Sunday, December 05, 2004
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
In celebration of Jack's one week birthday, we braved the awful weather and took him to see Santa Claus. Roy Farley is Santa. He's been an electrician with my father's company for at least 20 years, and I remember him as Santa from a very young age. He carries the role throughout the year – his name badge on his uniform even says Santa. I really wanted a picture of Jack with my family Santa – so much so that I was willing to take him out in the cold and rain to get it.
He screeched when we took him out of the car, but then promptly fell fast asleep. Alas, no picture with his eyes open. We also took one as a family:
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Today Tom and Gloria are coming over to visit their grandson, and Joe and I are going out to lunch. We have to time it perfectly with the feeding so we can be gone for an hour or so. Jack seems to eat more frequently during the day – every 2 or 2 ½ hours. Last night he went 4 hours between feeding, so I ended up with 3 straight hours of sleep! I feel like a new woman.
I'm getting a lot of reading done because it's the only thing I can do while I feed him. I could watch tv, but I can only stand so much of it. I just finished Sea Glass by Anita Shreve and now I'm on to Attonement by Ian McEwan. Both are books I stole from my mother at Thanksgiving. If anyone has book recommendations for me I would be grateful. I can't have anything too heavy, because there is a lot of putting down the book to reposition the little man, and sometimes I have to stop in the middle of a chapter. I'm going to be one very well-read person by the time he's eating real food.
There is an additional Jack picture on my knitting blog. Joe complained that I was duplicating pictures and that my public was going to think I was slacking. So I'm adding a picture of Jack with his knitted blanket - the one I got so fed up with a while back. It's unfinished - there are unwoven ends all over the place. I just tucked them all inside out of the picture so you can't tell.
He screeched when we took him out of the car, but then promptly fell fast asleep. Alas, no picture with his eyes open. We also took one as a family:
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Today Tom and Gloria are coming over to visit their grandson, and Joe and I are going out to lunch. We have to time it perfectly with the feeding so we can be gone for an hour or so. Jack seems to eat more frequently during the day – every 2 or 2 ½ hours. Last night he went 4 hours between feeding, so I ended up with 3 straight hours of sleep! I feel like a new woman.
I'm getting a lot of reading done because it's the only thing I can do while I feed him. I could watch tv, but I can only stand so much of it. I just finished Sea Glass by Anita Shreve and now I'm on to Attonement by Ian McEwan. Both are books I stole from my mother at Thanksgiving. If anyone has book recommendations for me I would be grateful. I can't have anything too heavy, because there is a lot of putting down the book to reposition the little man, and sometimes I have to stop in the middle of a chapter. I'm going to be one very well-read person by the time he's eating real food.
There is an additional Jack picture on my knitting blog. Joe complained that I was duplicating pictures and that my public was going to think I was slacking. So I'm adding a picture of Jack with his knitted blanket - the one I got so fed up with a while back. It's unfinished - there are unwoven ends all over the place. I just tucked them all inside out of the picture so you can't tell.
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Cute baby! And I noticed Santa also had his eyes closed in the second picture.
Book suggestions - Dorothy Parker wrote lots of short stories that are in little anthologies. The same with Shirley Jackson and her ones about her family are hysterical. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is good. The timeline can be confusing but if you are reading it in little spurts it might actually be easier to follow. And there's always the "twinkie" books - quick reads that aren't mentally taxing: Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, many of the Chick Lit books. Hope this helps.
Keep posting pictures. We don't care if they're duplicates...he's too cute!
Book suggestions - Dorothy Parker wrote lots of short stories that are in little anthologies. The same with Shirley Jackson and her ones about her family are hysterical. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is good. The timeline can be confusing but if you are reading it in little spurts it might actually be easier to follow. And there's always the "twinkie" books - quick reads that aren't mentally taxing: Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, many of the Chick Lit books. Hope this helps.
Keep posting pictures. We don't care if they're duplicates...he's too cute!
Cute baby! And I noticed Santa also had his eyes closed in the second picture.
Book suggestions - Dorothy Parker wrote lots of short stories that are in little anthologies. The same with Shirley Jackson and her ones about her family are hysterical. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is good. The timeline can be confusing but if you are reading it in little spurts it might actually be easier to follow. And there's always the "twinkie" books - quick reads that aren't mentally taxing: Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, many of the Chick Lit books. Hope this helps.
Keep posting pictures. We don't care if they're duplicates...he's too cute!
Book suggestions - Dorothy Parker wrote lots of short stories that are in little anthologies. The same with Shirley Jackson and her ones about her family are hysterical. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is good. The timeline can be confusing but if you are reading it in little spurts it might actually be easier to follow. And there's always the "twinkie" books - quick reads that aren't mentally taxing: Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, many of the Chick Lit books. Hope this helps.
Keep posting pictures. We don't care if they're duplicates...he's too cute!
Cute baby! And I noticed Santa also had his eyes closed in the second picture.
Book suggestions - Dorothy Parker wrote lots of short stories that are in little anthologies. The same with Shirley Jackson and her ones about her family are hysterical. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is good. The timeline can be confusing but if you are reading it in little spurts it might actually be easier to follow. And there's always the "twinkie" books - quick reads that aren't mentally taxing: Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, many of the Chick Lit books. Hope this helps.
Keep posting pictures. We don't care if they're duplicates...he's too cute!
Book suggestions - Dorothy Parker wrote lots of short stories that are in little anthologies. The same with Shirley Jackson and her ones about her family are hysterical. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger is good. The timeline can be confusing but if you are reading it in little spurts it might actually be easier to follow. And there's always the "twinkie" books - quick reads that aren't mentally taxing: Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz, James Patterson, many of the Chick Lit books. Hope this helps.
Keep posting pictures. We don't care if they're duplicates...he's too cute!
Ok books.... my two favorites are "Acts of Faith" by Erik Segal (spelling?) and "Red Tent" by Anita Diamont (spelling?)... Although I'd personally suggest anything by these two authors... The two Mitch Albloom (spelling?) books are pretty good and light "Tuesdays with Morry" and "The 5 people you meet in heaven"... I also like "chicky" book that are light, dumb but great reads... if you need suggestions I can go though my library when I get home and find some good ones!
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