by busyboysam | Feb 22, 2009 | philosophy of boys
Mommy stays in bed most of the day and night, so what does she do all that time? The Busy Boys know the answer—she eats, she feeds GG, she sleeps, and she watches Top Chef on TV. What an inspiring show! Talented young people competing for the coveted prize of culinary...
by Jennifer | Feb 18, 2009 | hospital
While Ken has been totaling up our medical expenses, I’ve been counting debt of a different kind. The night Geneva was born, four doctors attended to me, along with countless nurses and other medical support personnel. Several of them visited me in the SICU, but...
by busyboysam | Feb 18, 2009 | pain
I think of grandmom’s house as Rivendell—quiet home of healing, 8th floor so it’s in the trees, well lit by large windows. Mom’s there for rest, healing, an assisted retreat from the busy boys, and a simpler life for a time. The simplicity is...
by admin | Feb 15, 2009 | the girl
Not Just a Baby Almost everyone comments on her being a girl. Significant because she has three brothers, because everyone is supposed to want at least one of each, and because, well, girls are…so great. People have me dancing around singing “Thank Heaven,...
by admin | Feb 15, 2009 | hospital
The competition was stiff, but after deliberation (and some read-alouds to Geneva) we have the results: Honorable Mention “Okay, so here’s how it works. You climb up to the top of the tree house and just wait. You are the Damsel in Distress. Then we fight a bunch of...
by Jennifer | Feb 15, 2009 | fun
February 15, the day my sweetheart was born. He spent his birthday taking me to church for the first time since Thanksgiving. (I petered out halfway through the service.) Then he fixed lunch for everyone, drove his mom to the train, did the lunch dishes, and capped...
by admin | Feb 12, 2009 | hospital
“And she’s staying for how long?” First day home and already a celebrity “But what does she do?” TJ’s new love… Homeschooling today
by busyboysam | Feb 12, 2009 | hospital
We went to the hospital to feed Geneva this morning, but then they made us take her home. Here she is—3 minutes in the door. To celebrate, submit a caption for the photo below. The winning caption earns a FREE pound of coffee (or two boxes of tea) from Baltimore...
by busyboysam | Feb 12, 2009 | hospital
by busyboysam | Feb 11, 2009 | hospital
Mom all day at NICU: feeding, drinking, pumping (lather, rinse, repeat) loves when boys get to see Geneva (TJ’s turn today, wonders why she’s so small) thinks it’s easier to leave than to be left Baby eating well, breathing well, getting ready for...
