Archive for April, 2006

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Not Quite As Big As We Thought

Noah had his 2 month doctor visit today, and to my surprise — and that of the medical assistant — he’s not QUITE as big as we thought. She estimated his weight at 15 lbs!
In fact, he only weighs 13 lbs, 10 oz (90th Percentile);His height is 24.5" (95th Percentile); andHis head circumfrence is […]

1 Comment » - Posted in The Real Live Boy by Liza

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Announcing: The Big Dipper Award

In the spirit of the late Senator William Proximire’s Golden Fleece Awards, which mocked pork barrel spending by highlighting ridiculous government-funded projects, I am creating The Big Dipper Award.
The Big Dipper Award will be granted to people who do extremely dippy things, as judged by me. (But feel free to make nominations.) I don’t mean […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Current Affairs by Liza

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

I’m So Fashionable

Have you seen the Dairy Queen "Dream Pie" ad on TV?
It’s the one featuring a straight asian couple with a pregnant wife. She’s wearing a cute maternity dress in various shades of green and white. A cute maternity dress that I OWN! And wore a lot last summer and fall.
I’ve never seen clothing […]

2 Comments » - Posted in Personal by Liza

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Photo Shoot Tuesday

  Noah’s Best Easter Basket Picture    Originally uploaded by LizaWasHere.
Heh. I just love taking pictures of Noah. I love it WAY more than he does.
We took this after he woke up from a 2 hour nap on my chest this afternoon. Thank god he took that, because he woke up […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Liza

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Chag Kasher V’sameach

I’m stealing this blatently from our dear friends Jerry & Cindy , because it was both beautiful and funny.
The beautiful part was in their Pesach Greetings letter, in which they comment as follows:

We also think of this greeting in a metaphorical sense—may yours be a
meaningful Pesach.
If the kosher in the greeting is about […]

1 Comment » - Posted in Personal by Liza

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Could I Have That in XL?

Objectively, I know that Noah is a Very Big Baby.
But he just seems normal to me.
I haven’t spent anywhere near this much time with other babies, and the ones that I see the most often are yours — the people on my blogroll. Most of your babies are older than mine, so I don’t […]

4 Comments » - Posted in The Real Live Boy by Liza

Monday, April 10th, 2006

2 Months Old

  2 Months Old    Originally uploaded by LizaWasHere.
Dear Noah,
Today, you are 2 months old. Today is also the day I returned to work.
My feelings today have been up and down. I didn’t want to stop nursing you this morning, and when you were done eating, I didn’t want […]

No Comments » - Posted in The Real Live Boy, Letters to Noah by Liza

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