http://whiskeyinateacup.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:40:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although he is too young to produce meaningful speech, Leif is an accomplished babbler and sometimes makes sounds that are identifiable as words.  A few days ago he enuniciated a very clear, distinct, and exasperated "Oy!"  This morning, Jared was convinced he heard him say "Ham." In other news, be on ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=817 Due to a typical bit of bumble-fuckery in which my car's registration was misplaced (in the passive voice, you see) and then replaced a month before it was due to be renewed, it never actually got renewed and was left to expire unnoticed.  I was pulled over today while heading ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=814 Various parenting books and websites say that establishing a bedtime routine is of mega-importance if you want your child to develop good sleep habits.  Between the two of us, we have really shitty sleep habits: I'm an insomniac with chronic pain and a fear of the dark, and Jared typically ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=809 I've been a mild to moderate insomniac for as long as I can remember, so the classic trope about the sleep deprivation of new parenthood doesn't really apply to me.  I seem to get more or less as much sleep as I always did; the difference is that it's more ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=806 So this is not strictly spoilerish and won't even be interesting if you haven't seen the movie, but if you wish to see Inception with your maidenhead fully intact, then I recommend you not read this.  If you have seen it, however, and want to geek out like woah, check ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=801 Valid reasons to emphatically ring someone's doorbell at two in the morning, on the very night that someone is desperately trying to get a good night's sleep: 1) Zombie apocalypse 2) Robot apocalypse 3) House on fire 4) Someone in the building is dying and only I can save them 5) The Big Crunch is ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=798 Last week Jared and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary, but I think today is at least as notable:  we have been together for seven years!  To commemorate this happy occasion, here are seven bullet points regarding our awesomeness. 1) On our flight home from Berlin last year, we hit some ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=789 When Leif's weight was announced shortly after he was born (8 lbs, 5 oz) my immediate thought was yeeeeeah what! I pretty much expected everyone in the room to raise the roof in my honor...and they pretty much did!  8-5 isn't all that big, but for some reason everyone acts ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=787 Leif has been refusing naps and bedtime lately.  If I stand over his bed and sing or talk softly to him, he just smiles up at me and wakes up even more.  Just now, having run out of other options, I picked up the acoustic guitar that just so happens ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=784 A neighbor gave us a package of "Peepee Teepees", which are small cones of fabric you can put over a little boy's junk to prevent him from peeing all over the place during diaper changes.  Our pee situation is more or less under control, but today during a high-risk post-bath ... http://whiskeyinateacup.com/?p=782