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it’s not a wonder he won’t nap

When there are lights to be turned on! Yay! Silly Mommy!

again? seriously?

Five days! That is how long Dylan was healthy, and now he has another cold. Snotty nose, cough, sore throat I’m guessing since he wakes up and cries every time he coughs. And next comes the ear infection. I already know it. This is one 

excuse me?

The holiday card picture project is turning out to be a huge disaster, and I’m quickly running out of time. This is definitely a two-person job. One person to take the picture, and another to keep Dylan from eating the Christmas tree. Trouble is, my 

dylan-proofed

     How do you baby-proof a Christmas tree? You stuff it behind a couch and a table, of course! Will it stop him? I don’t know yet. He’s pretty determined. I have a vision of him climbing to the top and trying to eat the 

because people get sick in November

Watched The Good Shepherd, burned some cookies, made a yummy spinach and shrimp alfredo. I really, honestly, can’t remember what happened in the first half of the day. Maybe I was abducted by aliens? I find myself wondering, here at the close of NaBloPoMo, how 

i know i said no talking about coupons

I may have failed NaBloPoMo, but you have not seen the end of me! I have discovered that I actually enjoy blogging every day. I enjoy the pressure of having to use my brain, every day, to think of something hopefully worthwhile. To try to 

oops, i guess i fail

I missed by 14 minutes. Oops. I guess I wasn’t watching the time. Dylan is starting to feel a little better. The good news is that he does not have pneumonia. The bad news is that he will most likely have childhood asthma. But we 

nope, not today

Poor sad little boy is sick. And the molar is the least of his problems. That’s all. I’m tired.

it’s okay, I have chocolate

Still working on that molar. We have a very sad little boy over here. This commercial makes me tear up every time I see it, even if I am sitting with a bunch of strangers at the Secretary of State waiting to renew my tags. 

oh, the misery!

Today, in its entirety, was spent helping Dylan birth molar #2 into the world. We will name it Oscar, after his favorite-of-the-moment teddy bear. In other news, because the rest of the world does go on, even if this household is teething – Tuesday marks