The days are finally warm(er) and the boy was finally able to enjoy some time in the pool. As you can see, he’s very busy. Busy digging, busy investigating, busy pointing at just about everything (especially lights and dogs).
To add to the busy-ness, he just started walking. And by just started, I mean he literally [...]
Today, I picked up the beautiful photographs of the boy from Heather Quintans, a photographer who shot the Dooz a couple of months ago in her SoDo studio. If you live in the Seattle area and are looking for a photographer I highly recommend her. She was great to work with, made us and the [...]
The Dooz’s favorite lunch: Quinoa with spinach, tofu, mild onion (like Walla Wallas) and a little sweet potato or squash. Prepare the quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) in advance. Fry up the tofu first until it’s a little crispy, add in the onion til transparent then the spinach and sweet potatoes (even easier if you can find [...]
I love, love, love Blik decals. The Dooz’s nursery is adorned with the adorable sheep from the Wee Gallery. The best thing about these decals are that they are completely removable, so as your tastes change so can your walls. It’s especially nice since many are pretty high impact and something you may not love [...]
Look, I even categorized things in case you want to skip over things you might find boring. Can you guess what I do for a living? That’s right, craft emails. Okay, no, not really, but sometimes it seems like it. It seems like I’m striving to communicate to people who don’t speak the same language [...]
Friday marked the boy’s very first birthday and a whole year we’ve moved from starting out hoping to just keep him alive to wanting to help him satisfy that curiousity for just about everything. Especially, if it barks or is on wheels. If someone could invent a wheely, barking dog who serves bagels and cream [...]
It’s the small things. Though this weekend has been less than ideal, ending with conflict and drama, it takes a mere moment with the boy to refocus. He’s the biggest small thing of all, after all. We’re looking towards celebrating his first year outside the belly in just a couple of weeks. It’s been the [...]
There are moments when it’s quiet, save for the sound of the furnace and I’m surveying the scattered bits that form our life that I have this strange feeling. Looking at toys peppering the house, tiny socks waiting to be washed, stacks of diapers and half completed projects, I sometimes feel a loss. And I [...]
Well, we’re t minus 2 weeks and counting until we embark upon our first airplane trip with the boy. I know, I know, we should have done this sooner. But, despite my best efforts (okay, that’s a lie … I didn’t try at all) we have become those people I smugly judged as a single, [...]
There are quite a few posts steeping in my head, not all of which are ready to be pulled out and plunked down on these here internets. So, let’s go with the latest.
Awhile back while searching for baby books, I had stumbled on a book called Real Boys at Elliott Bay. It examines boy stereotypes [...]
“What did you do over summer vacation?” Remember that inevitable question on the first day of school? (I used to think it was posed out of interest and now I think it was a teacher’s way of escaping diving right into lesson plans) Let’s just say this summer I’ve done quite a bit, learned even [...]
Admittedly, I’ve been struggling lately. Struggling with day-to-day mundane activities, struggling with my identity and just about everything else you can imagine. Drastic life changes always (for me) prompt close examination of not just the current life I’m living and who I am, but what I’ve left behind. It’s as if I find it necessary [...]
