Happy Leap Day!
To celebrate, here is a list of things I'm currently excited about (in no particular order):

• I have a sugar bowl
• I have a pantry in which to keep sugar
• My baby is finally feeling better and may be able to stop using the nebulizer
• I just had a killer visit with my best friend (she's the greatest!!!)
• It is the end of the day on friday
• My temporary washing machine comes tonight
• Grant has a crib!
• 12 inches of snow overnight means I'm stuck at home and don't have any pressure to go anywhere or do anything
• It doesn't matter if pajama pants are wrinkled
• A bath in the big girl tub
• Warm weather scheduled for next Sunday's parade
• Pizza Friday
• No pumping until Monday
• Spring break means good parking spaces
• NO MORE APARTMENT LIVING!

Hope you have a great weekend!

My 250th Post! If I were a television show, I would do some type of flashback monatage showing scenes from past episodes. Instead, I'll share fun photos of my baby becoming a big boy! Granter rolled over yesterday! Yes, he had been rolling over when he was super little-like 3 weeks old-but then he stopped for about 6 weeks. I think he his weight and size caught up with him and he realized he was a tiny baby and he shouldn't have been rolling over yet. Now at three months he is still a little early in the process for rolling over, but it is more age appropriate. Taylor was home with him while he did it (and of course Mommy missed it because she was at work-the first of many milestones I'm sure I'll miss) and remarkably had the camera in his hand. Here is the action series for your enjoying pleasure.

Please note-no blog entries for a few days. We close on the house on Thursday and then we'll be moving (with the help of JJ up from DC! Can't wait to see you babe!) and so not only will we be busy, we won't have borrowed internet to use anymore! Wish us luck!

Happy post VD! Hope you had a nice one. We did our traditional calzone dinner, though very late because Taylor's had a super nutty busy week at work. Today was his big meeting, so hopefully life will settle down for him. I'm looking forward to seeing him tonight!

Did you know that Christina Agulara is now living in Ozzy Ozbourne's old house-the one from the television show? I loved that show! I could watch it for hours at a time. Remember when Ozzy threw the ham? or how excited Jack was that the McRib was back? That was the kind of quality television you just don't see much of these days! Good for Christina-I think it is a house filled with good karma, and neighbors who are really happy for the change!

G-man is still doing well. Not too much new to report with him. He is loving daycare it seems and I have fallen head over feet in love with one of the little girls who goes there. She is always there when I drop him off and she and I are good buddies now. I think that a four year age difference isn't too much for them to overcome and so I'm looking forward to her becoming my daughter in law in about 25 years! Here are photos of the little guy from last weekend. He likes his Bumbo seat and has also decided he is a thumb sucker!

Praise Be! I made it to work by 1:00 and the Writers Strike is finally over. New television by April and my skid across the ice didn't end up with drama. Two great things to celebrate on this ridiculously rainy and gross afternoon.

My boy is the only kid at daycare today. How sad for Grant (and Grant's mommy). I like to think that just means he'll get lots of love today. It is "Love Month" at Miss Laura's. I need to get Valentines for him to put in the mailboxes of all of his little friends tomorrow. Seriously, even the three year old is going to understand that G-Man didn't write these himself, just like I'm going to understand that he didn't bake the "love brownies" they are sending home tomorrow. He's pretty busy having other people do things for him for someone who is just three months old. It's a tough life bossing around the adults!

I'm trapped in my apartment! I can't make it up the hill in the crappy weather with my crappy car. I am so ready to move! I'm currently a "little ball of rage"!

Today's word of the day is Noun. A noun is a word that is a person, place, thing, or idea.
Grant sucks his thumb. Grant is the (proper) noun in the sentence.

Grammie and Papa came to visit today. They brought Grant a Bumbo seat-he is so stinking cute in it! We'll post pictures soon.

I survived my first week! Going home to pick up my baby boy and not put him down once for the next 48 hours!

G-Man and I do a word of the day every day. We've had some meaningful ones, some silly ones, and some random ones (my favorite is still galoshes!). Todays word of the day is relief and the sentence we'll use to explain it to him is "What a relief that the weekend is here!" Go celebrate family time with your families tonight!

Thanks for the flowers Jenny! You are the best friend a girl could ask for!

I'm Back!

That's right readers, Heather is back! Are you too excited for words? You should be! Writing while on maternity leave was too much, but today is my first day back at work so I thought I would give a quick hello and let you know that I plan to update my blog once more. Now, don't expect it to be a daily blog (despite the name) but I'll do my best to keep you entertained with the antics Heather and the rest of the fam!



For today, it is going to be random list of things that seem strange now that I'm back in the "real" world. What a place to be

• A desktop computer with a mouse and a full size keyboard. 12 weeks without one and I'm a disaster trying to type!
• Fast internet-when you don't borrow it from a neighbor the web is an amazing place to visit
• people outside of my house are talking about Super Bowl ads. I don't remember seeing them and that seems like it was months ago and I suppose it was only days...
• For the first time in my life, my vote counted!
• There is going to be a whole generation of girls who freak out when they find out they can't get an epidural because they have a tramp stamp. haha!
• Take a baby anywhere and you are like a rockstar

CIS is coming to update my computer, so I have to stop for now...perhaps I'll add to the list as time goes on...

and for those interested in seeing the baby...here is my current fav photo! God I miss him!

