12 whole weeks! By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 10, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, razorbacks, xanga Leave a comment Everyone survived our first week of the new routine — Mom going back to work, Colt going to daycare, and all the dropping-off, picking-up, bag-packing, goodbye-kiss-blowing, and tear-drying that comes with it. We are still…
Yep, it’s September already. By Sarah Martin HoodSeptember 3, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, daycare, razorbacks, xanga 1 Comment Wow. I can hardly believe Labor Day has come and gone and we're almost a week into September. And that Colt is 11 weeks old! This week we ventured back into the 'real world' with…
10 weeks! By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 27, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, xanga 2 Comments In honor of this double-digit occasion, I thought I’d try out a video post. Let me know what you think. Videos will continue to get more exciting as Colt learns new "tricks" — for now…
WEEKEND UPDATE By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 24, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: travel Tags: colt, xanga Leave a comment As promised — First and foremost, at the risk of jinxing us, I would like to announce that I got 7 (consecutive!) hours of sleep last night for the first time since June 18! That’s…
9 weeks/2 months By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 21, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: travel Tags: colt, xanga 2 Comments I’ve noticed that as people get older – the description of their age is less and less specific. You hear about babies being 6 minutes or 3 hours old, then 2 days old, then it’s…
Where do we stack the empties? By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 13, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, jeff, xanga 1 Comment Yes, bottle feeding is coming along nicely. There is still the occasional wrestling match – but Colt’s figured out that eating from a bottle doesn’t HAVE to be torture and he’s decided to comply –…
What’s so funny?! By Sarah Martin HoodAugust 6, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: colt, jeff, razorbacks, xanga 1 Comment Smiling! Laughing, really. I think God knew what he was doing when he decided when babies would smile. It just so happens to be about the time they start crying real tears. While I am…
6 weeks old! By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 30, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, xanga 3 Comments Right after Colt was born, Nancy told me that 6 weeks was the magical time in a new Mom’s life that things seem to settle into a routine and she’s no longer the completely-clueless-crazy-person-with-the-new-baby —…
Not 2. Not 4. — You get 3 strikes. By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 28, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: xanga 2 Comments So, this may seem out of character ? but I am absolutely obsessed with a mildly obscure reality show called ?So You Think You Can Dance??. I stumbled upon it a few years ago (yes,…
5 weeks! By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 23, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, xanga 1 Comment Well here it is — 9:56 p.m. — and I am finally sitting down to write my weekly Colt Report. He started smiling some this week – but I haven’t been able to get a…
One Month Young By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 18, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: travel Tags: chick-fil-a, colt, jeff, xanga 3 Comments Another exciting week in the life of Baby Hood! Though I couldn’t quite get my act together to have Colt participate in Cow Appreciation Day last weekend at Chick-fil-A, we did have a good week….
You’re Gonna Miss This By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 11, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: xanga 2 Comments She was starin’ out the window of their SUVComplainin’, sayin’ "I can’t wait to turn 18"She said "I’ll make my own money, and I’ll make my own rules"Mamma put the car in park out there…
3 weeks! By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 9, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, xanga 2 Comments Time is flying! Colt is 3 weeks old today and growing like crazy. He gained back up to his birth weight (and then some!) before he was a week old — and, though we haven’t…
Happy 4th of July! By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 7, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, jeff, xanga Leave a comment As has become the tradition, Jeff and I spent the 4th of July with Keith, Don and crew — and this year we brought our little firecracker along to celebrate. There was food and fun…
The Baby Diaries: Week 2 By Sarah Martin HoodJuly 1, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, walmart, xanga 1 Comment Tomorrow Colt will be 2 whole weeks old – which is truly hard to believe. We waited for him for so long and we are enjoying every minute of him being here. I am almost…
One step forward, two steps back. By Sarah Martin HoodJune 28, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: jeff, xanga 1 Comment Dear Bill, I understand I have you to thank for inadvertently informing my husband of the existence and accessibility of the "Sports and Information Tier" of cable channels. We were barely scraping by with only…
Colt: First Week on the Job By Sarah Martin HoodJune 25, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, jeff, razorbacks, xanga 1 Comment It?s hard to believe he?s been here a whole week already! It?s been very exciting ? and I know everyone is anxious for updates on the little guy. We got home late Thursday night after…
Monday June 23, 2008 By Sarah Martin HoodJune 23, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: colt, xanga Leave a comment Colt misses Grandma and Grandpa Martin – they had to get home for Grandma’s surgery, but we hope they come back soon!
Friday June 20, 2008 By Sarah Martin HoodJune 20, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: Uncategorized Tags: bump, colt, jeff, pregnancy, xanga 2 Comments Colt Edmund. Born Wednesday, 18 June at 3:06 pm. 6lbs 6 oz. 19 3/4 inches.
Welcome to the 21st Century– By Sarah Martin HoodJune 17, 2008September 4, 2016 Categories: work life balance Tags: saatchi & saatchi X, xanga 3 Comments I’ve probably mentioned before that I have never considered myself a "cool kid". And I’m ok with that. I spent weekends in high school playing bassoon and xylophone in the band and traveling the state…