heidi

two weeks old

 Here she is, in a very pretty picture Heidi took, perfect little lips, perfect little toes. Here’s Heidi making the most of her maternity leave, sacked out in the recliner in the living room, p.j. off playing Barbies with Julia, far enough away so we don’t have to overhear their arguing.  Here’s my girl hugging […]

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so sweet

 Heidi and Maria, 1994 This woman has been loving babies since she was a little girl, and she’s always been good at it. When she was in charge, everyone was safe.  She could take care of things, and she did.  Plenty of times she even lined me up.  Usually I was so grateful for the

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cake-y is born

 Yes, she was, born this morning. We didn’t know at the time p.j. went to preschool that her sister was already born. She was excited because the class was walking to the library. The library! Good grief. We picked her up from school and drove downtown to where her sister was waiting to meet her.

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oh, laughing

I came across this on Instagram tonight.  That’s p.j. in the middle, her dad on the right, his little brother–her uncle on the left. (The uncle has been Jay’s trusty plumbing side-kick the last few weeks.  Jay wishes he had enough work to keep him helping every day.  He’s wiry and capable, has a good

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cooky night

 We got it done, baked eight batches of sugar cookies.  Maria rolled dough and cut. I ran the oven.  It was a fairly big mess, but we expected that and it wasn’t a big deal.  Okay, okay, okay. The first rule of cooky decorating is NO LICKING ANYTHING. Not the bottles of sprinkles, not your

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