Pumpkins, pumpkins, everywhere

Just when I thought I couldn’t take any more photos of Owen and pumpkins, I did. The pumpkin patch was ripe for photo ops.
 

Let’s flash back one year ago to October 2008 at the same pumpkin patch. Here is sweet Devi and me. (Little Owen is there too, if you look hard enough):

And here is Little [...]

10!

Happy 10 months to Owen!
About three weeks ago, he waved for the first time. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that I’ve never been so proud of anybody for any thing they have ever done. My little boy is connecting. Look at that, he’s waving. His eyes are lighting up, for even he knows [...]

Orange you glad …

What to do when you have a pretty Saturday afternoon, a pretty pumpkin and a pretty baby boy?

And we’re back!

It’s evident that my blogging comes and goes like Owen’s ability to eat solid foods, which is to say that some days are appetizing like sweet potatoes and others are more like “butternut squash + spitup down my shirt.”
I’ve previously expressed my fear of introducing Owen to solid foods since doing so would bring with [...]

H2Owen

One year ago I was floating in the pool, worrying about things like

bathing suits + bloated bellies
whether or not sun’s harmful ways can penetrate skin and amniotic fluid, and
homemade ice cream and unpasteurized eggs

If only I knew that perfection was just around the bend:

Boy and gill

This evening I got my hands on a sweet fisheye lens.

A day in the park

While Kyle was off cooking himself on the Hudson (I like to randomly poke his legs and watch him scream), I was off hitting strangers in the head with Owen’s stroller in Central Park.
I was really excited to show Owen the sights. He’s at a very impressionable age … very observant and all that. I’m [...]

Sweet morning

Yes, I’m in New York, a city brimming with adventure. Yes, I’m sitting in my hotel room drinking a cup of coffee, updating my blog. You may say that I’m crazy, sitting here instead of being outdoors. But must I tell you about how this is the first morning in probably two months that I [...]

Revelation

Grace 15

Some may say this is a no-brainer, but I don’t think it’s possible to feel more purely, wholly loved than when your little 5-month-old looks you in the eyes. Owen doesn’t know anything about me. He doesn’t know my strengths and weaknesses, so he isn’t basing his love off of anything I’ve ever done. [...]

Weight check and graces

My blogging comes and goes in spurts. Kyle is making me blog about our weight, while we celebrate Cinco de Mayo with drinks and snacks, so that we will be “publicly accountable.” So here’s the dish: I am winning. We each lost 1 whopping pound, but I have a higher percentage of weight loss since [...]