Yes, I know, we’re well past Halloween. Getting on the computer seems to get harder and harder for me! Anyway, here are some pictures from the last couple weeks of October. Ari’s grandparents on his daddy’s side came to visit and took him to OMSI! I dressed him up in his new rain suit for… Continue reading 16 1/2 Months – Happy Halloween!
I read a blog called Feeding the Soil, by a blogger I’ve been following since she first started blogging about planning her wedding on 2000dollarwedding, when I was planning my own wedding. She had her first son right around the time I first started thinking seriously about getting pregnant, and her (hyper-analyzed) journey inspired a… Continue reading Ari is 16 Months Old: A Motherhood Turning Point?
Quite a while ago I was feeling stressed and overworked and I picked up this book for $1 from the thrift store sale section, titled with a phrase I’ve heard before to describe working mothers’ home life: The Second Shift. It’s been published in many editions, and the one I picked up looks like this:… Continue reading Book Review: The Second Shift. Also thoughts on the division of labor at home and “family-friendly” workplaces.
When I posted Ari’s 15-month update, I didn’t include his basic growth stats or much of his developmental “milestones.” I want to write about some of those things now (he’s at daycare so I have time!), partly because I haven’t been updating a baby book or any other record. At 12 months, the doctor was… Continue reading Ari at 15 1/2 months: a developmental growth spurt?
This month felt SO LONG! It was an epic month and a whirlwind at the same time. Is that because I have a toddler? I don’t know, but this is pretty much what the month from mid-August to mid-September looked like for me: Not hanging out at IKEA, but with 14-month-old Ari toddling away from… Continue reading Ari’s 15th Month: Keeping Busy, Riding Electric Cargo Bikes, and Watching Dogs Have Fun
In this post I’m going to get you all caught up on the rest of Ari’s developmental progress in the past month! I covered walking and climbing in my last post. After we got back from Canada I had a bunch of work days that added up to about 65 hours over seven days, followed… Continue reading Ari is 14 Months Old!
Okay, this is still a catch-up post. This summer is so busy! Ari is such a big boy now I just can’t believe it. Ever since our mid-July trip – so just before he turned 13 months old – he’s been feeding himself pretty well with silverware. I now let him feed himself his multigrain… Continue reading We Have a Toddler! And We Took Him To Canada!
Okay I have to make this post quick! I’m so behind! In mid-July we went on our annual family get-together with my mom’s side of the family, this time to Sunriver, Oregon. We had so much fun staying in a big house with everyone! We did biking and hiking (in caves and on mountains), swimming,… Continue reading Catching Up: Family Trip to 13 Months Old!
Ari did more and more standing on his own… I love these little boy pants: He “helped” take down his party decorations: Went to the pool, where he could stand up at the shallow end for the first time: Went to the park and practiced throwing the ball for Andrew: My mom came to visit… Continue reading Catching Up: End of June, Beginning of July
We celebrated Ari’s birthday with a backyard get-together the weekend after the big day. It was fun to have a summer party on a warm, sunny day! As usual, I way overdid the planning and Google image searching for weeks beforehand, so I was all stressed out and still cleaning the house and setting up… Continue reading Ari’s First Birthday Party
Bungalow Blooming 