Hello Blog Readers,


I've decided to take a blogging hiatus. I'm not really very funny right now and nothing is happening in my life. I don't want to write exclusively about the baby and that is what my life exclusively is. I'm blessed to have everything I've ever wanted in my life right now-I have always known the job I was born to have was mother. I feel, however, that it often comes across like I am complaining about aspects of motherhood when I blog, so I'm taking some time off. It is important that you understand that it is not my intention to whine or complain as I am living my dream, but since I use my blog as a live-journal I no longer feel that I should write, as I am giving my readers the wrong impression of my life. I feel it is better to not write at all than to try to find things to write about that are meaningless to me or aren't a true reflection of me and my life.

Fear not! I'll return when I feel I can more accurately express my thoughts and feelings. Thanks for being loyal readers and I hope you'll return when Heather's Daily Rant comes back. In the meantime, if you wander how my days are spent, rest assured that I'm typing this one handed with a beautiful baby quietly sleeping on my chest :)

Happy New Year's Eve! Enjoy!

The first Christmas that we lived together, Taylor's mom got us a shower radio. It was a giant yellow M&M dressed in scuba gear. She got him at Sam's Club. I'll be honest, I thought it was a strange gift. It turned out to be something we love more than life! M&M Man has been with us for years. We've listened to weather reports, traffic reports, I've had school closings. Sunday mornings Taylor listened to pre-game and I listened to Casey counting down the hits, almost always hitting a long distance dedication. He was part of the family.

Something happened to M&M Man when we moved from our house to the apartment. He stopped working shortly after we arrived. We hoped it was just batteries, but alas, the problem was more severe. M&M Man passed away. Still, neither Taylor nor I could do it-we couldn't throw him away-so he has been sitting in a place of honor on the bathroom counter (not easy since it is a tiny apartment bathroom) where we see him and think of him daily.

For Taylor's birthday, his mom got us a new shower radio. This one is fancy, with preset stations, a digital clock, and an antenna. Taylor has it all hooked up and in the shower and enjoys listening every morning. I have to have the baby monitor on when I'm showering, so I haven't had the opportunity to use the radio yet, but look forward to trying it out this weekend. Still, today when I was brushing my teeth, I looked at M&M Man and sighed, realizing it is really time for him to move to greener pastures. It feels like the end of an era, a closing of a chapter of our lives. We love you M&M Man and just because it is time to let go, we'll never forget!

(See-I can post about something other than the baby. I don't want to be that Mom (and you know who I'm talking about JJ) who only talks about her kids and is super annoying. For the record though, Grant is now 10 pounds! He has a cold, so we had to go see the doctor and got to get weighed. What a Moose!)

Happy belated Birthday to Taylor, Alexander, and Golic. Three of my favorite men!

Stay dry and safe in all this snow. I just walked up to get the mail-it is freaking crazy out there! We've already got at least 6 inches in a few hours. It is going to be one of those winters here in New England. The best part of renting an apartment...no snow shoveling! Aces!

Superbad is a naughty movie. I can't believe we're watching it with the kid in the room. Later in life when he has a dirty mouth amongst other issues we'll remember this moment and know why!

What a long day! Grant didn't do well sleeping last night so Mommy didn't get great sleep. Normally, I would have just gone back to sleep after I fed him at 7 like he did, but I knew that the little people were coming over to fix our broken heater at 9, so I got him cleaned up and back to sleep, took a super fast shower, and got the living room furniture all moved so they could fix things. I thought about running out to the grocery store or something so I could be out of their way, but Grant was tired so we just stayed home. It was a good thing we did-because they were literally here for the entire day! That would have been a hell of a lot of groceries! So, not only did we not have heat in the living room, we had a pair of strangers, so Grant and I hung out upstairs in the bedroom all day. Like it isn't hard enough to entertain an infant that you can't really lay down because of the spitting problem all day, try doing it in a bedroom with no toys, no radio, no computer, nothing! We bonded and had fun playing things like practice sticking out your tongue like Mommy, but that gets old for everyone after about 19 seconds. They just left at 4:00 and god bless them, we have heat! Grant is down for a nap (in his bassinet like a big boy) and now it is time to start dinner-too late for the nap I wanted this morning at 7:00. Oh well, the joys of motherhood!

Grant and I had a big adventure yesterday. I took him to visit my coworkers. It was our first time going out to someplace other than Grammies or the Doctors. I wouldn't say it went well, but it wasn't a total disaster. He was super cute and had a nice visit while he was sleeping, but then decided to wake up and be someone who is absolutely not my child! He was hungry-so I fed him-and then changed him because he spit up all over himself (and Mom) and he screamed the whole time. He is such a good baby usually-only cries when he is getting changed, but not yesterday! It was like he could smell the bad karma all over the place and wanted out. I felt like I was getting judged by people because he was crying or because he spit up (not just on me, on sweet Julie who was trying to help me out!) or just because I brought a three week old baby out of the house. I did take him to new work as a trial run for going to old work, where I really care much more about the people and what they think of me, but it was a tramatic experience for both the Grant Man and I, so I think it will be a few more days before we try another major outing!

