http://lizawashere.com Politically Inclined Lesbian Mommy Blogger & Bibliophile Mon, 12 May 2008 10:08:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Noah, On Saturday, you turned 2 years and 3 months old. You sing your ABCs almost every day. If we sing along, you make it through the entire song with pretty good accuracy. If we watch you sing, you generally skip from about G to W, belting out the "next time ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/05/12/2-years-and-3-months/ I'm guessing that most of you already knew that Mother's Day was this weekend. And technically, of course I knew too. It's just that I only actually realized that Mother's Day is the day after tomorrow about one minute ago. You can guess how much preparation we've done. Although to be ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/05/09/mothers-day-is-coming/ I saw the baby move today! This afternoon, at work, she kicked a spot about 4 inches to the left of my navel, and slightly below. Three times in a row! I could see them, just looking at my belly. I think I actually saw it in my peripheral vision just ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/05/07/finally-a-good-symptom/ Yesterday, I had a very funny experience that drove home for me how much less like a geek I look in real life, than I do in my mind. I went out to a late lunch with a co-worker and a former co-worker, both big Science Fiction fans; indeed, people with ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/05/06/a-geek-on-the-inside/ This evening, after dinner, Noah and I took a walk around the neighborhood. He told me no less than 10 times, "Mommy! We got to watch where we're going!" Definitely channeling Jill. http://lizawashere.com/2008/05/05/not-a-fluke/ The thing about babies and little kids -- or maybe it's just Noah -- is that some things seem so innate that the "nature" side of the "nature vs nurture" debate can start looking eerily obvious. For example, especially around the eyes and nose, Noah looks just like me. And he's ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/05/05/nature-vs-nurture/ Yesterday I had my regularly scheduled monthly prenatal appointment, with the artist known in my birth story posts as Calming Older Midwife. That name for her is slightly misleading -- she is calming, but she is also a spitfire! My weight is up 10 lbs so far, which is -- shockingly ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/05/02/baby-report/ These last few posts have been really depressing, but I do have some funny things to share. Noah has decided that he will only eat coffee yogurt. This would be fine, that's my favorite flavor too, except that for some reason none of the grocery stores in my area ever have ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/04/29/on-a-lighter-note/ Noah seems to be going through a bad relationship with his bed. Not only has he been popping out of it on a frequent basis in the evening after bedtime and crying like he's being tortured when we declare "bedtime" or "naptime," but he's perfectly willing to curl up and ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/04/29/what-is-it-about-bed/ Today is such a Monday. It was supposed to be better than the weekend, but not so far. It is 12:19 pm and I am blogging from home. Why is that? Because I left my computer here. Worse? I came back to pick it up, instead picking up leftovers for lunch and some mail ... http://lizawashere.com/2008/04/28/it-was-supposed-to-get-better/