You should know that you have some of the most amazing aunties in the entire world. Your Aunties Kelly (lysistrata) Sarah (sapienza) Rose (missplantnerd) and the lj-less Karen and Maui surprised your mama with a mini-baby shower yesterday. Mama and daddy had decided not to have a shower for you, at least partially because of the timing with holidays, etc, but your Aunties ( Read more... )

I know it has been *forever* since I posted here...having a laptop that actually connects to the internet will hopefully get me back in the habit, as writing anything longer than 3 sentences on my phone kinda makes me want to throw things (like my phone ( Read more... )

Aidan turned a year old on Wednesday, and I feel like time is going faster and faster with every passing day. I’ve decided that at least once a year (if not much more often if I can think of it) I want to post his activities and favorites, just so when I look back I can remember some of these things.

( favorites )

Got back to my desk after my noontime pumping to find 5 missed calls on my cel, and 7 missed calls on my work phone. i call bri back, to find out that lil man is running a fever and we need to pick him up. Mild panic time ensues as i am at work with no way to get home (i take the bus in) and he is 45 minutes away on his motorcycle (and they frown ( Read more... )

(backstory, my breastmilk supply has been tanking recently, and i've been kinda worried about not pumping enough to get us through the first year-I haven't really said much because i was afraid i would turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy ( Read more... )

I finally made some progress in reclaiming my house last night. I know that in some ways, it's a losing battle. Now that lil man is around, there will be toys around, and I can accept that...but when my mother-in-law was living with us, she had trouble with stairs, so we moved diaper changing stuff down into the living room, including the diaper ( Read more... )

( i can't believe he's almost 6 months old! )

I have a bunch of people in my life who are pregnant right now, and I’ve been trying to offer advice, without getting on my soapbox (as a strong proponent of going as natural as you can, and of [slightly] extended breastfeeding-Aidan will be weaned at a year, my soapbox is there and just waiting for me to jump on it). Welcome to my breastfeeding ( Read more... )

3 Months later, and things are going really well. Lil man is eating and growing like a champ, he’s smiling and giggling (easily the best sound in the world) and is holding his head up about 99% of the time (only when he’s super tired does he drop it) he’s thinking about rolling over, and seems like he’s going to try at least once during every ( Read more... )

I swear I’m going to hang a sign on my chair at work ( Read more... )