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Sometimes the slides at the playground can get a little static-y.

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We went downtown to my husband’s softball game last night. Dorrie was pretty pissed that you can’t play in Buckingham Fountain the same way you can play in Crown Fountain. Then I got her to let me take her picture… …by bribing her with letting her use my good camera to take pictures of me while [...]

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Summer evening walk

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Dorrie called us in after we tucked her in at bedtime the other night saying, “I hear a bug! Do you hear it? Bzzz bzzz bzzzz.” We finally figured out that she was hearing the a/c unit outside of our window kick on. So we told her that tomorrow we’d take [...]

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I left a long comment on a libertarian blog that mentioned this and decided that I might as well just rant here since it’s my own space and all… This labor thing is making me completely insane right now. First off, natural childbirth is objectively better for most low risk women. Studies abound. http://childbirthconnection.com/ However, many feminists [...]

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Today while nursing Jonas and reading, I realized that the usual chatter of Dorrie creating a tea party in her bedroom was gone. And the bathroom door was closed. I ran up the stairs with Jonas and tried to open the bathroom door but Dorrie was leaning against it so I couldn’t get in. [...]

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Taken with my grandpa’s old Minolta film SLR from the 70s.

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Apparently I really do have a ridiculously large baby. At least now I know why people are so shocked when I tell them his age! 4 month well baby visit: 28″ long (off the charts) and 18 lbs. 1 oz. (95th percentile) Dorrie adores Crown Fountain in Millennium Park.