Toddler For Sale: and Letter to the Boy

Toddler for Sale! Toddler for Sale! Good condition, small patch of excema on face and behind knees, Aveeno lotion helps clear it up. Only needs a haircut every 4 weeks or so. Not… Read More →

Letter to the boy, month 28

Dear Simon, Oh, you are two. You are two in every sense of the word. You are independent. “Simon do it!” You are clingy, “Mommy hold-you!” You are irrational and you have taken… Read More →

Letter to the boy, 24 months/2 years.

Oh how things change in just one year.   Dear Simon, Little boy, we have had the greatest weekend/week.  It was our birthdays, and we got to celebrate in so many ways. My… Read More →

Letter to the boy: 13 months old

I started this letter back on September 4th, but I’m just now posting it…ugh! Time certainly flies. 9/4/2010 Dear Simon, Hi Stink. Boy you make each day more and more fun. Watching you… Read More →

Letter to the boy

Dear Simon, We made it. We’ve officially kept you alive for a year. Congratulations to us for managing to do it…and congratulations to you for putting up with us. Truth be told, you… Read More →

Letter to Simon, postponed

Stinker-Bink, I’m sorry that I haven’t gotten your birthday letter done yet. Honestly, I’ve been thinking about and composing this letter in my head for 3 months now. I guess I just need… Read More →

11 months old

Dear Simon, Oh Simon. Dude. You are 11 months old. You have the beginnings of teeth FINALLY! The front two bottom ones are coming in in a little V shape and there are… Read More →

10 months old

Dear Simon, You are 10 months old. You are every bit of ornery I imagined you would be. You are now crawling and pulling yourself up on everything: the couches, the coffee table,… Read More →

Alien Picture FAIL

I tried unsuccessfully to get a couch picture with Simon and his buddy the Alien. Here’s what happened instead: 10 Month Letter to the boy to follow. I just have to finish it…which… Read More →

9 months old

Dear Simon, Today you are 9 months old. I can hardly believe it and I can, all at once. Today I lowered your crib to the lowest rung available, because 2 weeks ago… Read More →