Monthly Archives: May, 2012
A Boy and His Dog
Jeremy’s cousin Chorale was kind enough to offer to take some family photos on Memorial Day. We have quite a few, but she caught Oliver and Calle looking at each other in this one. Let’s hope this marks the beginning of a long friendship.
Alice says…
the name of this picture she sent us is, “Oliver is crazy cute!” Who are we to argue with Alice?
10 – 12 Pounds
Oliver went to the pediatrician on Monday for his first set of immunizations. Oliver cried, of course, but who wouldn’t after 3 shots? A minute or two of nursing and all was forgotten. Pregnant friends, take note of this. Our nurse confirmed that this trick is well-proven to calm babies after their shots. Oliver weighed …
10:45 – 4:45
Last night after a dinner out Jeremy suggested that he could feed Oliver with some of the breast milk that hadn’t gone to the freezer and that I should pump and go to bed early. It was a great idea. 6 hours. That was Jeremy’s gift to me last night. 6 hours of sleep! No …
Friday Morning Chat
Here’s a little video clip of some “boy talk” between Jeremy and Oliver. Oliver has become quite chatty recently. Enjoy! Your browser does not support the video tag Hmm… I’m not sure how to make this play in the post. It’s a small download for now. I’ll try and fix it later on. I think …
Back to Work
Tuesday and Wednesday this week I ventured back to work for 2 days. I had promised my students in 10th grade that I would show up for their 10th grade math MCAS if at all possible. Thanks to Jeremy and cousin Laura I was able to keep that promise. (THANK YOU BOTH!!) It was tough …
Quote…
This is a little more mushy than my usual posts, but my friend Amanda from HMS had this posted on her blog and it made me tear up immediately, so I have to share: Here’s a link to her blog post, if you want to find out more.
Other adventures…
Being a stay-at-home mom for a while has left me free to have other random adventures. Today I helped add “accomplice to breaking & entering” to the list of activities Oliver can claim to have done in the first few weeks of his life. To protect the innocent I won’t name names or post details, …