Five years ago, I was new in Portland, and I met a guy for a beer. Not to sound like a ridiculous cheesy cheeseball, but I was in a new city, I had just gotten a job, I had just moved into my own apartment and it felt like the world was full of possibility. [...]
Our Boys Like To Eat
February 3, 2013 By 5 Comments
Ignore, if you can, my voice. This is the voice I use to talk to the babies. All day long. Every day. I imagine it will not be much longer before my voice is frozen like this and my “baby voice” becomes the only way I know how to speak. We are reading Baby Led [...]
Twin Boys. Six Months. Holy Crap.
January 14, 2013 By 7 Comments
Since having babies, I always scrutinize other peoples’ babies to see how much bigger they are. We have friends with twin boys that are a month older than our guys. And I looked at their babies and thought, Our boys will never get that big! I saw monstrous chubby kids, drooling and smiling and screeching [...]
Babies’ First Christmas
December 25, 2012 By 3 Comments
This is our holiday card this year, which I am still sending out. At the rate I am going, they will be St Patricks’s Day cards. Please still act surprised when you open yours. Merry Christmas to all! Thank you for reading, and thank you for following along as these little guys grow. I [...]
Two Years
August 28, 2012 By 7 Comments
Today is my two year anniversary of being married to Dave. We still like each other. Being married to Dave is pretty awesome. But here’s the nutty thing: For each of our anniversaries, we could have never guessed at what the coming year would hold for us. Last year, we were jobless loafers taking a creative sabbatical [...]
The Birth Story, Chapter Three
August 9, 2012 By 3 Comments
The Birth Story, Chapter One The Birth Story, Chapter Two “There she is,” someone said. I was awake. There was no passage of time. I was back in the operating room. I was freezing cold again. I wasn’t really awake, though. Someone was talking to me, telling me that everything went well, the boys were [...]
The Birth Story, Chapter Two
August 6, 2012 By 6 Comments
The Birth Story, Chapter One I left my doctor’s office, sent some texts, and made a phone call to my parents to let them know the babies were coming that day. For some reason, they both happened to pick up the phone to answer it, so I was able to tell them both. It was [...]
The Birth Story, Chapter One
July 28, 2012 By 4 Comments
I’m going to start writing the twins’ “birth story,” because that is something I am supposed to do. And also, because I have this blog for writing such things. And also, I play a fairly big part in the whole process. And boy, I sure do like writing about myself. I was really feeling pretty [...]
Little Peanuts, Their Names and WTF Moments
July 16, 2012 By 17 Comments
Holy crap, babies are awesome. So is my husband. Dave has taken such good care of us all. I had a few days of being pretty helpless, and Dave did everything for me. This whole birthing thing has laid waste all my personal dignities. All different parts of my body have been hanging out, leaking, [...]
They’re Here
July 15, 2012 By 36 Comments
Here they are, shortly after being evicted. In this photo, the boys are being held by the very nice hospital pediatrician and a lovely baby nurse. That’s Loyal Astor on the left, and Cascadian Donald on the right. We delivered in the operating room. I was put under general anethstesia, so I was out. Dave was [...]
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