The Unadventures of Tracie

His kissable cheeks (I kiss them hundreds of times a day.) His laugh His cuddly nature When he sucks on my big toe (It makes me laugh.) The way he claps his hands His bedhead hair The way he "talks" with me The way he breathes fast and wheezes slightly when he's excited His smiles: his "Cabbage Patch" smile, his "I love Mom" smile, his "Yay boobies" smile, his "I love food" smile (when I give him something he likes), his "I'm so cute" smile The way he gets all excited when it's time to nurse The way he jumps up and down when he's happy (and holding on to something or in his jumper) The way he quietly whines when he's tired (It sounds like this: ehhh...ehhhh....ehhh) His feet (I love kissing them and biting his toes...maybe that's why he bites mine) The way he overlaps his leg over me when I'm nursing  The way he plays with his toys Also, I'm doing a poll whether or not to cut Mor...

Hi all. I'm looking for your help. I want to start a new blog (separate from this one) and I need help coming up with a blog title and a cool name. I've been wanting to blog about so many things for a while now that I didn't feel fit with "The Unadventures of Tracie." The new blog will focus on the following issues: critiques (literature, film, TV) advocacy language/writing/editing feminism/women's rights equality/sexism pregnancy/childbirth culture women/mothers parenting/raising children and politics (as it pertains to the above categories)  I know this sounds like a lot of different topics but they are causes/topics/issues that I am deeply passionate about. I would like this blog to be a place to distribute information, facilitate discussion, and critique pertinent issues. I need a name that would be catchy, memorable, and relevant. I also would like to create an identity for myself that may or may not be the same as the name of the blog. I...

Austin and my friend Lechelle wrote bucket lists and made me think about doing the same. Without any adieu, here's my list: (italics indicate things I've already done) Get married Have a baby/Become a mother Graduate from college Become an editor Write a book Win a writing contest Edit a book Edit a fictional novel Learn how to use Photoshop Own a profitable website Be interviewed by a prominent person Win a notable award Try out for American Idol (I don’t even care if I make it. I just want to try out.) Audition for a stage play, preferable a musical Get a part, preferably a starring role, in a play Be in a commercial Run for a small political office (like city council) Be a contestant on a game show, preferably a winning contestant Get challenged by Bobby Flay on “Throwdown” Learn how to sew on a button Visit Australia Visit the Louvre Go to the symphony See an opera See a Broadway play Visit Italy See the Sistine Chapel, David , the Mona Lisa , a...

Some of you know about my clown phobia. I hate clowns. A lot. They are NOT funny. They are creepy. I have had nightmares about clowns and there's just something about their makeup'ed face that just freaks me out. Anyway, I saw this commercial the other day and I just about died from laughing. Seriously, tears streaming down face. Two hours later still laughing thinking about it. Maybe it won't be as funny to you.I wonder if you can figure out why I find it so funny.

Austin left me 4 1/2 minutes worth of messages on my phone. (13 separate ones.) Reminds me when we were dating, we used to do that for fun. See how many messages we could leave. Sorry for not answering, hon. I never heard my phone ringing. I have no idea how that happened. Morgan loves my cell phone. It's like his Holy Grail. I MUST have that phone. I will leap over tall buildings, crawl over my mom, reach with all my might, risk falling off a bed...until I make it mine! Muhahahahhahah. We have an old cell phone he can play with, and he likes that phone. But mine is the one he covets most. He most wants it when I'm talking on it. Even if I'm not holding it up to my ear and I put it on speaker. He's a funny baby. Morgan also loves remotes and taking DVDs off the shelves. I now have entered the phase known as "my baby destroys my stuff." He got one of my Lois & Clark DVDs out of the case while I was making dinner and rubbed it across the tile floor. Yep...

There's not a whole lot of pictures of Morgan and me. There's a few reasons for this: one, it's usually just me and Morgan at home, two, I hate the way I look right now, and three, I'm not usually wearing clothes. I'm going to start trying to get more pictures of me and Moby.

I find it funny that it's January and I'm posting about Halloween. Well, I don't want these awesome pictures to go to waste. For Halloween this year Austin and I had three Halloween parties. One with my family (I don't have any pictures from this) and two different ones with different friends. The family party was awesome, as usual. Unfortunately Austin and I didn't dress up as we weren't ready yet. This is first year that I've ever NOT dressed up for the family party. Then we had a party with my "book club" friends. This party consisted of eating food, watching the boys play video games, and taking turns chasing babies. Austin, Morgan, and I dressed up in a theme. See if you can guess. If you can't tell, Austin is Han Solo, I'm Princess Leia, and Morgan is Wicket (an Ewok). My costume was very last minute. I couldn't find any Princess Leia costumes that weren't ridiculously priced, so we thrift-stored it. The skirt and turtle...