whats up around here:well, im just shy of 38 weeks along. ours baby seems to have dropped in the last few days so theres that. and its definitely taken me out of my blissful state of feeling like we ...
oh this guy.here he is, happy as a clam, standing on my moms chair at our mothers day picnic at the rose gardens. his happy little face is my favorite thing on earth. i could kiss those cheeks all da...
we spent a sunny afternoon at the park the other day.get a load of these two:peas on a pod, they are.these next two photos make my heart burst with pride:you might be wondering why – so here it is:bo...
i cant think of another thing i love more than being a mommy. its what im meant to be. ive never felt a stronger pull in any other direction. not even close.being bonzos mommy is the best thing ive e...
its hard to believe that my sweet little family of three is going to become a sweet little family of four in just a handful of weeks – like six of them.i found this photo the other day and it made my...
bonz loves a smoothie. but the thing is that lately he doesnt love the sound of the blender. but that doesnt stop us! weve just expanded our smoothie-in-a-jar repertoire.on the top of the favorite li...
last week bonzo had his first appointment at the dentist for a cleaning. i was a bit worried and pretty much could not imagine how it would go. basically, i couldnt even fathom bonzo opening wide and...
somehow ive managed to become slightly anemic in this pregnancy. its nothing major but im paying a little more attention to my iron consumption than i would be otherwise.and since nuts and seeds are ...
choo choo was off last week – hooray!the three of us traipsed off to one of our very favorite spots, the zoo, to visit some of our very favorite friends, the giraffes.bonzos fed them before but somet...
weekend before last, me, bonz and my mama spent a very foggy sunday at the botanic gardens. it was heavenly. the air just smells so good there. bonzo loved all the paths and rocks and, of course, the...
i absolutely appreciate the power of editing photos. mores just plain more sometimes and doesnt always make for a better story. in fact, it rarely does.having said that, there was very little editing...
im in major nesting mode these days. organizing, cleaning, preparing – and trying to tie up loose ends.one such loose end is my self-appointed task of going through all of alfie kohns unconditional p...
bonzo, lately: "i just love you, mommy!" then reaching his teensy arms as wide as theyll go, "i love you up to the moon. this gigantic!"ps: out of the many books i ordered about becom...
oh how the days and weeks seem to be flying by.ill be thirty two weeks along on saturday. thirty two!im feeling good. mostly normal energy – until about 4 oclock, that is. and i get flooded by feelin...
first thing sunday morning i whispered, "happy easter, baby" to my sweet bonzo. he lit right up and asked, "is it easter right now? is auntie here?"he knew easter meant family and fun...
deliciousness.
me: "do you think ours babys going to be a boy or a girl?"bonzo: "ummmm... just a baby."
the typical morning around here goes something like this:wake up, have nursies, go up front, have a pre-breakfast bite, get cozy, cuddle – probably have a few more nursies – then get down to it: book...
after over two and a half years of rear facing – with very few complaints i might add – bonzos officially forward facing in the car as of a couple weeks ago and let me tell you, hes pretty sure ...
i was telling my mama that i wanted to get a good citrus juicer the other day. i have a little glass one which is great for little bits of juice here and there but i wanted to step up the OJ pro...
last nights dinner was a crowd pleaser. everyone had seconds and there were high-fives all around. it turned out to be the perfect way to wrap up the first day of spring: sitting at the table wi...
so this heres the second photo of this pregnancy. and its from the iphone. again.goal: use real camera more often. for this and everything else.(oh that phone camera has made me lay-zee!)as you ...
oh, hi.yeah. the past couple weeks sure went by in a hurry.lots done, lots not done. you know how it goes.for starters, im twenty-freaking-seven weeks along as of today. twenty seven.the punchline, o...
oh, you know... just the typical goings-on at the dinner table:bonz needed to wear the band-band-head for his meal. it just seemed like the right thing to wear and the right time to wear it. we were ...
ive mentioned before that bonzo loves to talk about when he was born. loves it. and he likes to compare his story to whats going on with my belly – with ours baby.enter: visual aid.i made a book with...
march 20, 2012:i heart the shins. james mercers voice has high ranking on my favorites list. it just doesnt get muchbetter – live or recorded.i got oh, inverted world when it came out in 2001 an...
i love whole living magazine. its one of my favorites – ive been a fan since it was called body + soul.the march issue came a week or two ago and its a juicy one. theres a feature called "natural...
bonzos so stoked lately. hes all about using the pedals on his tricycle. and hes all about wearing his new helmet – riding or not. its pretty much the preferred activity around here lately. ive been ...
the first words i heard this morning were from my smallest valentine: "im gonna give you a kiss!"so my valentines day was made by sun-up.ill go on record saying that im right in the middle ab...
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