Posted in Uncategorized, tagged random chitchat on November 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Oh, look, I got bangs:
I think it takes some years off. Like, thirty or so:
That was literally the last time I had for-real heavy bangs. My mom (who met me today for lunch with Rockinrolla) noted this also, and did a lot of chuckling.
Just for kicks, here’s the rest of the class.
I think [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rainbow on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
with the words, that is.
Last night, Rainbow totally said “Cat.” It was sooooo sweet, just dripping with the sugar. It was like the Sesame Street skit where there are two profiles and one face says the first part of the word and the other the second: he was all K-K-K…AT-AT-AT…T-T-T…
CAT.
And this morning, with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged spiritual stuff on November 26, 2009 | 7 Comments »
So, it’s almost Thanksgiving, and I wanted to acknowledge that while I am tremendously grateful for my life and all the joys I get to experience, the holidays can kind of suck if you love someone who is no longer alive.
And I wanted to say to anyone who is reading this, that if you are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rainbow, random chitchat on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I’m pretty sure Rainbow is getting this item along with a few stocking stuffers like this and this and this for Christmas.
He asked Santa for it, and Santa (I’m quite certain) feels it is a reasonable request. I think Santa also knows that probably he will not be the only person to give [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adoption on November 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was just eating some marginally stale birthday cake and having a spot of tea after I got Rainbow down for a nap, and came upon this list of adoptive hotbutton questions.
It’s pretty good, nothing tremendously earthshattering I guess (YES, we’ve heard about all of them, unfortunately) but I thought it was interesting that the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rainbow on November 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Last night I was putting Rainbow to bed and reading Goodnight Moon (again: DANG, but this child loves this book with a passion) and he said it.
His first word, other than an occasional “Da Da” and (when agitated) a “Ma!” or “Mam!”
(Which I confess that I love and may cultivate. I’ve been Mama [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, pictures on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
and hello, Commodore.
Chosen not for his daddy’s college alma mater, but for one of his current fave bands:
(how cool is it that my fourteen year old loves to listen to vinyl LP’s of Linda Rondstadt and the Commodores and the Sex Pistols and the Rolling Stones?)
(waaaaaaaay cooler than I was at fourteen, that’s for sure.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rainbow, videos on November 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
(clearly, the forbidden flip camera is a great crawling incentive.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rainbow on November 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
He’s brilliant.
This whole I prefer Daddy to Mama and will lunge at him and shower him with kisses Thing is having its desired effect: I’ve had to step it up a notch.
O, the smiles, the singing, the patient repetitive book-reading, the 3:30 am snuggling – all because I really want to be his favorite. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, Rainbow on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, on Friday, Rainbow was messing around on the floor of the family room (plunked down in the middle of his toy campus) next to the coffee table. Daddy J was sitting in the armchair with his laptop, and I went into the kitchen for something.
When I walked back in, he was TOTALLY STANDING [...]
