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goodbye to you

The soundtrack:  Goodbye to You
It was less than two years since we ended things the first time
Day and night pulling and tugging
I was so glad the day you went away
And then too soon you were back
I couldn’t go anywhere without you
I needed you but oh, how I hated you
Pain and relief all at once
Breaking up is hard:  except [...]

four months

Emily Kate is 4 months old today. 
How is this possible?  Does the addition of each kid speed up time?

meet the tiny diva

Emily Kate is almost 4 months (how did that happen?) and I haven’t babyblogged her much at all.
I write a lot about Alex, because he’s DOING things - not eating, getting sick, acquiring assorted bruises, generally being fun and adorable. It’s like he’s this whole little person or something.
EK was sleeping, drinking milk, spitting, repeating. [...]

snackdown

It’s time to put the smackdown on eating in our house.  We have two goals:
Alex eat more (variety).  Me eat less (of everything).
I cannot remember the last time Alex ate dinner.  Night after night, in a vain attempt to get him to eat something besides chicken nuggets or spaghetti, we put a happy, chopped up [...]