My wife’s cousin Shiram, who we visited in Odessa earlier this year, is pregnant with her third child. It will be her first boy, meaning she no longer needs all the baby clothes that her two girls had worn. This is relevant to my wife and I because we’re having a girl in two months[...]
After waffling for a few months, my wife finally decided to start a gift registry for our baby. I let this be her decision; my advice was to just say “buy diapers” if anyone asked about a registry. If you’d like to take a look, here’s the link [invalid link removed]. Please, don’t feel obligated[...]
If you’ve ever tried to seed lawn grass into a patch of bare ground, then you know what I’m going through. I used to think I was a patient person, but watching grass grow really has taught me a lot about waiting and letting nature take its course (no puns intended in that last sentence;[...]
After the visit from my family for Labor Day weekend, my wife has worked pretty much every day, including a 10-day stretch with only one day off. For a woman who’s seven months pregnant, she’s handling this very well. During that stretch, I was busy at home too. On Tuesday, Sept. 14, I installed the[...]
(When I searched Google for “Chris Taylor & Windows” (in quotes), the search engine told me that nothing was found. Perhaps this blog post can correct that.) Chris Taylor was a ridiculously skinny white guy (in that respect, he was very similar to me) that I knew when I lived in South Texas as a[...]
Just when we thought we were settling into a routine… We started childbirth classes last night. Now that we’ve moved in, unpacked, bought several things, arranged everything, we’ve moved on and started living in our new house. We’ve had our first guests, I’ve mowed a lawn a couple of times (and continue to work with[...]
Since our front porch is really just a place to stand while you’re waiting for us to open the door, we decided to buy a stand-up porch swing for our back porch, which is really just a 12′ x 8′ concrete pad. About six months ago, when we first signed up to have the house[...]
While it was raining, I assembled the baby crib that my parents brought (see my entry about their visit). It was missing one screw, so we went to Lowe’s and found one that would work in its place (and I learned about buying screws, such as knowing the length, diameter, and thread count). Other than[...]
Thankfully (I guess) our new house got a test of its ability to withstand hurricane-force winds and over a foot of rain this week. Right after my parents left to return to Oklahoma, the remnants of Hurricane Hermine moved into Central Texas. By Monday night, we were deluged with sideways-streaming rain and winds gusting up[...]
Over Labor Day weekend, my parents and brother visited us in Killeen for the second time. Their first visit ( 8 photos ) was in July, when we still lived in the apartment. This time, we felt much more comfortable hosting, with our own driveway, our own plot of land, etc. (Copyright © 2010 by[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2. After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness. I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Today, Rebecca — for the first time — went to the bathroom somewhere besides our house.
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A few days ago, we passed what I’ve jokingly called “the Rebecca threshold” with our Benjamin pregnancy. She was born about 7 weeks before her due date. As of May 10, we passed that point in the current pregnancy. My wife’s at 34 weeks as of today, and about nine pounds lighter than she was[...]
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Rebecca woke with a dry diaper this morning and kept her panties dry all day, using her potty correctly all day. We spent the day shifting from (1) us asking if she needed to go to (2) her telling us when she needed to go. And, after three days of holding it, she went #2[...]
Rebecca kept her diaper dry all morning, while MF was at work, and then wore panties the rest of the day, keeping them dry too. She even surprised us by staying dry during a supper trip to Dairy Queen (she had requested an ice cream cone). We put a diaper on her for the trip[...]
Big Milestone: Rebecca is now Three Feet Tall. Not quite tall enough for the WNBA, but on her way. She also crossed the 27-pound threshold for the first time (that we know of; we haven’t weighed her in a while). She’s 2.58 years (31 months) old. Compared to me: My mother didn’t record my height[...]
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