Happy fifth birthday, Overthink!

Tomorrow my humble slice of the Internet celebrates its fifth year in existence. Here's a link to my very first post. Five years ago, I had only been living in my house for a year, was a newlywed, couldn't even fathom having a child and was working somewhere totally different. I was in a different place all around. Five years later, I am proud of myself, the progress I have made and how far this blog has come. Go Overthink! And feel free to buy me a present.

Six months old

That would be my son. On Sunday. Holy crap. Wasn't it just yesterday I was pushing him out and then bringing him home from the hospital? A lot has changed with him in six months.

He has doubled his birth weight.

He's chatting up a storm, especially to himself in the crib in the morning (fun listening over the monitor), and laughing at nothing in particular.

He notices when you leave the room now. And strangers are starting to freak him out.

He tries to play peekaboo with his teething towel.

He has discovered his hands and feet, the latter of which are regularly making it into his mouth.

He's grabbing everything in sight and sticking it into his mouth.

He's still trying to cut some teeth.

He rolls over like a champ and is trying to crawl, although rolling down the river is his primary modus operandi of transportation.

He eats oatmeal and carrots and butternut squash.

So different from the seven-pound, 13-ounce bundle we brought home from the hospital who eat, pooped, cried and then did it all again.

I love you, Boo. Happy half birthday. And happy Fourth to you!

Post 1K

I have been like Barry Bonds this year, gunning for a record. (And like ol' Barry, I take steroids too, if only for my asthma.) I wanted to hit 1,000 posts by the end of the year. And today, friends and neighbors, a month before the end of 2007, I did it. Holy crap.

This blog (and me) have come a long, long way in four-plus years, and I plan to take it even further. For proof of the journey, check out my very first post.