part journal and part glorified baby-book right? A record of our lives that we will (hopefully) […]
I had such an easy, text-book perfect pregnancy with Kenny, I had a hard time believing women who told me that they “hated being pregnant.” I loved every minute of it, and often secretly thought that those with pregnancy gripes were just not taking good care of themselves. Ha. This one has been a […]
First off, Kenny was back to his happy, jolly, exuberant self today. He laughed and sang and ran around like a monkey – no sign of yesterday’s melancholy and no mention of wanting to go home. But I am grateful that he is learning to express himself and share how he’s feeling. […]
Today made a week since we left home for sunny skies and warm afternoons. My in-laws (at whose home we are staying) arrived on Sunday evening and we are having lots of fun. Funny, though, in spite of his adoration of his grandparents, Kenny got bitten by the homesick bug today big time. […]
As if the alligators, cranes and herons were not enough, today on our morning walk, Casey, Kenny, Dudley and I saw a panther. Yes, a real, live, Florida Panther, crossed the street not more than 2o feet away from us. He was the same color as Dudley, but significantly larger, and was terrifying […]
Down in Florida we are staying at Casey’s parent’s house. It is in a golf course neighborhood and boasts dozens of lakes and a huge array of wildlife. Today on our walk, we saw a blue heron – a perfect twin of the one that inhabits our dock in the summer, two sand […]