So for Jackson’s first Thanksgiving we decided to shake things up (we usually don’t go anywhere for Thanksgiving since travel is a mess and in case you hadn’t noticed it’s on a Thursday which is not the most convenient day for a holiday what with the whole work thing and all) and go to Minneapolis. […]
We had many firsts this last week: Jackson got his first passport stamp, in Colombia (if you don’t count in-utero, in which case he’s already also been to Indonesia, Singapore, Japan, Italy and Germany), he went on his first plane ride, he attended his first wedding, he had his first babysitter, and he wore his […]
Just a quick note that Jackson and I voted in his first presidential election today! To celebrate, he wore his dad’s 1976 bicentennial hat and posed for some photos. Too sexy! And bonus- unlike the Stripey McStriperson outfit, this hat has vertical lines and is therefore more slimming. Thanks to Tim for the fashion advice […]
So what did November 2nd bring besides daylight savings? Why Stripey McStriperson of course! Once again our super pals Alex and Lara sent Jackson a care package full of clothes and fun things for him to grow into. We broke into the 21 pound box of wardrobe delights – hey, they don’t mess around! – […]
Boo and Happy Halloween from us and our little monkey! Okay, there was your extra Halloween excitement. I hope you all can contain yourselves 🙂 A special shout out and thank you to Lara and Alex who sent us the monkey costume now that their little monkeys have out-grown it. We were happy and honored […]
So our dear sweet baby boy is 2 months today. I can’t believe it- it seems both longer and shorter. I guess that’s what happens to time when it’s suddenly chopped up by feeding and crying and changing a small person, it starts to ebb and flow in its own type of rhythm. How did […]
I know I am the boy’s mother, and now that I don’t go to work, I spend a lot of time looking at him and thinking about him and being with him. So yes, objectivity left a long time ago, probably ran off with ‘good night sleep’ and ‘Mike and Kirsten alone time’ to be […]
As you may have noticed, when two shutterbugs procreate, then seem to take a lot of photos. Jackson cannot complain someday there are no photos of him as a baby. I think we’re averaging about one photo every 5 seconds give or take. We are, however, struggling to figure out how to post them in […]
So I was working on a 6-week update last week when it was week 6 (yeah, I know, I’m a stickler for time and date and keeping them real, what can I say) and then last week was kinda brutal so it didn’t end up happening. Mike was outta town, I was a temporary single […]
The boy smiled at me yesterday- on purpose! Fortunately I had my new iPhone so I got a blurry photo of it. YAY! However, at the moment just to spite me he started crying so I must run.