• These Cheeks Are Gonna Kill Me

    Bean grows like an inchworm.  He gets pudgy and fat and then he stretches out.  Then he gets pudgy and fat and then he stretches out.  It’s pretty much awesome.  My favorites are…

  • Chanting Ovaries

    Last week my friend, Catherine, had a little baby girl.  They named her Nora and she was beautiful.  She didn’t come out all squished up like a lot of newborns.  She was pretty…

  • Death by Florence Nightengale

    Last week Bean had a cold, which means that this week I have a cold.  Ahhh…the joys of parenting. Chris is really great when I’m not feeling well.  He makes sure that I…

  • Just Cause

    This week Chris went back to work and, conveniently, we all started falling apart.  I have a terrible cold, Bean is teething so he’s got a fever and a runny nose, and Chris…

  • Infantile Coup

    In our little rental house, there isn’t much that is off limits for Bean.  Everything is so close together that no matter where he is, I can almost always see him.  But there…

  • Bean Pool

    “Hey, Dad,” said Bean.  “What are you doing?” “I’m blowing up your swimming pool so that we can play in it this morning,” said Chris. “See, I use this little pump to blow…