Posts under ‘Just Babbling’

A few weeks ago I said something to my mom I immediately wished I could take back. Just making conversation, without really thinking, I mentioned that Pooky’s legs seem very strong. “Maybe she’ll skip crawling and go straight to walking,” I mused. There was a pause, during which I could almost hear my mom’s worry [...]

Pooky is sick. She’s been sick before, but not like this. The first time, a few weeks ago, she had a little fever. We panicked a bit, but in the end, despite all the time on the phone with the advice nurse, it wasn’t too traumatic for us or for her.
This time, she’s leaking [...]

This is such a beautiful song. Enjoy!
And if you’d like to spend today watching more Christmas videos, here’s a collection of 101 of them from the Smurfs to Star Wars (via Boing Boing).

Whatever you celebrate during this time of the year, Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

The 2006 Weblog Awards are in, and the winner in the category of Best Parenting Blog is… Breed ‘Em And Weep! Coming in a very close second was RockStar Mommy. I’ve never heard of either of these blogs, which isn’t surprising since I hadn’t even heard of Technorati until May showed me, but, in the [...]

Agreeing on a name for Pooky was difficult, but it sure was fun (Pooky is not her real name). For some reason, we got quite a kick out of thinking up ridiculous names for her. Or, maybe I got a kick out of it while May put up with it. Either way, I enjoyed it [...]

There’s a giant Santa living next door to us. He’s 8 feet tall and full of air. Apparently, inflatables are hot decorations again this year. Why? I have no idea.
Okay, am I just being a grinch? Maybe I am. It’s just not the most pleasant sight to look over at the adjacent (very adjacent) yard [...]

Katrina over at katrina.com has started an Angel Tree this holiday season to help families affected by Hurricane Katrina. There are almost 600 families at the Angel Tree that need to be adopted this holiday season! Go over and read their stories and what they need.

I’ve been receiving a lot of spam lately. No, I don’t mean spam-in-a-can spam. I’m referring to spam-in-my-mailbox-everyday-and-I-hate-it spam. Although this doesn’t initially appear to have much to do with babies or parenting, I feel I can rant about it here because it’s really starting to take a lot of my time to go through [...]

I first saw this on Boing Boing. It’s a video of a couple U.S. soldiers who decided to have a little “fun” with Iraqi children by dangling a bottle of water from the back of a truck while the children desperately chase after it. The guys in the video apparently think it’s funny. I don’t [...]