Good things that happened today: -I weighed 110.3 pounds at my doctor’s appointment today! -I had a really excellent conversation with my doctor. I love that we both became mothers right around the same time. My appointments always end with talking about parenting tricks. -Hanna and I shared a nice relaxing bath, and I taught [...]
I took Hanna for a walk this afternoon, in between rainstorms, so she could run off some energy and Ryan could take a nap. This was really our first real walk, usually when I take her out I take her in the stroller and let her run around once we get to the park. Today [...]
Hanna and I read “Night-Night Little Pookie” for our bedtime story today. We read through the whole thing once, and then, as is her wont, Hanna started flipping to her favorite places in the book for me to read them again. In this book, her favorite page is the one where Pookie’s Mama kisses him [...]
I think my mother is finally starting to get her revenge. Hanna is turning into a whiny, grabby, temper-tantrum-throwing little bundle of awesomeness. I know this is a normal stage of her development, but oh my goodness. Bedtime takes an hour and a half of screaming now before she quiets down. Her biggest joy when [...]
I think this is probably as close as I’m going to get to an actual New Year’s Resolution. I’ve been using Goodreads much more this past year to keep track of my reading, and I did one of the book challenge things last year. I’m trying to get my brain back into shape after being [...]
My mother, in her role as one of Santa’s favorite helpers, got us a copy of Carcassone for Christmas. We finally got the plastic off of it tonight and played a couple rounds. My sister has a copy that she’s brought to several family gatherings, but I’ve never played it as a two player game [...]
