May 8, 2008 by Avy.

(ref: Look Who’s Getting Rolled Out of the Bar - New York Times)

Old article, current news.

WTF is wrong with people? Why do people think it’s okay to bring babies/toddlers to a bar? I totally understand wanting to hold onto what’s left of your independence, but don’t burden others. Host a “bar night” at your home or one of the other parents’ places. It’s not like people go to bars to hear your kid crying and smell the diapers of doom. I love stepping on Legos on my way to the ladies’ room!

Seriously. I don’t get why people think it’s appropriate to have their children around the neighborhood drunk… every bar has one or ten. Bah. Enough chatter.

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May 5, 2008 by Avy.

So yesterday Erik and I went to Babies R Us so he could see & we could feel the car-seat I picked out (Graco Snug Ride) for our registry. It was fun times. Neither of us could get it detached from the base, but the lady helped us with that part.

The car-seat also works with the Snug Ride stroller frame (and a swing frame). You just pop it right in. It’s only $60 and that’s great to us. I don’t see the point in spending $$$ on a big stroller when I hate them altogether. I’m into baby carrying for as long as possible and only using strollers when I’ll be walking for more than an hour. Erik says he’ll take turns carrying the SOB, so that’s a plus to me. He had fun playing with the stroller, too. It was nifty. Men are such adorable dorks when they get into daddy mode.

Oh, here’s what they look like:

In other news, I’m feeling very mushy these days. It’s so weird to know that I’m gonna be somebody’s mom. It’s weird! I said that already. But yeah. I’m just excited and heppy. I get all hurty in the cheeks when I think about the toddler years especially. I know I can “teach” the baby facial expressions pretty early, but newborns aren’t much fun. I’ll just be terrified in the beginning and move on to the comfort o carrying a 3month old. I’ll be honest. I don’t think I’ll be comfortable holding him until then. I think I’ll be able to do it just fine, but I’ll still be terrified of dropping/squishing. I’m very comfortable with babies 3mos and up.

Anyway. I can’t wait to make lunches and watch Nat Geo and go on adventures and play “Scare the Daddy” with the SOB.

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May 1, 2008 by Avy.

“When a meltdown like Three Mile Island scares us blind, creating an apocalyptic mythology about what happened there, we pay for our superstitions with sulfur fumes, global warming, and acid rain—our suicide pact with coal.

And when we fail to consider each of these issues with reason instead of fear, when we fail to make the tough comparison between nuclear power, with its potential for disaster, and coal plants, with their guarantee of it, this isn’t a reflection that we have no choices but that we refuse to make them.”

- Craig Newmark (but not the creator of craigslist)

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