Mama Wolf Spider
A month or more ago Abigail and I would go out in the yard after dinner pulling up rocks looking for Wolf Spiders. About that time of year, the mothers can be found carrying their egg sacks. We were always quite delighted to find some. At some point Abigail asked what the egg sack was […]
Portrait Chaos
Trying to get a “portrait” of the Grandparents and all the Granddaughters. See them here. – b
Overwhelmed
There’s so much to keep track of, document, and post. By the time the kids are in bed and the house is back in order, it’s 11pm and way past my bedtime. Lauren’s basically crawling now. She’ll be driving in no time. I’ve been meaning to make a post about Abigail’s “Cast of Characters” – […]
Contaminated
For whatever random reason we decided to have our well water tested. Turns out it tested positive for bacteria (though no one’s been sickened by the water) and needs shocking. Doing some research online I discover wells shouldn’t really get contaminated unless there’s some kind of failure with your well installation (i.e. no grout, cracked […]
These Boots
Got Abigail some new puddle stomping boots. She’d been wearing her winter boots mostly for puddle stomping duties, but they were overkill. Now she has these nice rubber ones, and wears them everywhere. – b
About to Crawl
Lauren’s been commando crawling for a week or more. This gets her around a few feet quite dependably. By the end of the weekend she could be up on her knees and moving fast. We had her on the carpet last night with no pants (for traction) and things are looking promising. This would be […]
“Bobby, I neeeed you.”
A few nights a week, shortly after putting Abigail to bed I usually get a “Daddy, I neeed you” via the monitor in Abigail’s room. Generally it’s nothing. She wants one last tuck-in and a good night. Pretty simple. After spending 4 or 5 days with my family who basically still call me Bobby, the […]
Hot!!!
The morning before the Derecho hit the mid-atlantic our power briefly went out during a little thunder-boomer of our own. When it came back on, something had changed – changed for the worse. Our water heater went wacky. At this point I can’t remember the entire sequence of events, but the outcome was the bottom […]