I remember writing last year’s Thanksgiving post, and feeling a huge sense of awe at how blessed we were at that time. I wrote that our previous year had been pretty bad (and it had) but that I was so thankful for where we were at that moment. This year, I feel that sentiment even [...]
Brett is home, my belly is full of an amazing meal (roasted winter veggies with ginger, salad [which included our last heirloom tomato], homemade bread and homemade butter), my baby is happily babbling in the next room in her papa’s lap, we’re spending the evening with good friends, the fire is warm, I got a [...]
Elanor and I spent quite a while today watching clips on You Tube from Sesame Street, mostly stuff that I remember from when I was a kid. I loved Sesame Street when I was young, and while I don’t remember this clip (it was a few years before my time) it just reminds me of [...]
Our friend Rosanna made dinner for us last night, since I’ve been sick and Brett is gone. I was so thankful that she did; not only did it really help make the weekend easier since I hadn’t been grocery shopping, it was also a very yummy meal — a Moroccan stew of sorts, with all [...]
I am finally feeling better. Yay!!! I am so glad. I am still pretty congested, but it beats having a fever, so I’ll take it. I feel like this week has just flown by in a haze. I had so much I wanted to get done while Brett’s mom was here. (She’s leaving Sunday.) And, [...]
It appears that Elanor has a cold again. She’s asleep next to me right now and is sniffly and snorty and keeps waking herself up with her tossing and turning because she can’t breathe through her nose. Poor baby! This is the second cold she’s had in the past, oh, three weeks. Ugh. And now [...]
I really want a bicycle. We’ve been riding bikes at the beach this weekend, and I forgot how fun it is, how fast you can go, how good it feels. The bike that I’ve been riding here at the beach is a sort of Wicked Witch of the West bike — big handlebars, big tires, [...]
Dear Elanor, Today you are ten months old, and every day it seems you are more a toddler rather than a baby. You are pulling up on everything, and cruising all over the house. Papa and I are waiting with bated breath for you to take your first steps. It’s coming, soon. You crawl like [...]
Six months ago today, I almost died. It seems so strange to me now to write that. I have so little memory of that time, and I feel okay most of the time now, so the reality of what happened is difficult for me to grasp. For my family, though, it’s still all too real. [...]
Okay, so I’m bad again, and skipped a week in review. So here are two weeks’ worth, kind of. I haven’t been taking as many pictures lately for some reason. I guess I need to get back into that habit. Those are all the photos I have. We’re heading to the Oregon Coast for a [...]
