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Life with baby


I’m one of those people who was convinced that motherhood wouldn’t change my life, wouldn’t cramp my style, wouldn’t interfere. Just this morning The Husband and I were enjoying a lazy Saturday morning eating a fabulous breakfast that he had whipped up. I was so happy — my baby in her exersaucer, entertaining herself […]

Babies at the Beach


I mentioned before that my best friend and I took our babies to the beach last month. But it’s never as simple as that. My brother Jeff created this hilarious comic strip the other day with a free trial of some Mac software after viewing the beach trip pictures and others on my Flickr account. […]

Google is lucky


A big congratulations to my brothers Greg and Jeff! They have been working like maniacs for months on a cool project called Measure Map. Their hard work paid off - as of yesterday, Google acquired Measure Map and took a few talented people along with it.
You can read more about it on the Google Blog. […]

Sharing the love


You thought I would let Valentine’s day come and go without a cheesy parental ploy? Oh, how deep we sink into cheesedom when we have kids. I used to have better humor on Valentine’s.
I have this new favorite website that has tons of fun Flickr toys. I’ve previously had fun creating a Sophia mosaic and […]

Food, glorious food!


Happy 5 month birthday, Sophia!
To celebrate, we got her a big bowl of rice cereal. You’re probably wondering, “Don’t you like your daughter?” I know, rice cereal is not on the top of my list of celebration meals either. But she really was thrilled to try it out last night. Every bite was hilarious. You […]

“I want an Oompa Loompa NOW, daddy!”


What kinds of kids are we creating?
I recently got an invitation in the mail to become a charter subscriber to a newly launched magazine for parents called Cookie, described by its editor-in-chief as “the new upscale lifestyle magazine for sophisticated parents.” In the accompanying letter, the Cookie execs touted it as the magazine for that […]