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Professional computer geek and linguist living in Germany, doing infosec stuff and being the freakiest mother ever.
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For Papa, who missed out…
Papa missed out on this yesterday: That’s right… It’s Torsten’s first cereal moustache!!! (Ok, so more made it onto the bib than into his mouth, but he did a pretty impressive job for a first time spoon-user…)
What is this “real life” of which you speak?
One of the things about having a baby is that all of this literature for new parents begins to arrive at your house, and you have no idea which of it you solicited and which of it you didn’t. Furthermore, … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, being a grownup, education, education junkie, good things, language, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, parenthood, research, sleep-impaired drivel, teaching, Torsten, travel
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4 Months – Growing like a weed
N.B. Never again will I put so many Torsten pictures in a post, but since we had some professional pics available this time, plus all of the pictures from Oma and Opa’s visit, I couldn’t resist… Dearest Torsten, I’ve tried … Continue reading
Happy birthday, Snookmeister P…
Happy birthday to my old buddy who I don’t see anymore, but with whom in spite of everything I shared some of the best laughs of my life. In your honor, I provide a link – piped through the Indirectotron … Continue reading
I be da Mommy-blogging slacker…
So right after Mr. T was born (and after I could hold my eyes open for enough blinks consecutively to actually look at a computer screen), I got this great e-card welcoming me to the world of Mommy-blogging from Sarah … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, blogging, Life, parenthood, sleep deprivation, sleep-impaired drivel, stress, Torsten
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3 Months – Super Torsten!
Dearest Torsten, Good grief, 3 months already, and you are totally your own little person now. Now I see why people say their kids grow up too fast – you no longer look like a newborn and you can do … Continue reading
The apocalypse is nigh…
So in spite of my near-worship of Dr. Harvey Karp from a few weeks past, young Master Grothoff was not really napping after that freak incident. So when, this morning at 9 after some very stressful tummy time (he can … Continue reading
2 Months – Time flies when you get no sleep!
(As always, click photos to see larger, better versions) Dear Torsten, I can’t believe you’ve already been with us for two whole months! On the other hand, you’re so much bigger and so much different than you were as a … Continue reading
Poor baby :(
Well, last night was not as idyllic as the night before because our poor little pumpkin monster’s congestion was really bad. We spent half the night together in the recliner, where I am rather frighteningly learning to sleep pretty well. … Continue reading
