I’m a planner by nature. I don’t tend to actually follow through with the plans but I like to make them. I didn’t write a “birth plan” I just wanted to listen to my body, but you could say I had some ideas for postpartum. I imagined myself at home…. Continue reading »
Hudson is mildly obsessed with pieces of art from the show Little Einsteins (could be worse, eh?) Occasionally, when we have the time we look them up online. Here’s Hudson’s Art of the Day The Unicorn of Captivity (yup, we Googled those too) is a part of seven hangings dated… Continue reading »
It’s nearly impossible not to sound like a cliche when you talk about when your first child was born. So I’m going to start this by saying that I’m not even going to try to avoid the cliches. Take a moment. Prepare yourself. I was 23 when 9lb, 21in Max… Continue reading »
“I just need a lot of your attention” Max told me when snapped at him after he interrupted me for the 4th time while I was trying to hold a conversation with a friend. Max likes to play, but it’s only interesting to him if I am watching him narrate… Continue reading »
Max explained the rules of being a pirate, I wrote them down verbatim. At a certain point he realized that I was writing it down… it quickly became a bit of a performance. Imagine the rest as one big quote: Okay, Rule 1: A Pirate should always hold swords and… Continue reading »
This was Max at dinner time tonight, he ate about 4 pieces of sushi (the vegetarian kind) and 1 piece of fish sushi (he said tonight he’d be a flexitarian – which he explained meant he could move in lots of different ways AND sometimes eat fish). Apparently, the only… Continue reading »
Max actually stepped away from the computer on his own and told me “I’m going to put on my flip flops and I’m going to G-O outside!” If Max can pull himself away from the computer– spring really has arrived.
Hudson isn’t what you call a “still” child. Here are a few pictures of him watching “Cars” in his diaper while I worked this morning and Jeff took Max out for errands. The stool he got from the kitchen. I have no idea why. You’ll note he’s not wearing any… Continue reading »
Max came in to the bedroom this morning saying “HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!” “Thank you Max, you remembered!” “How could I forget your birthday? I could never forget your birthday!” “Aww thank you honey” “besides, Dad told me.” Thanks Jeff 😉