This week we did something that is a parenting first for us even after having been parents for some 2.5 years now. We bought a new freezer expressly for the purpose of freezing breastmilk! Back when the twins were just born, I recall casually chatting with Sara and one of the NICU nurses about breastfeeding…
Month: October 2016
October 19, 2016: Bye, Bye, Bedroom Set
I think I bought this bedroom set something like 10 years ago, but now it’s sitting in my driveway waiting to get picked up by the Salvation Army tomorrow. Soon it will be someone else’s bedroom set, which is fine by me because it’s one less mountain of furniture standing between me and actually getting our garage somewhat organized again……
October 18, 2016: The Open Road Song
When you work from home like I do, sometimes it’s easy to feel a little lost in your own world if you don’t find yourself actually leaving the house for several days on end. It’s during times like these that occasionally you just need an hour of rocking out in the car with nobody to watch you…
October 15, 2016: Of Racing Cars and Jumping Water…
Admittedly there aren’t a lot of places at Disney World where you can just let a toddler run around wild and free, much less one that has such cool water features like this, but a combination of the right time of night coupled with so much going on elsewhere in the park for the Food & Wine Festival actually…
October 14, 2016: Doing Nothing With Matthew…
I can’t remember the last time I sat and did nothing for two hours straight, but that’s exactly what I did today… …and I got to hold my other newborn son for the first time during it, so that was pretty cool, too! 😉 Today was kind of our postponed anniversary, with the intent of Christopher spending…
October 11, 2016: Drained
For a good couple of weeks now – I honestly don’t remember how long – our AC drain has been backed up to the point where it’s been dumping water out all over the floor of our garage. Well, first it goes into the drip pan, and then it overflows into the bucket we placed…
October 8, 2016: Goat! See?
Today we took Christopher to a local farm to do your typical fall festival-type stuff … for about an hour … because farms are hot. It wasn’t as good as the one that we went to last year – they had some animals to pet and feed, and Christopher got to ride a pony (which he loved),…
October 7, 2016: Fast Clouds
The waiting room here outside of the NICU has these huge windows that offer a great view of the sky, and it’s kind of crazy how the clouds almost look like they’re moving in fast forward in front of me right now. I suppose 25 mph winds will do that for you! Thankfully Hurricane Matthew’s impact…
October 6, 2016: Don’t Be a Hurricane Idiot…
People like the ones in this story really make me hate parts of humanity… Some Daytona Beach Residents Ride Out Hurricane Matthew Despite Warnings http://www.orlandosentinel.com/weather/hurricane/os-hurricane-matthew-volusia-20161006-story.html If you live 200 feet from the Atlantic Ocean, and there’s a category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean, you move your ass. You don’t whip out the board games, and load your 45 to protect…
October 5, 2016: Storm Watch
I had no idea what to expect for my first hurricane. It was the summer of 2004, so I had lived in Florida for less than a year at that point, but right off the bat I was woefully unprepared. My apartment at the time was less than a mile from Tampa Bay, which landed me in…
October 3, 2016: All Together Now
It’s really easy to divide and conquer when you’ve got tons and tons of things on your family’s collective to-do list, however I’m starting to wonder if maybe that’s not necessarily always the best approach… The last couple of weeks have been a little trying because although Sara’s been out of the hospital, her c-section scar is…
October 1, 2016: Pizza Tonite!
Tonight didn’t turn out exactly like I would’ve expected… The original plan was to head over to Disney Springs for some dinner and a little walking around, thinking that the fresh air might do all of us some good after the whole family has been sick for weeks at this point. Instead, soon after we…