Archive for May, 2006

I Used To Be A Blogger — Remember?

Monday, May 29th, 2006

Funny? Nah. True? Sorta. Anyone care? Maybe just a little.

See, we’ve all got these little attachments and we all sort of check-in on each other from time to time, but the blogging world is so full of… public-icity or -osity or whatever it is that prevents a lot of us–including yours truly–from actually writing anything of substance.
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Hafta Poop It Out

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

When Nicolle picked up Sydney from our babysitter’s house tonight, Sydney was chewing a piece of gum.

Our babysitter–doing the whole “I guess I’d better be a good babysitter (and she is a GREAT babysitter) thing”–told Sydney:

“Make sure you tell mommy when you’re done with your gum…”

Sydney, of course, smiled and said, “Okay!”.

Then, she proceeded to swallow it.

Whole.

One giant 2.5 year old gulp.
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Before My Eyes

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

I fell asleep on the couch tonight–was up late last night really trying to get a leg up on the documentation that I need to create at work.

Anyway, I woke up to the sounds of Sydney coughing…non-stop.

I’d never quite heard her cough like this one and it’s been quite awhile since she was sick at all, so this really, truly freaked me out and I bolted upstairs to find Nicolle in her room, holding her, soothing her, talking softly to her.

I’m pretty sure we were both freaked out by this. In the end, I doubt it’s much more than allergies, but during those moments… those minutes…
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