A tribute to The Wire
I saw this clip on someone else's blog and it made me miss The Wire. I think I'm going to have to watch it from the beginning as soon as we finish In Treatment. HBO puts some kick ass shows on the air.
I saw this clip on someone else's blog and it made me miss The Wire. I think I'm going to have to watch it from the beginning as soon as we finish In Treatment. HBO puts some kick ass shows on the air.
My friend J and her husband B have twin girls, E and S. They are 22-months old. I have only had the chance to meet them once soon after they were born. They were premature and spent a significant amount of time in the NICU before they went home. They couldn't be around any other children for the first year of their lives. J and B recently found out that E has brain cancer. She had a tumor the size of a mango removed on Wednesday night (a week ago). She awaits chemotherapy which starts next week.
I spent the latter part of my evening cleaning projectile vomit off the rocking chair, rug, floor and stuffed monkey in Pancake's room. Pancake's and my clothing was promptly removed and is currently soaking in the washing machine. I have never seen vomiting of this volume or distance in my life -- and to think it came from a seven month old! I hope it was a result of the phlegm she hasn't been able to spit out or blow out, and not a virus that will lead to more vomiting.
What a disappointing end to a great season. As I've stated before on this blog I am not a huge professional sports fan, but I have come to love the Phillies as my husband and son do, well not quite as much as Mr. D.
Pancake is such a happy and delightful baby. She is always smiling at people. Whenever we're out and strangers ooh and aah over her she gives them reason to love her with her huge open-mouth smile.
Since my three and a half update post on October 1st Doodle has made great strides in using the toilet like a big boy. Dare I say he's potty trained! He rarely has accidents and when he does they really are accidents rather than purposefully peeing in his underwear. I still put him in a pull-up for sleep at night (not for naps any more) but it is almost always dry in the morning so I probably don't need them any more. It's just so much easier to change a pull up then change his full size sheets and pajamas in the middle of the night.
We were in Hilton Head, SC for a week with Mr. D's parents. We left on the 15th after Mr. D got out of work, sat in traffic for the first four hours of the trip, drove to Rocky Mount, NC where we stayed in a pretty nice motel for $40! and that included breakfast (fresh made waffles, bagels, cereal, juice, coffee and donuts). We drove for another five to six hours the next morning/afternoon before we finally arrived at my in-laws' time share in Hilton Head at 4:00 p.m., just in time for the Phillies playoff game against the Dodgers, which they lost. Not a great way to start our second vacation of the year, but it ended well with the Phillies going to the World Series and a much more pleasant drive home. Before we planned this trip I really had no idea how far south Hilton Head is. It's down there.