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House of Laughter: September 2005
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Wednesday, September 28, 2005. Literature or Psycho, the movie? Sometimes I’d walk in, and he would be mad because he spit his pacifier out. I would explain that his pacifier is one and a half inches from his face tethered to his jammies. He couldn’t seem to grasp this concept at all. In this regard, babies are complete idiots. He is also eating a lot more. Sometimes he’ll only eat two ounces of formula, other times, he’ll...
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House of Laughter: July 2005
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Sunday, July 31, 2005. He's not Retarded, He's Gifted (CTL 22). This is probably our last weekend as Dinks, and so we made the most of it. I hit the beer festival,. Went out with some friends for dinner, and we went and saw Mad Hot Ballroom together. I’ve been trying to convince. To consider delivering the baby at a retail store like Target or Costco. For some reason she would prefer to deliver at Women’s Hospital. One of the ...
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House of Laughter: August 2005
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Monday, August 29, 2005. New Normal (HoL 2). I’m starting to get back into a normal routine today. I took last week off which was great, but now I’m back at work, and most of the Gift food has run out, so it’s time to role up my sleeves and get to work. I think Isaac has found his hands. The other day he watched his hand float in space almost randomly with a look on his face like What the hell is this thing? So incompetent to ...
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House of Laughter: November 2005
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Monday, November 21, 2005. Baby Faces (HoL 10). By royal decree, November 21, 2005 and all subsequent November 21 sts ad infinitum will be now known in the Cravey house as Laughter Day . Nancy heard two distinct, loud laughs today for the first time. I heard the end of one from the other side of the house. I heard two pre laugh growls as well, but Nancy got to hear the real thing, after tickling him under his chin. And it’s pi...
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House of Laughter: December 2005
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Friday, December 23, 2005. Laughed Until We Cried (HoL 13). So a couple of days before Christmas, our pastor Michael asks if I could recap the year for our casual Christmas morning service. I presented the following as a Meditation called laughing all the way. This is a much shorter version than the original. I also presented it in my pajamas and. Bathrobe, but that’s another story. Laughing all the Way. Laughing All the Way.
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House of Laughter: October 2005
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Monday, October 10, 2005. I felt that sensation on Thursday morning when I checked my voicemail at work. There were two messages, both of them were my mother. Matt, your dad is in the hospital, we think he had a stroke. Call me on my cell phone. Matt, this is your mother, call me on my cell phone when you get this message. We think your dad had a stroke. Isaac has learned to stuff his fist in his mouth this week which is prett...
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House of Laughter: April 2006
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Saturday, April 29, 2006. That Dog's Breath is Awful (HOL 31). House of Laughter 31. I woke up this morning to a very excited. Joyfully proclaiming that Isaac has two lower teeth coming in. He had been eating his breakfast and. Caught a glimpse of them. I put my finger in his maw and sure enough felt two little nubs. We called the grandmas bright and early to let them know. We went out to the farmer’s market. Dirty diaper went...
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House of Laughter: January 2006
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Matthew Cravey's journal of the birth and first years of his son Isaac Cravey. Monday, January 30, 2006. Teething and the Pre-Menstrual Syndrome Infant (HoL 16). I woke up this morning to Isaac screaming. A baby can’t fine tune the urgency in their cries very well, so the I dropped my pacifier cry is roughly the same intensity as the Gang of Bikers are Setting Fire to the House cry. I had to just walk away. I needed to calm down. Nancy went back into the room to settle him down, which lasted abou...As pa...
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