The Minivan Diaries

Writing it all down as baby Jimmy (born December 2008) nestles himself into our life.

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Status Report

gojimmygo posted 22 weeks 2 days ago — So it’s been awhile. Let’s get you up to date. Jimmy has taken his first shuffles as he learns to crawl. He is also starting to wave goodbye, say Mama and Dada, and generally terrorize everything lower than three feet off the ground. H...

Deductions

gojimmygo posted 26 weeks 4 days ago — Have just returned from a lovely family vacation to the beach, via a packed-to-the-gills minivan rocking a turtle top. Lots of togetherness. Lots of sand. And lots of tears from Mr. James every time I walked out of the room. The most heartwrenching...

Tears

gojimmygo posted 29 weeks 1 hour ago — Well, it finally happened. Today when I left Jimmy at school (i.e., daycare; I just feel better about leaving him there for nine hours a day when I call it “school”), he cried for me. When we walked in he was all smiles for his teacher...

Sleepless

gojimmygo posted 29 weeks 6 days ago — We’ve been experiencing sleeping issues, which — by the looks of a quick Google search — appears to be one of the most angst inducing conditions in early parenthood. It’s not the getting up at 2 a.m. that bothers me. My eagerness...

Purpose

gojimmygo posted 30 weeks 1 day ago — I am trying to sort out the driving purpose of this blog. Most pressingly, I’d like to keep a record of watching Jimmy grow. I can already feel my memories of his first months fading. When did he first smile? First laugh? First grip my face a...

Minivan Trouble

gojimmygo posted 30 weeks 3 days ago — The minivan is in the shop today for three issues: (1) free first oil change; (2) grinding sound when opening/closing sliding door; and (3) bad noises and drag when careening down the highway over 75 mph. (Not that I do that.) Sadly, only issue #1...

Sticker Shock

gojimmygo posted 31 weeks 2 days ago — Continuing yesterday’s thoughts on the suburban ideal, today I have been almost obsessively pondering those stick figure family windshield decals. Specifically: I want them. Yes, I want to fill up the back windshield of the minivan with cart...

Mommy Blogging

gojimmygo posted 31 weeks 4 days ago — So it’s been a while. The short of it: I bought a minivan (Chrysler Town and Country) and I totally love it. I went back to work. I switched Jimmy to a better daycare. I miss him all day, every day. As part of my job (at least I rationalize...

Well This Changes Things

gojimmygo posted 45 weeks 3 days ago — Because Saturday was the last day of the month, I decided to take a ride to the Chrysler dealer to see if I could wrangle a deal on a Town & Country, just for comparison’s sake with the Routan. Before I sought out a salesman, I took a few...

Jimmy Conquers the Matrix

gojimmygo posted 46 weeks 2 days ago — Last night for the first time, due to a complicated array of circumstances that rendered our Jeep Commander unavailable, I had to fit three passengers — my 6′1″ husband, my 14-year-old son who already wears size 12 shoes, and Jame...