Category Archives: personal

We Are Pregnant With Boy Number Three!

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Alisa is pregnant. With our third boy. Three boys! Holy moley. Twenty weeks pregnant, due in early October. We are thrilled, we are grateful, and we are more than a little bit daunted. The idea of bring a third baby … Continue reading →

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Optimal Loneliness, Theory of

Posted on December 31, 2009 by

We are spending Christmas vacation at home this year, which is utterly delightful. We’ve been able to slow down, play with Legos, remote controlled cars and chemistry sets, and otherwise lollygag about. I’ve also had the opportunity to take a … Continue reading →

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Overlooking Transgressions, Santa Delivers Bat Cave

Posted on December 29, 2009 by

Santa proved magnanimous this Christmas — he ignored a long list of transgressions by Declan and Grey in the last several weeks and delivered a small mountain of toys, including the much anticipated Bat-Cave-with-working-drawbridge-and-retractable-crane. Though Alisa and I succeeded in … Continue reading →

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Space Shuttle Underwear Touches Down

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

Yesterday one package of Space Shuttle underwear arrived from Gap Kids. Declan picked them out online, and ever day since Alisa ordered them last week, he has been asking when they would arrive. Declan is in many ways a boy’s … Continue reading →

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Holiday Card Subtext

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

We happily participate in the great holiday card tradition, one of the last uses of snail mail that I genuinely enjoy. That said, even a holiday polyanna like myself can’t help but notice there is a bit of a “look … Continue reading →

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Water Birth

Posted on December 12, 2009 by

Grey, in his 22-month-old wisdom, has decided that the bath is the perfect place to go number two. He did it a few days ago when Alisa was bathing him, and this morning he did it yet again, this time … Continue reading →

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