Milieu of Me

Exciting news at the Swan house.  The wee one gets laid down for his naps now.
I go in.  I read him four books.  I give him his bottle and his binky (his blanket) and lay him down.  I say that I love him, and then I walk out of the room.  AND IT WORKS.  Sometimes [...]

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So the last couple of weeks have blown chunks. Obviously.
But things are looking up. We have great friends, one close set who saw their little one this week, and others who just had babies, who just are fabulous, and some who just love us. It seriously makes our lives such a different [...]

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I’m pregnant.
More later.

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That’s right.  My baby sister is having a baby.
I’m excited to be an aunt, but a little leery of all this, and disappointed.  They’re figuring out when to get married and all this stuff.  She’s just a baby.  It’s so scary for her.
But she sounds happy, so I’m trying my best to stay positive and [...]

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“I have some pretty good looking legs.”  The boy lifts his leg off the couch and studies it intently.

Silence.  I’m a little worried about where this is going.

“Don’t you just love my legs?  I have some nice looking legs…nice muscle tone, just enough hair.”
Silence, now I’m just a little shocked, and choking on my [...]

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I just blogged this on flock.

I love integrated technology.  More to come later.  Now a crawling baby calls.  That’s right crawling baby.  He figured out he can move and he’s off.  Today he discovered beyond our couches, and while he didn’t move past it, he looked at it like it was Mt. Everest.  It was [...]

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I adore my family. Anyone who knows me knows that I do. And my Mom and Dad are fine and I have no qualms with them.
My brother forgot my birthday, but I know him, he forgot and we’ll talk in a couple weeks and it’ll be fine. I already tried [...]

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