I took Spen out a couple times today, and now that he's getting bigger, he's starting to have more contact with other kids, especially "big" kids, and that kind of freaks me out. Our paths crossed with two different kindergarten age boys today. The first was at Barnes and Noble. There's a little table in… Continue reading Our first bully.
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Oh, tantrums.
Well, we are definitely heading into the toddler years with our tantrum skills on point. It's kind of sad to see him freaking out, but it's also kind of funny, because he's crying over the most ridiculous things. He cries when he can't go outside. He cries when he has to come back inside. He… Continue reading Oh, tantrums.
Zoo day.
More lessons.
1) Baby clothes . We got a lot of clothes at our baby showers, and I took all the tags off and washed them before he was born. Well, he was an exceptionally large newborn and didn't fit in his newborn clothes, and only wore his 3 month clothes for a few weeks. Since a… Continue reading More lessons.
Lessons from the first year: marriage.
Having a child of my own was pretty eye-opening. I feel like I learned a lot, but haven't really taken the time to reflect much on it. So I'm going to take the time. Here are a few things I learned about marriage in our first year as parents: We had to depend on each… Continue reading Lessons from the first year: marriage.
Lessons from the first year: nursing.
When I was pregnant, I made up my mind that I wanted to try to breastfeed when Spencer got here. No one was pressuring me to do it, in fact, most people I knew had formula fed. I had nothing at all against formula, but I liked that breastmilk was free and that it was… Continue reading Lessons from the first year: nursing.
Favorite foods: 15 months.
I love food, Spencer loves food, why not do a post about food? Here are Spen's favorite foods at 15 months old. Scrambled eggs. Lord help me if I don't make his eggs in the morning. He knows the skillet I use, the spray for the pan, and will stand at the baby gate hollering… Continue reading Favorite foods: 15 months.
People come and go.
This week I was doing some spring cleaning, which included throwing out junk from the closet. I came across this ratty shoebox that I've carried around since childhood, which holds a lifetime of cards (birthday, get well, etc). I took the time to go through them. Some cards looked familiar... "oh! I remember grandma sent… Continue reading People come and go.
This is just one chapter.
Sometimes when things feel overwhelming, it's hard to remember that this is only one chapter of our life. When we got married 4 years ago, I brought over $100,000 of student loan debt with me. Jordan had about $20,000 of his own. Within our first year of marriage, both of our old clunker cars bit… Continue reading This is just one chapter.
15 months.
The good... So chatty! He's like a little parrot now, trying to repeat everything we say. He actually has quite a few words down already. My personal favorites are "cacka" (cracker), "gog" (dog), "ba boyyy" (bad boy 😂), and "ewwww." The *animal* says... he loves animals and loves to mimic their sounds. Horses say "nenene,"… Continue reading 15 months.
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