life with baby
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Drayton Harbor, Washington, visiting my in-laws, August 2011I've been writing a lot of blog posts in my head in the middle of the night.That's because I haven't been doing a lot of sleeping in the middle of the night.Back when Emry was still a work-in-progress, the thing I was most nervous about when it came to expanding the family was sleep. Elan has always been a bad sleeper, mediocre in his best stretches, and so I was justifiably nervous that I would end up with two children who didn't like to sleep and then go completely crazy. I had to adopt a position of THAT COULD NEVER HAPPEN because otherwise, I never would have been able to maintain the necessary optimism throughout my pregnancy. "This baby will be a better sleeper than his brother," I'd say. And then I'd add, "He has to be," putting my hand on my bulging tummy, praying that my words were sinking deep into the baby's forming psyche.And for the first six-plus months of Emry's life, it seemed like my
denialassertions were right on. He rocked the sleeping ... more -
Rebecca - - One responseEmry & Elan, February 2011 This is one of my favorite pictures of my boys, taken back in February when Emry was 4 months old. It perfectly sums up that moment in time - Emry stationary and wide-eyed while Elan goes crazy all around him. It's a dynamic that still exists, though is changing as Emry, at 10 months now, becomes more of a force in his own right - more mobile, more interactive and aware, more opinionated and wanting things, but still ... more
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Rebecca - - One responseMama, I don't know WHAT you're talking about... Emry eating yogurt, July 2011 The children have been mean at night lately. One night, Emry's up every hour and a half. The next night, Elan's up several times. Last night, Mikhail was away for Night 3 of his business trip, and they split the night: Elan took the first half (1 a.m., 3 a.m.) and Emry took the second half (4 a.m., 5:30 a.m.). See, it works better that way. Neither of them get too tired ... more
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Rebecca - - 2 responsesGrasses in shadow, San Diego, July 2011 Why is it, on some days, I feel like I can tackle anything? Bring it on is my mantra for the day. I can dash from one task to another, checking things off my list, even managing dashes of creativity in the midst of busyness. And then other days, I feel like I am slogging through life, like just finding the energy to put the socks away is difficult. I look around the chaos of my house and ... more
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Rebecca - - No responsesEmry, July I have so many thoughts of things to post running through my head, and so many photos that I want to share with y'all. But darn it all if I am not pretty wiped out these days and finding most of my computer time is being used up by working and keeping up with email (preschool teacher appreciations and end-of-the-year potlucks, oh my!). And the chores! All this going away and coming back stuff is very entertaining, but the amount of laundry generated ... more
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Rebecca - - No responsesWe bought a new couch. It was rather an impulse purchase. Now that Mikhail has A New Job, we are celebrating the ability to make purchases again, impulse or not. We knew we needed a new couch sometime soon, though the first month of The New Job, after 18 months of semi-employment, wasn't the ideal time for non-essential purchases. But then I looked on Craigslist "to see what's out there," and found a really great leather couch and a lot of not-great leather couches, the kind with all the slouchy ... more
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Rebecca - - No responsesI'm having one of those weeks when it's hard to catch my breath, and my mind is racing in a thousand different directions with all my to-do lists circling.Emry has decided bagels and chunks of hard-crusted challah are his new favorite teething toys.Elan has decided he doesn't want to be parted from me, ever. Certainly not for the babysitter, hardly even for school.It's all a little bit crazy.
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Rebecca - - One responseMikhail went on his first (of many to come) business trip last week. It was trial by fire for me: 5 full days, 4 and a half nights of doing the parenting-2-children thing on my own. Luckily for me, my sisters-in-law took Elan for one night so that I had one night and morning of only having Emry, which was quite luxurious and relaxing. I do so love living close to family!Emry in the Ergo, camping, MayThe week went pretty well on the whole. ... more
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Rebecca - - One responseCamping with my boys, May 201110 a.m., heating up my coffee, my house quiet and peaceful. The baby asleep for his morning nap, Elan at school. I've already been out in the windy, sunny morning - dropping Elan off at preschool, him running right in, immediately absorbed by some glue-intensive art activity, walking to the Cheeseboard to buy challah and a morning treat, Emry in the Ergo, dropping my chin into his fuzzy baby head simply to inhale him. Mikhail's at work, exciting and ... more
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