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 [...]

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 [...]

Orange you glad …

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

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.

Whew

You know that you’re a mom when sleeping in till 9 a.m. is one of the sweetest joys imaginable. This is what I got to do on Mother’s Day. Kyle brought me breakfast in bed, with an obviously hungry Owen on his heels … which meant that I ate my cinnamon biscuits with a speedy [...]

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 [...]

Earth Day! Garage sales!

Happy Earth Day! Kyle and I try to do little things to take care of our planet – even though we have MUCH room for improvement – but I especially love it when it “pays” to be good environmental stewards … such as garage-sale hopping! Maybe it isn’t the most obvious way to promote environmental [...]

Photosynthesis

Delicious

Around 10:00 every night, I give Owen what I call a “sleep feed.” Kyle lifts Owen out of his crib and places him into my arms, where I nurse him while he’s sleeping. The purpose of this extra bit of nutrition is to hopefully help him sleep through the night without waking up due to [...]