Sounds like Grant is waking up-shocking-he's been asleep for a whole 25 minutes! More later!

Congratulations to Taylor on the promotion! We're really proud of you baby!
Also congratulations to Julie on her new job. I hate you for leaving-but I couldn't be happier for you!

Grant is learning all about holiday music today. I've introduced him to my two favorite holiday CDs--Hillary Duff and Clay Aiken. Seriously-they are the two best cds I've ever heard for the holidays. You should check them out before you judge!

It looks like a great day outside, but I think we're just going to hang out at home today. Grant is a tired little man-napping again instead of being up with mommy-so I'm just going to leave him be instead of trying to get him all dressed and dragging him outside. The few things we were thinking of doing can wait for another day!

I should be napping now-that adage about sleeping when the baby sleeps is really good advice. Still, it is also really hard advice to follow. I'm a terrible napper and since he only sleeps two hours at a time (and really only the first hour is quiet sleeping) it is really hard for me to nap when he does. I try to sleep at night when he is sleeping. Since the doctor still has us holding him when he sleeps at night to help with the spitting up, I get a few hours when he does. I knew that having a baby meant exhaustion, but I had never really done the math before. He eats every three hours for an hour at a time. That means I spend about 8 hours a day feeding him. That's a lot of time sitting around without a shirt on acting like a milk machine! Still, I know he is the very best thing I'll ever accomplish in my lifetime, so it is well worth it. What a gift!

Wow-my blog must be annoying now. The scope of my life is so much smaller than it ever was before-it is amazing. I'm sorry if you aren't enjoying the reading at this point-I promise eventually it will get juicer than talk of breastfeeding and naps! Give us time and thank you for all sticking by us and making us feel so loved!

No comments? Come on people! I had a baby for goodness sake-it seems comment worthy!

Happy Birthday Krissy! We love you!

Grant has a stuffy nose today. Poor little bug! I'm going to try to put him in the bathroom while I shower. Wish us luck!

First day home alone with the kid today...what a long day! Taylor has a late meeting tonight, so we're looking at like 13 hours of bonding time. My only goal of the day was to take a shower and I'm proud to say I accomplished this by noon. It is amazing how priorities shift so fast! Right now Grant is napping-but I'm holding him-so I'm blogging with just one hand-not easy! I've got about 15 good minutes until we restart the eat, pooh, sleep cycle. Oh, and probably spit up-we're on outfit 7 or so today! And by the way, daytime television is terrible! I can't wait until Grant is big enough to go out!

I have the best friends in the world. My old work friends just called to try to take me out tomorrow night. I'm not really ready for that-though I have left him on two different occasions already-but it made me feel so nice. Plus-all of you have been calling and though I'm not really good at answering just yet knowing that you are all there and are thinking of our young family means the world to us. Thank you for everything.

Heather's Daily Rant is proud to present...
Heather's Baby Grant!

Grant arrived in a hurry-three weeks early-but came in a stable 6 pounds 15 ounces and 19.5 inches long. He arrived at 8:45 at night and already has Mommy and Daddy wrapped around his finger!

Grant is the most amazing blessing. We've been at home together for a week already at this point and are all starting to get to know one another. Grant is the ideal baby by day-eating and sleeping on a predictable schedule. He eats for an hour, goes to the bathroom, then sleeps for two and we do it all over again. He's having some issues going to sleep at nighttime in his bed, which is strange because he sleeps laying down all day long without a problem. We're adjusting and working out a system. We keep trying and find ways that work for everyone in the family.

Taylor is a great dad already. He has been taking care of both Grant and I. He's going back to work on Monday, which is pretty terrifying for me, but I know it is time. I've loved having him home with us, not just for the extra hands, but because it has given our family time to come together and bond quite a bit.

We took our first big outing yesterday when we went to Grammie and Poppa's for Thanksgiving dinner. Grant was a trooper and loved all the attention from the family. Taylor and I were grateful for the good hot meal and all of the love for our family. Grant did fine in the car and didn't mind coming out of his routine too much. I hope he can keep up this laid back attitude as he continues to grow and change.

For anyone who is local, visitors are always welcomed. We're doing okay at this point and would love to share Grant and his awesomeness with anyone who available. We thank you all for your well-wishes and support.

Elizabeth and Tim Hasselback and family now have even more in common with my family. Not only do they have a baby girl named Grace like we do, they just had their son and named him Taylor! My Taylor is going to be so excited that there was a little boy born somewhere in the States this year named Taylor and the name is again gaining more credence as a boys name. After all, as little Brianna told us all those years ago, "Taylor is a girls name!". Welcome baby Taylor. Baby Mac will not be another Taylor, girl or boy.