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Scratch
I’m in a weird place right now. I’m afraid of my writing. Not, boo! afraid, I’m just totally avoiding it. It’s been so long since I sat down to edit a poem, to write a poem. I tried today (tried is an overstatement). I wrote one draft and gave up. It’s been nagging me. The…
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This world
Jumping Jack ^ A video of Jack being Jack above ^ What the hell did I take pictures of before him? I remember saying I would still talk and write about adult things. hahahaha! But I don’t really want to. Adult stuff sucks. I think the coolest thing about having a baby is the fact…
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There is no end to this love
He’s going down so much easier these days. Thanks, daycare. This morning he fell asleep within minutes after I picked him up from his jumperoo. Even a few weeks ago, I’d have to rock and rock and rock-bounce, rock bounce bounce until he slowly closed his eyes. He’s growing up before mine. I held him…
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‘Today, we’re younger than we’re ever gonna be.’ -Regina Spektor
I guess day care is alright … they at least inform parents when their clothes are inside out. But I miss my guy this morning. We’ve been sick. Cold number 2 in 3 months. Good track record… He’s the happiest, sick baby I’ve ever seen and other than the cough/congestion, you’d never know. The joys…
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Happy 3 months, Jack
Night feels like limbo, some strange net where the hours hang. Pat and I are floating birds, the way they hang in a drift. There is no other person on the planet I would wake up for as much as our little man. He’s 3 months old today and it’s hard to put a baby…
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Well this sucks
I’m here again. Sitting at work and thinking about my little boy in some lady named Jacki’s arms. It’s strange to have my computer exactly as it was when I left it: the same internet windows popped open like the day I left – radio lab and the Goomba Mushroom Super Mario costume I ordered…
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Quick! While he’s sleeping
God, it’s been a month. How did that happen?! He’s a love. The best baby we could have asked for. He loves fleece upon fleece, hates to be cold – a true AZ boy. He loves to smile and fart and thinks it’s hilarious when he pees on his Dad. We’ve gone a ton of…
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Jack
I’ve been trying to do this post for a few days, but can’t upload photos from my phone for some reason. I’ll update this with a few things I want to remember from the last few surreal days. Jack Michael O’Farrell was born on Monday, October 13 2014 at 2:22am. He weighed 8lbs 10oz and…
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Still waiting. Still walking
Today is my last day at work. The only thing I can equate it to is the last day of school, but with bills and adulthood and, like, still having to face labor and not getting to sleep in. Yesterday, I went to the doctor and I’m already 4cm and I haven’t had to do…
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36-39 Weeks
Slow news day. Things are happening, slowly, which my mom says is a good thing. Rationally, I agree with her. I wonder what in the baby’s mind flips the switch? Nature is weird, man. Why all of the sudden does the lightbulb turn on and it’s time for the baby to peace out? I have…