Amateur Hour

Pop quiz – Name the following:
1.

2.

3.

Answer key:
1. Dog
2. Dog
3. Dog

I was stunned by Rosie O’Donnell’s comments on The View today. I don’t watch The View. I heard about what she said on the radio today. I looked for the clip, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. If I come across it later, maybe I’ll put it [...]

Yesterday morning, Charlie woke up with a rash and mild fever, so we brought him to the doctor. Diagnosis: a virus. Meaning, they’re not entirely sure what it is, but its probably not serious enough to require medication. The doctor did mention something called “echovirus,” but he couldn’t be sure. [...]

While home for Easter, my mom offered to babysit so that Joe and I could go out to dinner (Thanks Mom!) I would have posted this earlier, but I just recently figured out how to upload to youtube and embed the video, hence the delay. Now, it looks like grandma is giving Charlie [...]

I love to read, and I bought Charlie a bunch of books before he was born, because I was so excited to read to him. Unfortunately, we haven’t done much reading together. He spent his first few months on earth screaming whenever he was awake, and when the dust finally settled, he was [...]

I recently learned that it is possible for women to decrease the chances of their child developing an allergy to peanuts by avoiding peanuts and peanut products during their 3rd trimester and while breastfeeding. In addition, I learned that it is recommended to limit your child’s exposure to peanuts until they are 3 (especially [...]

got up and fed the baby this morning. Forget grand, romantic gestures – its little things like this that make me want to devote the rest of my life to this man. By taking over my job this morning, I was free to take a shower, which has been more difficult to squeeze [...]

I know its been a while since I posted new pictures. In typical amateur fashion, I left the charger for our camera at my mom’s house and wasn’t able to get it back until this weekend, when we went to visit them for Easter.

We didn’t do an egg hunt, per se, but Charlie did [...]

Joe and I got married. The time has flown by. I feel like I should have something profound to say about marriage, but right now I’m too tired to be brilliant. Joe was sick and I spent the day trying not to be jealous – not jealous of him [...]