About the FireFamily
About FireMom & FireDad
FireMom
27. Wife. Mom to BigBrother (November 05) and LittleBrother (November 07). First Mom to the Munchkin. Christian. Breastfeeding, cloth diapering, babywearing Mama. Currently working from home.
Likes: Avocados. Snow. 90’s music. Books, books, books. Water, iced tea and the occasional calorie splurge of a Pepsi. Oh, and coffee in the morning. Pierogies and paczki. Diamonds. Photography. Writing, writing, writing. Napping. Long walks, not necessarily on the beach. Yellow roses.
Dislikes: Turnips. Excessive heat (aka, summer). When there’s no coffee in the morning. Loud noises at night. Fire calls on holidays. Lack of sleep. Stickers, also known as hang nails. Mommy wars. The fact that all pants are too long for short legs. Cats that use the rose garden as their bathroom.
If you’re interested, you can also find FireMom on Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook. Also, FireMom writes about her personal adoption journey at The Chronicles of Munchkin Land. You can learn about her relinquished daughter, fondly known as the Munchkin, on that site. She also writes for AdoptionBlogs.com on the Birth/First Parent blog.
FireDad
26. Husband. Dad to the previously mentioned brothers. Professional fire fighter and thus the reason for all the fire analogies and terminology. Big bad hunter. Also a paramedic and an ex-soldier. In short, he can either save you or kill you.
Likes: Steelers. Penn State. Football in general. Post Secret. Stupid humor on YouTube. Or, really, stupid humor in general. Family Guy. Simpsons. Louder music than FireMom likes. Being outside. Fixing things FireMom breaks. Making beer, not moonshine. St. Patrick’s Day in Pittsburgh, PA. Sadie the Dog, but not so much Annie. Wrestling with BigBrother and, eventually, LittleBrother. Oh, yeah, fire trucks.
Dislikes: Gas prices. When FireMom nags. Waking up in the morning. Waking up from naps. Waking up for fire calls. Waking up in general. Saurkraut, which annoys FireMom. Chick flicks. And anything that interferes with naps or sleep in general.
Together
FireMom & FireDad were married in 2004. Together they enjoy really boring things like Jeopardy or playing Scrabble or Chess. They’re also somewhat dorkily addicted to Wii. They like snow, which is why they went skiing on their honeymoon, but they also like the beach. In fact, the outdoors are pretty darn awesome. They laugh at immature jokes, send each other stupid videos and occasionally instant message each other when in talking range.
…And then they had some kids.
BigBrother
BigBrother was born in November of 2005. For those that can’t do math, no, FireMom & FireDad were not expecting at their wedding but did start trying to conceive shortly after they said their vows due to a medical condition on FireMom’s part. The pregnancy with BigBrother was rather hectic and complicated due to said medical condition but resulted in a healthy, eight pound, eight ounce little boy born at thirty-eight weeks gestation.
Currently in the midst of his terrible twos, BigBrother is actually and surprisingly enjoying being a big brother. He shares kisses with LittleBrother, asks about his whereabouts when he is not present in a room and talks to him when he’s chilling on the playmat or in a bouncy seat. But those terrible twos? Man.
Likes: Thomas the Train, the movie Cars, anything fire truck related, crashing cars together, Thomas the Train, coloring with crayons, Thomas the Train, his sandbox, swinging, his slide, climbing up his slide the wrong way, tractors (real or play), Thomas the Train, milk, macaroni, pierogies, blocks, dancing to 80’s music (no, really), church, girls at church, brushing his teeth, Thomas the Train. Oh, and Thomas the train.
Dislikes: Naps, when he’s not allowed to watch Thomas the Train, when he’s bad and gets a train taken away from him, time outs, juice (seriously, ANY juice), fruit that is slimy except for bananas, long car rides, putting on jackets, when it’s time to come inside, when he gets busy and forgets to pee in the potty which results in an accident, when FireMom has to wash his blankies, when people put the wrong trains in the wrong sheds, when his train tracks break, when we don’t want to read the same book for the 8564907th time, holding hands, when FireMom & FireDad kiss. And, oh, naps.
LittleBrother
For the neb-noses among us, yes, FireMom & FireDad did choose to have their children THAT close together. Some of that was based upon the fact that BigBrother hadn’t yet started having tantrums when they made the decision. Some of it was based on the same medical condition. And some of it was based on the large age difference between FireMom & FireDad’s siblings. All that aside, LittleBrother came into the world two years and one week (still in the month of November) after BigBrother arrived. He weighed in at seven pounds, seven ounces. He also made it to thirty-eight weeks gestation just one day shy of the thirty-nine week mark.
As of right now, he’s still pretty laid back. He sleeps through the night on most occasions and is learning to nap at two regular intervals during the day. His first real smile was for his BigBrother which seems very appropriate. He’s a cloth diapered little dude (Fuzzi Bunz and a few other WAHM pockets, Goodmama fitteds with various covers, Muttaqin Fitteds and a handful of random fitteds as well) and is frequently worn (mostly in a Mei Tai from MeiTaiCarrier.com) so that FireMom can keep up with BigBrother. He will hit his six month exclusively breastfed milestone within the month of May! Then onto solids!
Likes: Being worn, cloth diapers, his green fuzzy blanket (it’s the best blanket EVER), Mommy’s milk, his bagillion grandparents, the exersaucer (but especially when it is outside), being outside in general, rolling around on the floor, BigBrother, baths, BigBrother, BigBrother, BigBrother.
Dislikes: Being cold, clapping in church, that dumb pacifier from the hospital, and people who ask if he’s a girl. (He doesn’t dislike much right now… )
Last Updated on May 15, 2008.
