A couple weeks ago when the weather was cool, we took Valor to a pumpkin patch. Alas, the only smile we got was the one before we left. We met up with friends who have a daughter 5 days younger than Valor, and only two ounces lighter at birth. Valor’s subsequent growth spurt has turned [...]
As a financial advisor, I take a lot of enjoyment out of finding smart things to do with money. Roth IRAs are smart. 401(k)s with employer matching is smart. Flexible Spending Accounts are smart. But this fall, I may have found my hottest investment investment idea ever. (And by hottest, I mean that it has [...]
A week ago V weighed 11 lbs. 6 oz. He has been steadily gaining 2 oz. a day since he was a week old. Yesterday I started unpacking the 3-6 mo. clothes. They are the ones James wore from 8 to 11 months, and here Valor is wearing them at 7 weeks. It doesn’t seem [...]
Evie wrote: Have you tried discussing physics or a bit of chemistry with him? No, not yet. But we do try to keep him well-rounded, and sometimes we’ll just read to him whatever we have sitting around. In this case it was a prospectus for Pax World Funds. I love the contrast between Abby’s enthusiasm [...]
Sunday morning, Valor peed on me, spit up into my cupped hand, and launched the largest booger I’ve ever seen onto my shirt. But all that was okay, because Saturday night, he slept through the night. Yes, the elusive grail of every new parent: Valor slept 7 hours without waking up to eat, for the [...]
