Michael Mercer’s 28th Birthday Party

Michael wanted to eat at Outback for his birthday, so we did.  We had a nice time there at our local Wilmington Outback Steakhouse.  Good food, good service.  It was a decent-sized group: me, Amanda and Milly; his parents, Karen and Phil; his grandparents Peggy and Earl Lemons; uncle/aunt/cousins Barry, Anna, Hannah and Kirsten Frazelle; then […]

Potty Training Day 3

We didn’t do much with the potty training today.  Amanda has been a little sick the past few days and didn’t feel like having to keep track of a naked baby peeing on the floor all day, and I was ridiculously busy with work. On top of the updates I mentioned working on yesterday, I […]

Potty Training Day 2

Milly didn’t go at all this morning, but her diaper from last night was a pretty heavy one.  I guess she got it all out early so she wouldn’t have to deal with the stress of going in the potty.  There was one mishap this afternoon though, after Milly got up from her nap and […]

Potty Training Day 1

I got my first ever text message from a parent this morning.  My dad texted me and said Andra might be heading to the Rouge this weekend, and wouldn’t it be fun if we came up there too?  I told him it would be great, and I really would have liked to, but we’re celebrating […]

Oatmeal and Cherries

This is my 2001st post on this website.  How cool. Milly wasn’t really going for anything I offered her for breakfast this morning until I hit upon oatmeal.  We’ve had some in the cabinet for a while that I’ll pull out and eat every now and then, but judging from the way she downed the […]