I created a blogroll yesterday; it’s already incomplete and out of date. This is why I don’t like blogrolls. My reading habits change too fast. If you’re not there, it doesn’t mean I’m not reading you.
The divine miss m is 31 inches tall and weighs almost 24 pounds. That puts her at 100%ile and 75%ile, […]

Back at work, back at preschool, back at daycare, and I’m not preaching until the 20th/21st. Life is good.
I’m having lunch with Listing Straight on Friday! Woohoo!
Had a nice birthday. R sent some gorgeous flowers to the church. We also had ice cream cake, though I’ve been craving pineapple upside-down cake for some reason, so […]

Three years ago today, I was feeling bored and restless at the church and wrote a silly list of Christmas music I’d been hearing on the radio. And reverendmother: the blog was born.
Three years! I certainly wasn’t an early adopter of this genre, but three years is a long time.
I posted a few times a […]

Because PPB did it and she’s a rock star.
The first line from the first post of each month this year:

I have to work hard to calculate what day it is according to the calendar; all I know is that the divine Miss M is five days old.
Yesterday was one of those freak-out days.
Excuse me, states […]

Which is all I have time for…

The divine miss m seems about the same as yesterday, maybe a little worse. The coughing keeps her up and/or wakes her up, and one of the medicine’s she’s taking is a STIMULANT!!!!!!!!
Two nights ago (the first night after the diagnosis), little she-who-is threw up in her bed for […]

Nursing relationship, that is.
The divine miss m has been on strike for 24+ hours. I’ve offered at various times today but she twists and shrieks in a way that says, “I am So Over You.”
I know this is common at this age, although for some it’s just a phase. So we could easily wean and […]

high five
“how big is M?” [lifts arms over head] “Sooooooo big!”
all-purpose word: “Eh.”
blowing raspberries
eating cut-up grapes, begging for more “Eh!! Eh!!”
climbing into C’s rocking chair and trying to get it to rock
applauding for herself
dancing by shifting from side to side

This weekend is our twelfth wedding anniversary (zoinks!! how???), and we are headed to Peaceful Beach in a couple of hours. Thanks to Free to Be who will watch the girls this afternoon, and to Mamala, who will take over until we return tomorrow evening.
Today’s Friday Five is a word association; the words are
whirlwind, foundation, […]

The divine miss m took 2 steps about 20 minutes ago.
I shared in the news… via text message.

The divine miss m had a splendid first day at day care!

two more toofies arrived today!
[UPDATE]
1 August, 1700 hours — Mommy discovers the new teeth.
1 August, 1745 hours — The tooth-grinding begins.

The RevGalBlogPals webring is one year old today! Yippee!
[blowing on noisemaker]
Click here for a little history.
1) What is your first memory of the RevGalBlogPals?
I was blessed to be there in the beginning. The link above will take you to the very first discussion at St. Casserole’s place. She suggested a T-shirt, and I started […]

Forward mobility!!!!!!!

Dearest divine miss m,
You are six months old tomorrow. We will be at presbytery for this auspicious occasion, so I thought I’d write you a quick note today.
A snapshot:
Here are some things you do:
–roll over back to front and almost front to back
–sit unassisted for several minutes or more
–expel poop at an astonishing velocity
–rock on […]

The divine miss m is now baptized and be-toofed!

To little she-who-is, and the divine miss m,
The divine miss m is going to be baptized on Sunday, and I wanted to write to you two and talk about that, in the hopes that you will read this someday in the future. This is a long letter, and it’s only the first part, but baptism […]

Mamala went to Texas this weekend to celebrate the thirty-year anniversary of D & B, who are family friends. Their daughter L was a playmate growing up. They lived in a small bungalow one street over from us, close enough that I didn’t have to cross the Big Street in order to walk there.
D & […]

Today is the three-year anniversary of my ordination.
It was a big, emotional day, especially in retrospect. We moved much of a our stuff up here, then turned right around and flew to Houston. It was my first trip back to Houston since Dad had died. It was also one of the last times I saw […]

We Have Rollover!

For your part, it was no different from any other day:
careful inspection and clucks of approval.
And I, I feel
your pink heft in my aching arms,
feel your cheek, not languishing on my shoulder,
but bobbing against my own, and I know you are doing well,
scooting through the list of What to Expect.
The exam yielded no surprises for […]