Entries Tagged as ‘ava’

March 4, 2008

in the clear. . .in a manner of speaking

ava’s rsv is gone. you know, aside from the first few days where there was fever and wheezing and general unpleasantness, it wasn’t that bad. really, i was mostly affected (negatively, of course) by the awfulness of sitting in our house all day and avoiding contact with anything younger than 12 months (cat doesn’t count). [...]

February 26, 2008

still a sicko

remember when i complained about my daughter being sick (it sounded like this “whine, whine, sickos, whine, whine, ava, whine“)?
HA!
experience can be a great teacher. but seriously? make it stop.

February 21, 2008

a bunch of sickos running around in my apartment

the sickos would be us. well, mostly ava. i just have a sore throat. and i’m exhausted, but i can’t tell if that’s child number 2 exacting some sort of revenge or the sore throat. i’m pretty sure it’s child number 2. he’s been like this all 12 weeks of his sweet life.
ava, as a [...]

February 18, 2008

23

this is the blankee and we will die when it does (which should be soon, since ava likes to EAT it).

February 11, 2008

yesterday morning

in the sink

February 8, 2008

it’s been awhile

since we had a good old-fashioned ava-picture post.

February 8, 2008

ava

the babe is going to be 18 months soon. a whole year and a half!wow.you know, i’ve been thinking about her a lot. and about the new baby. and about ryan. mostly because that college literary magazine i’m on staff for. every tuesday from 2 to 5:30, i’m the only active parent in the room [...]

February 1, 2008

sidelong glance

February 1, 2008

sleep in until noon

January 25, 2008

dreams are made of these

when ava was first born i saw ryan holding her up to the pictures on our walls and talking to her. he was describing the pictures. she was hungry and started to fuss and as he handed her over to me, he said, “there. now she has something to dream about.”