Tag: mom
pregnancy
Week thirty-eight
This week Mom came to visit and went with us to our ultrasound on Monday and then our midwife visit on Tuesday. The ultrasound went well and things are still looking good. The darling progeny’s growth is right on track (he’s leek sized!) and they estimated his weight at 7 pounds, 10 ounces. Cord and placenta are still functioning well, heart rate is good, all his parts seem to be there (especially his ginormous cash…
the family
Chin out
My family came up Sunday to do a furniture swap of sorts with me, and I saw my dad’s chin for the first time in my whole life. As long as I have been in this world, he’s sported a full beard. Not sure why he decided to shave it in that spot, but he’s already heard that he looks like Paul Sr. Even wackier — this is the first time since my parents have been…
the family
My parents have been married 31 years today
More than three decades and my dad still calls my mom his “green-eyed beauty.” Cheers, you crazy kids.
the family yardlust
Friday Flower No. 10
The lilies my mom transplanted for me finally bloomed! My camera can’t seem to handle bright red! I should figure out why! And fix it!
gardening the family
The handoff
As I watched my mom look over the orchestra of plants she had been nursing for years and years, choosing which ones to pass on to me, I realized that she is passing a torch to me.
holidays the family
Mom + laptop = FACEBOOK ASPLOSION
It’s a rainy morning here in scenic Saltillo, Tenn. Bill Engvall’s funny-video show is on the TV and dad’s in the recliner snoring. Mom’s napping in bed. Yesterday we gave my mom a laptop for Mother’s Day, which she was so excited and surprised about. She and Dad have had the same old Dell desktop since about 2001. They’ve done no operating system or RAM upgrades in the intervening years, so you can sort of…
birthdays photos the family
Fifty-four
Her birthday was actually Friday, but I’m wishing her a bloggy happy birthday as hard as I possibly can.
project 365 (2009) the family
Day 217: Parental Guidance
I’m lucky they’re patient and know stuff about … stuff. [Project 365]
Fran Moments the family
You see where I get it, right?
My mom just sent me pretty much the best e-mail in the history of e-mails from mothers: Help!!! I am in Crazyland! Now all my new emails are loading, and each one of them are loading ten times apiemce. OMG I am going to commit hyperlink-acide. Goodbye. xoxo with pc passion preferring pleasure but perennially pissed! Please forego the lectures on the superiority of Macs! lol Keep in mind that my mom’s e-mails get to…
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