We had a lovely Easter weekend! A.’s parents and his brother and his wife were all visiting. First, we had a pleasant evening walk in the neighborhood – it’s looking SO beautiful right now, all pink petal frosted. On Saturday, we went to Multnomah Falls… Then our favorite game store, Guardian Games – where we… Continue reading Easter – and First Words?
I’ve worked six 13+-hour days in the past 9 days since my last update, so I haven’t seen much of Ari! He had his first trip to the mall and his first trip to OMSI (the science museum) with his nanny when it was raining and she wanted to get out of the house. Apparently… Continue reading Ari is 10 Months Old!
I’m in the middle of my long work stretch. I got a bonus four hours off on Sunday when I got to leave early because our census was low, then I had yesterday off, just a short project at work today, and tomorrow I start another stretch of three shifts. The weather has been AMAZING… Continue reading A Quick Update
Ugh – I’m about to start a stretch of work where I’ll do 80 hours in 8 days. That’s six long days where I won’t see Ari except for sleepy breastfeeding, one day with just a short committee thing, and one day off. I’m going to pay for the lovely six days (minus a work… Continue reading Ari at 9 and 1/2 months – a busy boy! With a haircut!
Ari had his 9-month well-baby appointment and is finally caught up on his vaccinations until his one-year. He weighed 18 and 1/2 pounds and was about 28 inches long, putting him now between the 25th and 50th percentiles for length and the 10th and 25th for weight. He used to be closer to the 50th… Continue reading Ari, now almost 9 1/2 months old
Whew! It feels like more than a week and a half since my last post. Maybe that’s because we’ve been having a bad time with sleep! I’ve started to think that Ari might be getting too old to be waking up and nursing every few hours every night. Getting five uninterrupted hours of sleep in… Continue reading Another (sleep-deprived) week and a half in the life of Ari! And now he’s 9 months old!
Last weekend we took the train to Olympia to spend the night with my aunt and visit my other aunt and uncle and my cousin and her boyfriend and my aunt and uncle’s dog and cats and tiny new puppy! It was Ari’s second train trip and it worked out great again – most of… Continue reading A Mama + Baby Weekend Getaway
This past week, I had my first 3-day stretch at work in a while. I know most jobs are five days in a row every week, but at my job a full-time week is three 13-hour days. Different people like to arrange their schedules differently, and I’m still figuring out what I like. It’s nice… Continue reading 8 months + 1 week, a little hiking
I want to take a moment and say that motherhood is not easy! I read blogs that make me feel bad about everything I’m not doing as well as other people seemingly are, and I don’t want anyone to feel that way reading my blog. Well, I did take a great class on motivation in… Continue reading 8 Months of Motherhood and Looking Ahead to 2014
Not that he stayed in his crib all night…A. put him there when he got up. Anyway, he’s pulling himself up!
Bungalow Blooming 