Posts filed under Birthdays

I feel like I’m waking up from some kind of dream/hallucination in which I had major surgery to remove my appendix while 4 months pregnant; went to two Thanksgivings; celebrated my husband’s 30th and my 29th birthdays; took care of a child with a cold and a double ear infection; wrote a statistics paper and [...]

I feel confident in my assumption that my 30s will be a lamb-like ten years of easy-to-deal-with stuff because my 20s are definitely going out like a fierce, roaring lion of doom. Yes, like The Jazz Singer of the apocalypse, with each second that ticks me closer to my 30th birthday, scores of flapper [...]

This weekend, in addition to starting my nine-month Midcoast Leadership Academy series at UMaine, my folks came up to visit with Hazel in-person rather than via webcam or blog post. We packed in a lot of fun, but one high point was an early birthday celebration. Sure, I don’t actually turn 30 for [...]

Excuse me, Hazel?

How old are you today?

Darn tootin’!

I realize that I have been remiss in reporting funny Hazel anecdotes, illustrated by unbelievably cute photos of our little girl. Just so you know, this post won’t really have much to say about Hazel, but with her First Birthday coming up in just two weeks(!), she’ll have much attention lavished upon her. For now, [...]

In lieu of paragraphical content and in honor of Hazel crossing the ten-month threshold, here’re some quick Hazel stats:

Age: ten months, two days
Height: 29 inches or so
Weight: 20-ish lbs
No. of Teeth: six visibly through the gums, two more nearly there
Ability to Crawl: attained and utilized mercilessly to exploit her parents’ sleep debt
Ability to Walk: reliable [...]