Archive for October, 2008

Our little social … human

So, since the last time I wrote (almost a month ago!), our son has been smiling a ton, cooing, and generally acting more human.
He loves to smile at us. It’s hard to get pictures of it because once I take the camera out, he usually looks at it intently and stops smiling.

But sometimes I […]

Posted by Marie on October 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

I guess time really is money

As we are moving into this next phase of our lives, the one where we realize money doesn’t buy happiness, we find that time really is money. I belong to this book club, and one Sunday I wanted to place the next book on hold at the public library. I wanted to do this quickly.
Quickness […]

Posted by Marie on October 27th, 2008 under Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

starting and stopping work

Z is just over 8 weeks old, so I should have four weeks of motherhood-bliss ahead of me. However
- the state of maternity leave in the United States is terrible. I could have four more weeks off, if I didn’t want to be paid for it.
- we could probably manage to live without four weeks […]

Posted by Marie on October 2nd, 2008 under Uncategorized | Comment now »

talking about breasts

While I was pregnant, I happened to be sitting between two mothers at my book club. One mother had a 2 year old, and the other mother had a two month old. The newer mother was asking questions about breastfeeding, and the more experienced mother was giving advice. I swear, I listened to them talk […]