A Mindful Life

All those child-wearing advocates say it does wonders for your kid to be held and carried, but they what they don’t tell you is that you’ll end up with a back like Quasimodo at the end of the day!
Claire is very fretful and needy the past couple of days because of the teething. She won’t [...]

Claire wouldn’t consent to being carried face inward until recently (like the past week or so). Now that she can hold her head up, she can look around. Formerly, when she couldn’t hold her head up, she’d get mad about it, so I’d hold her facing outward.
Since she is teething and wants to be held [...]

I haven’t disappeared. I’ve not had access to a computer for several days. The upgrade to the new OS (Leopard) has not gone smoothly. Another reason I’m not around much: I have a teething baby. Whee!
I should go to bed so I can be somewhat fresh for the poor little baby tomorrow.

Eden tagged me, and I haven’t played a meme in awhile, and so why not?
A Texan’s (and yes, we still consider ourselves as such) diet must include some of this:

Good with carrots and other veggies:

This stuff really is better than boullion. It’s not as good as stock from scratch, but it serves well:

Husband eats the [...]

On this stormy Friday, we actually went out. Claire and I went on a play date at a Las Madres member’s home. Talking with other women was a tonic for me, and Claire enjoyed watching the other babies. I also met someone who’s child was born the day before Claire at the same hospital. A [...]

I’m middle-aged. I’m overweight. My muscle tone is weaker than it was a decade or more ago. I have a baby. My left knee still hurts from pregnancy. Hmm. I’ve got a bit of a problem.
In 2006 I joined Fitness 19; paid $200 to join and a $12 monthly fee after that. I used the [...]

I’ve always enjoyed Dave Barry’s humor. I also think it’s important to take politics with a dash of laughter, and especially to be able to laugh at one’s own politics.
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.
–Dave Barry

Toe jam, anyone? Claire impresses us with her flexibility. People pay good money to learn how to bend this way.
We still aren’t sure what color her eyes will become. Sometimes they look hazel, sometimes gray, sometimes a little blue, and there is still some brown in them.
Notice the dark blob in the background? [...]

Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don’t necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.
–Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

We have not forgotten Stella. She still gets loving attention, though if you watch her, you’d think we ignore her constantly.