The Delaney and Waylon Diaries

Four years!

The Delaney & Waylon Diaries is celebrating FOUR YEARS! I started this blog on June 23, 2005, just three months after Delaney was born. My life was completely turned upside down by my beautiful baby girl and a new work-from-home opportunity, both of which were the inspirations that led me to where I am today both personally and professionally. It seems I hardly post here any more but I can't find the guts to shut this blog down. So, if you're still reading my occasional posts, thank you. I've met so many smart, savvy, wonderful and amazing people through this blog. You've inspired me too. Thanks for coming back again and again.

Waylon is...

...saying all kinds of words and trying to say others. Sure, crocodile, popsicle and helicopter all sound the same (and a little like Czechoslovakian) but *I* know the difference.

...walking up and down the stairs and climbing up the couch and giving his mother heart attacks. 

...learning to be a comedian with his funny faces and by saying yes when he means no and no when he means yes (He shakes his head in the inappropriate direction just to get laughs. Who can blame him? It works.).

...in love with the swimming pool.

...completely weaned.

...a strong-willed, feisty little boy and a shy, quiet soul all at once.

...the most handome boy I've ever seen (funny faces included).

More four-isms

Delaney, as she looks wistfully at me: "Mom, you know what I wish we had? More dresses than I could ever wear. More house than we could ever live in. More food than we could ever eat."

Me: "Well, Delaney, I like to think we have everything we need. We have a wonderful family who we love. We have a nice house and plenty of food. We have clothes and books and friends."

Delaney, scrunching up her face as she thinks about that: "Well, I wish we had more construction paper."