We’re about 2 1/2 months into parenthood, so I thought it would be a good time to update you on how the nursery (and related baby products) are working out for us. In general, the nursery is great. Its proximity to the living areas hasn’t been an issue and actually served as a secondary hang-out […]
Today is our 7th wedding anniversary! Seriously, where does the time go? (Oh, remodeling a house together. That’s right.) Anyhow, I’m not totally sure what the traditional 7-year gift is, but I think it might be blackout shades. No? Crap. Sorry about that Kyle. At any rate, we finally ordered and installed shades for the […]
Tomorrow may be the last official day of summer, but here in Seattle we’re squeezing out every last drop. When I realized I’d be on “maternity leave” during the peak of summer, I thought I’d be spending my days taking long walks with my newborn and lounging on blankets in the park. Well, that didn’t […]
Well, this year’s blogiversary would have been completely forgotten (or at least massively delayed) had I not been randomly looking through the archives from last August just now. (I was remembering a post about how we always seem to start big house projects during the month of August.) Anyhow, as it turns out yesterday was […]
Ok, I cringe a little at the idea of a “push present” – the seemingly new tradition where a husband or partner is required to buy their baby momma a gift (preferably jewelry) for giving birth. Not that labor isn’t deserving of a present or even a gold medal, it’s just I can’t help but […]