When you decide to have a second kid, you (hopefully) think through the obvious expenses involved. Maternity leave (10 weeks at about $4000), hospital bills (baby #1 was $8,000 out of pocket), daycare ($300/month for 2 days a week), diapers ($100 a month), wine ($5 a box) - catching puke with your bare hands (priceless). Sorry, I [...]
You guys. Potty training. WTF. How is this a thing that people just do and don't really talk about? I mean I know people write books and blogs and essays and all that about it (OH BELIVE ME, I know, I read like, I think all of them). But how do I have a bazillion [...]
This blog was born when I got pregnant with Mia. It started as a simple way to document my pregnancy for my friends and family, and also for myself since everyone warned me it would be such a blur that I would forget immediately after Mia was born all of the aches and pains and adventures of [...]
When Mia turned one, everyone started asking me when we were going to have the next baby (as if having one baby isn't miraculous or difficult or complete enough). This is what I had to say to them: "July 28th, 2014: One year ago today I pushed a 7.5 pound child out of my vagina [...]
If you ask Mia how old she's turning next week she says "I'm Two!" That is, unless you're in public or any situation where anybody besides mommy can hear her - in which case she's as tight lipped as Bill Cosby is about his "personal life." I guess that's how it goes with two year olds, [...]
WARNING: This blog post contains high levels of sarcasm and attitude. It's the type of blog post my dad will tell me is "funny, but a little too angry." Sorry Dad, I know you like the weepy ones. Today is just not one of those days. It's BBQ season now, and with America's birthday right [...]
Whenever something bad happens to someone, somebody always chimes in with "why do bad things always happen to such good people?" Usually it's me because I'm the worst at knowing what to say to people when bad things happen. I think people say this to make the person feel better that even though something awful happened [...]
This morning Mia said "love you!" to Dan as he was leaving for work, like it was no big deal. To be fair, it's not exactly the first time she's said it. Yesterday she said something that we're pretty sure was "I love you" to George. As in Curious George, the cartoon monkey. Fucking figures [...]
Last weekend we celebrated Easter (instead of Passover) because hunting for candy-filled eggs is a lot more fun than counting plagues and eating parsley (#WorstJewEver). I promised myself that when Mia is old enough to understand we'll host a Passover seder and teach her about her Jewish heritage...but for now she is all about bunnies [...]
Two posts in two days - what the what?!! I know. Crazy. There must be some kind of special moon or something going on because I've been wayyyyy more productive than normal today. On a typical Wednesday (my work from home day) I am pleased with myself if I shower, feed Mia cold dinner leftovers, and [...]
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