Congratulations to my lady!

The title should be “ladies”, but Heather is my lady, and Leta is my girl. Heather and Leta are featured in the New York Times! (registration required)

I’m so proud. And they spelled Heather and Leta correctly.

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  • http://www.maxigumee.com maxigumee

    Ohmygosh! The photo in the paper is so big! It’s like half of the page!

  • http://www.cow-dog.net Louise

    Awesome!
    You can use bugmenot​.com to get past the crazy registration business, if you want.

  • http://thehoneybunny.blogspot.com/ HoneyBunny

    that’s a great article. and the photo is awesome. leta looks so precious. you guys are the coolest parents EVAH!

  • http://www.lompyville.blogspot.com marsha

    just wrote long drawn out rant on that article. Love seeing the pic but it was such a dumbass bit of writing. Saw it linked too on another parent’s site last night and started typing away. Totally excited at first when I saw Leta and recognized her. Happy for the website and dooce! Conrgats! I also have to say heather talkign about her postpartment depression actually made me realize that it wasn’t me being weak when my boy was born. God I could write you both fan mail forever but I’ll end it with Thanks. You help and entertain.

  • Susie

    Anybody notice the photographer was Tom Smart? I remember him from when he was the spokesman for the Smart family when Elizabeth was missing. Anyway, it’s a great photo.

  • http://www.blurbomat.com Jonna

    Dude, I’m in PR and do you know how many of my clients would kill for placement like that? ;-) Congratulations. And Susie — remember a while back on Dooce when Tom Smart took photos of Heather for an earlier Times story that never ran her photo? If not, look it up — great entry, actually, since it was not too far after the Return of Elizabeth.

  • http://www.motherinchief.com Suzanne

    The NY Times article left me feeling a little empty. It was lacking some of the more important reasons that parents blog in the first place: community, feeling like you’re not alone, contributing to society in a round-about kind of way. My biggest problem is with the article’s assertion that parent-bloggers are crashing towards a self-fulfilling letdown: “And of course the more parents blog, the less likely they are to get the attention and validation they seem to crave.” For me, flexing my fingers into flowing sentences, and seeing the fruit of my non-paying labor in all its monitor-glowing glory is reward enough.…although a picture of my kid in the Times would be cool too ;-)

  • http://shenuts.com sarcastic journalist

    blurb, you make pretty babies.

  • jenn

    jon,

    congrats to your girls. this is so exciting for heather. her website has not only helped herself, but so many others. she deserves all the success that comes her way.

    jenn

  • http://overdressedconfessions.blogspot.com/ kalisah

    I can’t believe how grown up Leta looks in that photo.

  • sclark

    Congratulations to you all! That’s really awesome.

  • http://www.laughitupfuzzball.com Tracy

    AWESOME article. I’ve never met you guys, but you feel like friends, and I’m really proud of Miss Heather and the Lovely Leta.

  • http://www.brendajo.blogspot.com stella

    When I looked at the photo caption under dooce’s picture on the right (black sweater/shirt) I got a little misty eyed. Seriously.

    Yall are the best. Congrats on one year here’s to many more!

  • http://hangingaround.blogspot.com Boom

    I am a regular Dooce reader but popped over here for a change. Congrats to you and Heather (and Leta)!

  • http://www.heydere2.blogspot.com heather deeee

    awww, what a sweet picture. she is a beautiful little sweet heart!

  • amy

    beautiful photo. interesting article. self-absorbtion? please. those people are pissed they didn’t have the guts to write about all the things everyone is feeling but afraid to express. parenting is scary/rewarding/painful/tedious. everyone needs validation. mothers very rarely get it (who is there to say damn you did a fine job emptying the dishwasher…over and over and over again!). the bigger the network of expression the less people will worry about whether these feelings are ok/natural/occuring in everyone. i had a playgroup with my child and there were only 5 other women-a few who wouldn’t express any anxiety. now if i had a baby, i would have a whole network.

    some people don’t have the natural gift for seeing humor in things until someone points them out. with a daughter who is turning 14, i can read heather’s blog (and other parenting blogs), see her angst, remember mine, see that it has turned out ok and laugh at my new anxieties a 14 year old brings.

    thank you for both your sites. they are both appreciated and enjoyed.

  • Mt

    The article was short, then it had to be superficial (unless the writer was exceptional, but that’s uncommon in press). What I think makes the article interesting is that it provided some thoughts (+ and — ) and links to some pages, so readers can go to the blogs and get their own opinion on the whole issue.

    Anyway, years to come, it will be nice to show Leta her photo in a major journal. :-)

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