Before we started a family, we were up in Tahoe skiing pretty much 3 weekends out of every month. We made the 3.5 hour drive up on Friday night or early Saturday morning and then back again on Sunday afternoon after two full days of skiing. Work week, then back to Tahoe. Now it’s a bit more of an ordeal....
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Baby #2?
No, no, this isn’t an announcement about me being pregnant. It’s more of a question for you all. I’m starting to wonder why people have another baby? I’m starting to believe that it must be a mistake in most cases. Could they really forget how much work the first year was? Their first is finally becoming a pretty cool individual,...
Does he do what you ask?
A few weeks ago Jackson had his 1 year check-up. I think it must be pretty standard for the doctor to ask questions about whether or not he’s doing certain things, like, picking up small items with is fingers, babbling, walking, talking, etc. Jax is, for the most part, on schedule. (He was saying more words, but since he started...
Sweet dreams.
(Sleeping on our plane flight back from Phoenix in January) I thought I’d chime in on all this sleep talk, with some good news. Even bad sleepers can become good sleepers. We had a rough go of it at the beginning (I’m starting to finally get over it so I’m not going to rehash) and sleeping was honestly the least...
Eleanor Finley: A Birth Story Part II
Birth Story Part I left off right when I was about to take the induction drugs, so here we go with Part II. The drug they gave me was Misoprostol–and induction drug that is supposed to be slower-acting and is administered orally. They started me out with half a dose to see how my body would respond, telling me to...
Eleanor Finley: A Birth Story Part I
Well, the long-awaited (maybe, maybe not) birth story. I’ll try and give details without giving too many details, but if you want any information about any part of the process I’ll be happy to share in an email. I started to write this in its entirety but apparently I’m quite verbose, so I decided to break it up into two...
Breastfeeding Update
(image courtesy of Edyta Szyszlo Photography) At six weeks I think I can say we have turned a corner, for real this time (knock on wood). Of course there will still be hiccups since mastitis, clogged ducts and thrush can creep up at any time, but for now I think I might be on my way to actually enjoying nursing....
1st Birthday Party
You can count on a party to get your house into shape. We spent most of the weekend finally putting the house together since our move last month. We were hanging curtains, organizing closets, hanging shelves, hanging a pendant lamp in our room, swapping out the not-so-lovely bathroom hardware for new pretty hardware, trying to make our not-so-presentable yard more...
See you next year!
As a kid (and as an adult too, sadly), my favorite joke during this time of the year was ‘see you next year!’ So unless I get a hankering to post something in the next few hours (which probably won’t happen) . . . then it will be next year before we meet again. It sounds like an eternity! It...
A Month as a Mom
Erica posted about a year as a mom, and here I am 11 months behind, with one month of motherhood under my belt. I can’t believe we’ve had little Eleanor at home for 4 weeks now! We’ve gotten through the month with a lot of blood, sweat and tears as well as many smiles and laughter and overwhelming love. (us...