@cherof Aaron are these outtake from an episode of Frasier where you’re a child guest star? Maybe from a season 7 episode in which Frasier takes Freddie to laser tag?
Very excited to be back at the stadium next weekend, but watching the post season from our living room floor surrounded by mega bloks is going pretty well so far!
@yeahpathy I have a *very* overdue library copy of it that I’m maybe a third of the way through… the new mom stuff is hitting very hard! But I also don’t want to put it down when I manage to pick it up?
Last night I jokingly asked @leftcoastsuit if we had a playlist of our shortlist of “New Year” songs, and this morning he presented me with this very nice playlist. 10/10 husband, no notes. https://t.co/srBTO2vAAR
We live in Washington State, where new parents qualify for 12 weeks of partially paid bonding leave (plus 4 weeks medical leave for the birthing parent). Our employers both subsidize the difference in salary. We are incredibly lucky, but it should not be up to luck.
It’s pretty surreal to be 1.5 months into my own 4 month paid parental leave (the first 3 months of which @leftcoastsuit is also home for) as the nation debates whether or not everyone deserves this. Our leave feels like a luxury, when it should be a given expectation.
Yes, being a new parent is hard, and the stories about what happens when parents don’t have access to parental leave are devastating. But what happens when both parents do have this time at home? I’ll treasure these moments of joy we’ve been able to share as a new family forever.
Emmy’s also practicing her best Mariners Cotton Candy Girl impression - I think she’ll have it down by the time we can get her to the ballpark! #WHEREiROOT