Month: July 2010

Hold on Loosely

When we brought Delilah home from the hospital (NINE FREAKING MONTHS AGO) we had a plethora of baby-wearing apparatus-i at the ready.    Scott quickly laid claim to the baby bjorn, while I initially liked the moby wrap, because well…I was carrying around about 10,000,000 extra lbs, and I liked how much of my postpartum body the moby covered.   But Sara… Read more →

My first word was Dad’n.

It was the perfect day for him. My Dad is a man who lives for his family, and so my sister and I, our two hubby’s, the three little girls, and my Mom spent the day showering him with some ‘ol fashion love and adoration – we got him a shiny new BBQ for the occasion and the boys built… Read more →

Flashback Friday: My Bat Mitzvah, revisited.

Sixteen years ago today I became a woman.    And then one year ago today I wrote one of my all time favorite blog posts about the experience.   So I’m recycling it.   [And unfortunately no, that’s not my picture.   Consider it an I.O.U.] Mazel Tov, 13-year-old Me {originally posted 7.9.09} *   *   * It’s days like this that I think to… Read more →

Take Me Away

How beautiful is this?    Scott saw it a few weeks ago and has been trying to figure out what the hell it was so he could show me ever since.    Yesterday we played hookey from life, and we finally managed to figure it out.   It’s the St. Barts Collection from Restoration Hardware.   French mid-century.   Gorgeous.   Stunning.   Like a… Read more →