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Sophia reads ahead

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

She seems astonished about whatever she just learned.

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Happy Friedman Unit, Sophia Cat!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Sophia’s six months old today.  Big milestone for her, but she’s ambivalent. “I don’t know, Dad,” she said.  “I think of where I was three months ago, and, well, I thought I’d be somewhere else today.  I thought I’d be crawling.  I was so innocent back then.  Ah…if I knew then what I know now.  [...]

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Sophia Cat – HOOLIGAN

Thursday, October 23, 2008

We’re raising this kid WRONG.

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WE HAVE THE CUTEST BABY EVER

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Yeah, at some point I should get to the comedy and entertainment portion of the blog. But for now – HOLY CRAP she’s so adorable! Yes, she’s actually my daughter. Why do you ask?

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Sarah Palin is a terrible, awful human being.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Well, enough political commentary for now. New Sophia pictures, yay!

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The Cat in a hat and other pictures

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

More Sophia pictures! Yay!

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Fearless Leader/Natasha Fatale ’08

Thursday, September 4, 2008

“Oh, your baby is so beautiful!” “Oh, I know! Makes your baby look like two bowls of dog food!” I don’t ACTUALLY long to have that conversation. For some weird reason, everyone I know who has had a children has ended up having INSANELY beautiful children. I’m just glad that Sophia kept pace. Anyway, speaking [...]

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Baby Got Back

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

I don’t know why the question “Are you getting enough sleep?” is sending me into a psychotic rage. Given my reaction,the likeliest explanation is that I’m not, in fact, actually getting enough sleep. But I also think asking a new parent that is like a targeted version of “Hot enough for ya?” It’s also a [...]

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What have the Romans ever done for us?

Friday, August 29, 2008

All hail the Bishop of Cute! I thought I’d be back at this much sooner, but because of the unplanned (but not emergency) C-section, they kept us for debriefing an extra 72 hours. Render unto Caesar, and all that.

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I wasn’t born yesterday

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

But Sophia Catherine Loney was, at 1:02 pm.  Seven pounds, ten ounces, 21 1/2 inches.  Mother and daughter are both doing very well.  Pictures will be up eventually, but she’s the most beautiful baby in the world.  (Sorry, every other baby in the world.)

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Soundtrack to our lives

Saturday, August 23, 2008

The conversation turned to what music, if any, would be played to soothe my darling wife in her time of labor. The following were quickly ruled out: “You’re Having My Baby,” by whoever that was in the 70′s “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming,” Judas Priest “Diary of an Unborn Child,” Lil’ Markie “The End”, Doors [...]

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Jesus God, another WordPress update?

Friday, August 22, 2008

For crying out loud. Well, I’ve got other fish to fry, metaphorically speaking. Monday should be the day. Will keep you posted.

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The one

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Shower was a big hit – my big contribution was a CD with “Rubber Duckie” by Ernie along with “Rock Lobster,” “Bananaphone,” “Nellie the Elephant” – yes, Sophia Cat’s taste in music will have a kill radius, if I have anything to do with it. “Rubber Duckie” was my wife’s idea, though one that had [...]

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Yes, We Can (In Fact, We’ll Have To)

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Mrs. Sandbox with the all-time great political gift idea: a Barack Obama onesie labelled “It’s Time For a Change.”

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Don’t nobody bring me no bad news

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Sorry, the direction of this blog into rollicking prenatal and parental laughs has stumbled now and again. Except when I point out that prenatal and parental are ANAGRAMS. Sophia Cat’s doing well, but gestational diabetes is a pain for Mrs. Momma Cat. The novelty of eating healthy has worn off, and roughly about ten minutes [...]

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Hey! Wanna buy Sophia Cat a gift? Sure you do!

Monday, June 16, 2008

The baby shower is July 19. If you can make it to Ventura County that afternoon, let me know – be great to see you! If not: You can shop Target, Babies R Us, and One Step Ahead. I’d consider doing it for you, if you have a baby or something. Sophia Cat thanks you [...]

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28 Weeks Later

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

A little speed bump on the way to Sophia Cat’s appearance – we’re a little concerned about the size of the baby, since my wife is very petite and I’m, well, not. Caesarean sections sound rather unpleasant, so I came up with what I thought was a pretty elegant solution. “Honey,” I said, “Why don’t [...]

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This is me since yesterday

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

So, Obama is a secret Muslim who spent twenty years at an Afrocentric church who looks down on religion.  Am I up to speed? For the two readers I have left…I really did think I was going to go in a new direction with this, but I’ve focused my writing on BigSoccer, and…basically, things are [...]

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Things I could watch all day

Friday, April 4, 2008

More ultrasound pictures of Sophia Cat.  They’re pretty much like the others, in that she’s still unusually gray and grainy.  Hopefully she’ll be born in full color. In all seriousness, it’s been going wonderfully.  She’s, like, this textbook baby right now.  Keeping in mind I’m knocking on wood while talking about this subject – funny, [...]

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Naming your children the David Beckham way

Thursday, March 27, 2008

From the previous post, the story of what we would have called a boy: If we were having a boy, he would have been named “Matt” in the Beckham tradition, short for Mattress. This was a long running joke between Dan and me, before this baby was conceived. But then, when we found out I [...]

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