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
Dear Ari, I’m quite late writing this because you have had a busy summer so far! Now I have to think back to what you were doing a month ago since you are already doing so many new things. I expected you to be walking by your first birthday because you were so active with… Continue reading Catching Up: Ari at One Year Old!
Wow, I am SO behind on this blog! June felt incredibly busy, stressful, and exhausting for some reason, and things haven’t slowed down this month either. I’m even on my lighter work schedule! I think I’m partly trying to focus other things like keeping the house clean and going to bed on time, plus Ari… Continue reading Catching Up: Before Ari Turned 1
I was at work most of the first half of this past week, so I don’t really know what Ari was doing, except that he had a fever for a couple of days while I was working and he was keeping me up at night doing some intense teething (it looks like about three new… Continue reading Ari’s 49th Week
Ari, these are some things I want to say to you, that some day you might want to read about yourself. You are 11 months old today! And you are SOOOO cute right now! Our neighbor asked if your personality is starting to show itself and what comes to mind with you is that you… Continue reading Ari, You Are 11 Months Old!
I meant to write a post like this, about the post-partum period, after Ari hit three months old. I have it saved in my drafts still, and the first sentence is, “So long, fourth trimester!” But then I went back to work and whatever ground I had made with figuring out how to take care… Continue reading Book Review: Mothering the New Mother
I’ve had a lot of work days the past week and a half, so I haven’t done that much to blog about or taken that many pictures, but I have a few to share! I have to say, one of my work days was only 8am to 4:30pm for a training day, and that was… Continue reading More about Ari, at 10 months + 3 1/2 weeks
One week ago, lunch together at Whole Bowl: Then, eating our mostly-vegetables dinner after our organic produce delivery, with some poor table manners! We went for a rainy-day walk but we managed to squeeze it in between showers and stayed dry! We went to OMSI and played in the Science Playground area for kids ages… Continue reading Ari’s 45th Week in Words and Pictures
Bungalow Blooming 