During this pregnancy, a lot of my symptoms have been much different than they were with Carver. I didn’t feel very nauseous this time, but did have extreme food cravings and aversions (“If I don’t eat a chicken caesar wrap right now, I’m going to throw up!”). And although I know I was tired last go round, [...]
One thing I love about Ethan is that he calls me pretty during some of my most flustered, frizzy-haired, strawberry-stains-on-my-shirt moments. Today when he got home from work (which is at lunch time these days) he said “Hi, cute lady.” I guess my look told him I didn’t feel too cute because he asked me [...]
I think I should fill you in on some of Carver’s new talents. He now tries to feed himself with a spoon. Although the other parent in this household cringes at the mess, I think its pretty funny and I’m excited he’s taking steps toward more independent eating. Another step he took toward independent nutrition [...]
…between Carver and Kennon
C-falls asleep every morning on our jog (despite Kennon’s efforts to play with him, tell him stories, show him trees and grab his knee; despite my efforts to talk to him, give him toys, keep him awake by making him hold my water bottle, etc)
K-enthusiastically points at every single tree we pass [...]
6:40 AM- Carver wakes up (much better than the 5:30 wake-up time yesterday).
9:00 AM- Water goes off in our apartment building.
10:30 AM- Carver wakes up early from his nap and we get to spend some one-on-one time together.
11:30 AM- Lunch time, the most stressful time of my day. Kennon shrieks while I try to feed [...]
Did you know that apple baby food and unsweetened applesauce have the same ingredient list, but that the baby version is usually at least twice the price per ounce? Most applesauce brands make a 6-pack sold in 3.5 ounce servings, perfect baby proportions.
If that news wasn’t good enough already, and you live near a Publix, [...]
Here are 2 ideas we used for Carver’s room:
For this one, all I did was spray paint letters (from Michael’s) and hot-glue ribbon to the back. Or you can buy pre-made letters from Pottery Barn Kids at an absurd cost.
Instead of a store-bought mobile, I had Ethan hang these paper lanterns above the crib.
Can’t sleep.
I was thinking, why not do some sort of fun blog for every day of the week? Who knows if I’ll actually stick with it, but it could be fun. My ideas so far:
Minute Monday: You know how you take “minutes” for a meeting? I’m pretty sure that’s an old school term. Or maybe [...]
I find myself avoiding all the extensive topics I want to blog about because I know how much time it’ll take. I’m not one of those people that just writes as they think and then…boom! Posted! (Kind of like Michael’s “boom…roasted” from The Office) See, I’ve already edited this first paragraph.
Anyway, instead of some [...]
