Dear Jacob,   You are three years old, and funnier, sweeter every day. You are also looking to stand your ground when you can, which, quite frankly, is exhausting. Some days are twelve hours of a power struggle, but you find ways, intentionally or not, to make me smile in the midst of it. A […]

Jacob is on the brink of three years old. The way he’s talking these days makes it clear that he’s aware of so much in our world and that he really is listening. He also seems to be contending for full authorship of the blog.   On having (dairy-free) quesadillas for lunch: “I’m going to […]

— 1 — Jacob has the quintessential toddler voice. Consonants are consistently mispronounced; syllables are added and removed on a whim; subject-verb agreement is spotty. I love every minute of it, and almost don’t want him to figure it all out. It will be for the best when he does, of course, but for now […]