Aug 11 2011
Sam loves to pretend he’s one of the Big People by putting on Daddy’s or Bubba’s or Bear’s hats. He recently discovered our shoes, too. In Texas, it is apparently required to get a picture of your small child playing in someone’s cowboy boots. We don’t own cowboy boots (Bryan might have some in the […]
Aug 10 2011
Today, Texas Health Resources Momblog posted a submission of mine about being present in the moment. This is something I’ve really been struggling with lately, and I think maybe this weekend was a sort of breakthrough, though entirely unintended. Part of the time we were just too busy for me to even think about somehow […]
Aug 08 2011
Well, as you can tell from my last post, Sam has hit 15 months and had his necessary checkup. He was not the happiest of campers at the doctor. Normally he’s happy and charming until it’s time for shots. But at this appointment, he screamed at the stethoscope touching his skin and being laid down […]
Aug 05 2011
Sam’s vocabulary is growing like crazy. At his 15-month checkup, I actually voiced concern about his language skills. (For the record, his Daddy thought I was silly to be concerned.) I thought his language seemed a little behind some of the kids in his class. The first question the doctor asked was his age in […]