Here is my awesome genius niece Lily, demonstrating that her cranial capacity is far beyond the average 2.62 year old. Not only does she know her alphabet without fail, but she’s also unlocked achivements Bossy Toddler, Camera Mug, Killer Rock and Roll Face and Cutest Storyteller Ever. Pete the Cat is her favorite story and [...]

Despite the fact that yesterday he peed on the floor and murdered two of my houseplants, I decided Loki deserved a bit of extra lurves for being in my life. I adopted that psychotic little furball with my husband two years ago, and we named him after the god of chaos because we thought it [...]

I love the fact that I can talk to my little nieces over video chat even though they live hundreds of miles away. It means we have a close relationship despite only getting together physically every couple of months. The downside is that when I see stuff like this: I get really annoyed because I [...]

Delirious. Achy. Exhilarated. And I’m not even the one who had the baby. Meet Violet, my lovely new cohort in an ever-growing cadre of merrymakers: I was already inclined to approve of her, but that does NOT make me wrong when I say everything about her is just perfect. Love truly is an infinite resource.

I got my niece a Doctor’s kit for Christmas, including a lab coat, a real stethoscope, and of course, gobs and gobs of Unicorn band-aids. Naturally, I received this e-mail: Subject: How I start my morning Date: January 10, 2012 9:15:34 AM PST Lily gives me a check up every day which means I end [...]

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