It probably goes without saying based on the last 2 pictures, but happy birthday to our wonderful, life-changing, sleep-prohibiting 3
children. 364 days, 22 hours and 12 minutes ago, we were about to meet you for the first time. Did we ever tell you how the doctors and
nurses almost forgot to come get me? It wasn't until they said, "Okay, let's make the first incision," and your mom responded, "Umm, can
someone go get my husband please?" I'm glad someone remembered! We love you Ally Bear, Boo Boo Bear and Lila Bean -- looking forward to many, many fun birthdays to come! (Oh, and if shoveling the driveway is going to become a birthday tradition, I can't wait until you're old enough to help!)
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Monday, December 28, 2009
In 500 words or less
So, kids finally in bed. Kitchen cleaned. Time to relax and surf the net. Then I see one of my favorite blogs mentions that a company that makes baby safety equipment is having a contest. All you need to do is tell them why your house needs a baby safety makeover ($2500 VALUE). So, I MAKE Sam write our entry. I kindly remind him that the website says 500 words or less. He works hard on it. Types it up in Word and emails it to me. When I go to post it on the site I realize it says no more than 500 CHARACTERS ! It will not let me post even a third of what Sam wrote. I am special.
Anyhow, here is his original 500 WORD entry. The 500 character one is not nearly as good.
“What in the world have I got myself in to?” This thought rattled through my head as I wandered the baby safety aisle at my local baby megamart. I had (too enthusiastically) agreed to pick up a few safety items during my lunch break. And as the store was a bit further from headquarters than I’d anticipated (are you sensing a theme here?), I was both confused and hurried. I’d planned for a relatively straightforward “grab and go,” and it was fast becoming yet another example of how acing Parenting Logistics 101 isn’t easy . This is doubly true (well, more than that; keep reading) when you have not one, not two, but three lovely, amusing, precious and occasionally (okay, regularly) troublemaking babies at home.
At the time of my safety aisle adventure, our triplets (2 boys; 1 girl) were 9 months old, and they were just beginning to pull themselves up onto our entertainment center and so on. The thought of them bonking their heads on the exposed shelves prompted me to offer to pick up some safety related items. “Sounds good. Whatever you think we need,” my wife said. “Great!” I thought. “Great!” I said. “Lunchtime tomorrow!” Little did I realize how many products were available: Anchors for your TV, foam table liners, anti-finger-smashing toilet protector devices and, of course, doorknob covers. Oh, the doorknob covers!
I couldn’t comprehend buying all these things. I had no idea how to anticipate what we’d need and when. What if we didn’t need an anti-finger-smashing protector device for another year? Hey, that money could have been earning interest! Or we’ll lose the device. Fingers will be smashed in a tragic (and likely unsanitary) toilet incident! Feeling lost and out of time, I left with only the foam table liners, hoping they’d work for the entertainment center.
Fast-forward a few months, and we have one full-blown cruiser with siblings close behind. My crowning achievement was rearranging the living room furniture to create a bottleneck in the path to the kitchen – home of many worth-a-trip-to-the-emergency-room dangers – and block it with plastic gates held in place by two cheap end tables we bought right after we got married. “Classy” is probably the adjective I would use to describe the aesthetic.
Look, all these safety products can be confusing to anyone, so we’re not special in that regard. But on most days, we’re lucky to keep these kids fed and clothed, make it out of the house for our own full-time jobs, survive the office and make sure the babies get hugs and kisses before bed. We are so not prepared for significant amounts of cruising and walking. Oh my, how we could use your help. We’re outnumbered! We need to know that while two of them are creating a diversion, the one who gets away isn’t busy smashing his/her fingers in the toilet. Please, set our minds at ease!
Anyhow, here is his original 500 WORD entry. The 500 character one is not nearly as good.
“What in the world have I got myself in to?” This thought rattled through my head as I wandered the baby safety aisle at my local baby megamart. I had (too enthusiastically) agreed to pick up a few safety items during my lunch break. And as the store was a bit further from headquarters than I’d anticipated (are you sensing a theme here?), I was both confused and hurried. I’d planned for a relatively straightforward “grab and go,” and it was fast becoming yet another example of how acing Parenting Logistics 101 isn’t easy . This is doubly true (well, more than that; keep reading) when you have not one, not two, but three lovely, amusing, precious and occasionally (okay, regularly) troublemaking babies at home.
At the time of my safety aisle adventure, our triplets (2 boys; 1 girl) were 9 months old, and they were just beginning to pull themselves up onto our entertainment center and so on. The thought of them bonking their heads on the exposed shelves prompted me to offer to pick up some safety related items. “Sounds good. Whatever you think we need,” my wife said. “Great!” I thought. “Great!” I said. “Lunchtime tomorrow!” Little did I realize how many products were available: Anchors for your TV, foam table liners, anti-finger-smashing toilet protector devices and, of course, doorknob covers. Oh, the doorknob covers!
I couldn’t comprehend buying all these things. I had no idea how to anticipate what we’d need and when. What if we didn’t need an anti-finger-smashing protector device for another year? Hey, that money could have been earning interest! Or we’ll lose the device. Fingers will be smashed in a tragic (and likely unsanitary) toilet incident! Feeling lost and out of time, I left with only the foam table liners, hoping they’d work for the entertainment center.
Fast-forward a few months, and we have one full-blown cruiser with siblings close behind. My crowning achievement was rearranging the living room furniture to create a bottleneck in the path to the kitchen – home of many worth-a-trip-to-the-emergency-room dangers – and block it with plastic gates held in place by two cheap end tables we bought right after we got married. “Classy” is probably the adjective I would use to describe the aesthetic.
Look, all these safety products can be confusing to anyone, so we’re not special in that regard. But on most days, we’re lucky to keep these kids fed and clothed, make it out of the house for our own full-time jobs, survive the office and make sure the babies get hugs and kisses before bed. We are so not prepared for significant amounts of cruising and walking. Oh my, how we could use your help. We’re outnumbered! We need to know that while two of them are creating a diversion, the one who gets away isn’t busy smashing his/her fingers in the toilet. Please, set our minds at ease!
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