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(This was originally written Jan 23, 2011, a little over a month after my daughter’s birth. Edited for clarity and posted even later.) I’ve been meaning to write this for awhile, but for some reason it’s been hard to get down to actually writing it. One reason for my reluctance is just busy-ness with other [...]

She had her first shots today. I think it would have been easier to deal with (for Nicole and me) if she ever got upset and cried in normal life. As it is, we don’t have enough experience with her actually crying, so it’s heart-wrenching when she does. And man did she cry I’m glad [...]

There’s another photo I want to post of her that’s pretty awesome, but it has my wife’s nipple in it, alas. I’ll see if I can crop it.

I’m preparing a post about the whole birth experience because it was quite the thing, but in the meantime here’s a picture of my wife and daughter. Also, just to warn you, my father in law got me a sweet flash for my camera so there may be a lot of photos in the near [...]

Tomorrow is the official 40 weeks mark. Periodic contractions lat night, but nothing definite.
Antsy. And it sucks that my wife could have the periodic stuff for weeks yet, potentially.

… for my daughter. That means maybe something like this wall decal system or perhaps this one Also some plush Mario mushrooms and accoutrement! Eeeeee! If other parents want to prime their son to be a football player by sports themes, or their daughters princess with a Disney theme, we’re totally going to prime our [...]

10 Ways to Avoid Hipster Baby Names – The Daily Beast: This is relevant to my interests