Archive for 2012
House divided
Over here, it’s an equal split between the early birds (Bell and I are wide awake) and the night owls. (Pilot and baby are snoozing away) Early bird gets the… waffle 😉 A quick breakfast with two Van’s waffles, topped with almond butter and jelly, a salad with Goddess dressing and an egg + tea…
Read More →2/3: Thoughts from the week
-The stability ball has become a permanent fixture in here- thank you to those of you who recommended using it as a rocking chair. Of course, Livi is a huge fan. I think it’s because I spent most of the last 3 weeks of pregnancy on the stability ball, gently bouncing and encouraging her to…
Read More →All over the place
It’s Friday!! Thank goodness 🙂 I’m so glad you liked the February list! I’ll also be posting the Schweaty February Workout on Monday as part of the last week of Winter Shape Up workouts. You guys inspired me with your comments, so I decided to go through the intimidating mail pile. I got distracted midway…
Read More →Storytime
One of the things we love to do with Livi is read to her. It’s one of our morning activities, and we’ll always read her a book before we tuck her into bed. Sometimes they’re children’s books, or Tom and I will just read aloud whatever we’re reading: Last night she learned about 357th Fighter…
Read More →10 Ways to Make February Fantastic
Oh, February, month of love, chocolate and football. Something for everyone, right? I’ve always kind of liked the fact that February is a little bit shorter. Back in elementary school days, I was always excited about Valentine’s Day (and reading the valentine from whomever I had a crush on. I’d analyze whether the cartoon one…
Read More →Bucket lists
Of course we’re savoring the moments over here -because as I was crying to Tom the other night, before we know it she’ll be going to prom- but a large majority of the time has been focused on necessities: eating, sleeping, growing, bathing, diapering. Livi and I get to play in short bursts in between-…
Read More →Kitch Blitz
The weather here has been outta control gorgeous lately, so yesterday morning, Livi and I met up with Meara and her kiddos at La Encantada. Since we’re in between seasons –Tucson can’t decide if it wants to stay spring until spring, or randomly turn into winter- no major purchases, but lots of walking and window…
Read More →Dear pregnant self
Laying on your stomach will feel just as great as you remember smoked salmon will taste as good as wine will be just as wonderful.. even though you’ll wait 3 weeks to drink a glass when the girls come over. You think you’re crazy about your husband now but you’ll fall in love –big time-…
Read More →Take it slow
Remember our mystery tree? Mystery solved: they’re oranges! My mom brought one in the other day, cut it open and we shared it. Super sweet and delicious 🙂 Maybe we should start watering said mystery tree? Another fabulous baby meal: Chicken tortilla soup from my friend Meara, topped with a couple of corn tortillas, sliced…
Read More →New Mom Must-haves
It’s funny because you never know what you’ll really need (and what you don’t) until the baby is here, and going to the store is a little more of a challenge. Even though we can comfortably venture into public now, I was very thankful for my Amazon Prime membership in the first couple of weeks…
Read More →Week 3 + Show Me Your Shape Up
After lots of takeout and incredible baby meals (we have one left tonight), someone is back in grilling action…. (definitely not me- the Pilot) Last night Kyle, Meg and Ash came over and the Pilot grilled up an enormous filet of salmon, seasoned with orange juice and zest, sea salt, pepper, maple syrup and…
Read More →From the weekend
It’s been quite a weekend over here! We took the little one to her friend’s first birthday party and had a blast. Party favors: (candy that the Pilot and I ended up sharing) After the party, we came back the house for our first home-cooked meal in quite a while (so I bought the rotisserie…
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