pickle jar

December 30, 2012 by Jane

In 2013 we will have a big glass jar in our kitchen to deposit little notes containing good things to remember. Then at the end of the year, we’ll dump the jar out and read the notes to each other for new year’s eve. I think I found this idea, like so many others, on Pinterest.

Good things that happened yesterday: 1) I found a very pretty and inexpensive green agate beaded bracelet in a little shop on Front Street. I’m kind of obsessed with it. 2) I sat down in a coffee shop to drink a latte and read my Kindle for ten minutes while the rain fell outside. 3) I made salmon for dinner and Freya ate up her entire portion. 4) Chatted via text with a couple of girlfriends late last night while baby slept next to me.

Good things from today: 1) Slept in a little. 2) The house is clean. Every shred of Christmas decor has been safely stored away for the year. 3) Making chili for dinner.

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Audrey is six and a half months old now, and still no teeth. But she is very, very interested in watching us eat. Sometimes Brian holds her while he eats something and she stares at his food, smacks her lips, leans toward it, does everything but try to steal it. Freya never displayed such eagerness for solid food. So we are introducing things gradually, in no hurry. She is still as attached to the boob as ever.

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Angeles

December 29, 2012 by Jane

Busker playing Elliott Smith in the rain gets folding money from me.

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flag

December 29, 2012 by Jane

I keep this little piece of fabric on the shelf by Audrey’s changing table. It was made for me by a friend to look at during childbirth. I went into labor two weeks before my due date and didn’t have it, or my blessings or anything from my shower, so I didn’t actually get to see it until after Audrey was born.

But I like to look at it now because in a way it reminds me not as much of Audrey’s birth, but of how my friends came together to support me before she arrived, while I was laboring, and afterward, and how much that meant to me. I often think of how awesome and special my shower was and how touched I was to be visited in the hospital by friends the day the baby was born, and at home in the days following. I will never forget that.

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gold filter

December 29, 2012 by Jane

Having a really good strong cup of coffee from our new coffeepot. It tastes so much better than the old one did, kind of makes me wonder how corroded and gross that old thing was. Or, if it’s just that using a gold filter really does make that big of a difference.

Everyone else is still in bed. I am going to find some free stuff to read on the ol’ Kindle.

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literary

December 28, 2012 by Jane

If I don’t start reading again like I once did I swear my brain will turn into baby food.

I did finish a whole entire book a couple weeks ago, and it didn’t even have any pictures.

I should tackle the Lincoln bio I got at a yard sale two summers ago. No, not the Goodwin one, I already listened to the audiobook.

If anyone is reading this, please recommend a book to me. Thx.

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pearls

December 28, 2012 by Jane

Have to remember to wear earrings so my holes don’t close up. I wear studs because Audrey can’t grab them.

There was a period in the 90s when for several years I did not wear earrings at all. I am not sure what the deal was. I guess I just didn’t own any. My jewelry was a flat silver band for my right ring finger, and the occasional cheap metal necklace. Oh and studded dog collars/chains. Not really “jewelry” though.

Anyway, just put in my nice pearl studs. I love them.

Freya is watching cartoons. Her cheeks are rosy because of a low fever. She also has a cough. I am a nervous mommy because up until now she hasn’t been too sickly in general. On a related note: she started pre-school in September.

Audrey is still asleep, oh boy. Such a good sweet fat baby she is. Had her weighed yesterday and she is in the 50th percentile for weight — a number Freya has yet to hit.

They are different girls for sure. I wonder how else they will be different. Audrey has already taken a great interest in food. Last night she tried mashed avocado and enjoyed it. She’s been staring at our food for weeks now, it’s time for tastes.

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baby smiles

July 16, 2012 by Jane

Audrey has started smiling, and not just reflexively. I believe she has started her “social” smiles, which are great. Especially at 4 in the morning when she’s been awake for a couple hours already, ugh. Last night was rough. She didn’t want to go back to sleep. My fault for deciding to wake her for a diaper change, oh well. At least Freya no longer wakes up at night. She’s getting a solid ten or eleven hours. She is the most well-rested person in the family right now. Well, unless you consider that Audrey still sleeps half the day.

She has grown SO much since her birth five weeks ago. I can tell. It’s so different than it was with Freya. I look at this baby and just know she wasn’t that big when I gave birth to her. I don’t know her exact weight right now, I’m content to wait until her next doctor appointment next month. It’s so gratifying to know that I am completely responsible for her growing, that it’s my milk making her so big and healthy right now. I expect we will breastfeed exclusively until she is at least six to eight months old, then see how she feels about trying a couple of fruit or vegetable purees. No pressure though. And no rice cereal, either.

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little one

July 10, 2012 by Jane

Four weeks old. It’s the same outfit she wore for her one week portrait. You can tell she has chunked up in her legs, stretched her feet out (or grown a half inch taller) and developed more rolls in her arms. And her face looks a bit fuller, eyes more alert.

This time drags by, feels monotonous, but I have to remember it will pass and she will someday not mostly cry when awake, she will consent to sit down and allow me to eat a hot meal, and wow look at my Freya — Audrey will someday run up and down the hallway, laughing. I love the sound of that so much.

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someday

July 9, 2012 by Jane

Someday I will read books again. Someday I will write again, work again, go out for drinks again, go see a movie again. I’ll come back and read this and think wow, I sort of remember that time.

Audrey is four weeks old today. She has entered a stage where she does not want to be put down, ever. Not while awake or asleep. At times I can get away with putting her in a bouncer for a nap, if she is deeply asleep. But it’s a crapshoot. She is in a more active phase, and thus more fussy, less sleepy. She sleeps fairly well at night, however. Last night a huge thunderstorm passed over our town, with many many lightning flashes and thunder claps and a couple periods of violent rain. She (and Freya) slept through it.

Our weather during the day is now nice and warm and sunny, just in time for me to feel utterly tethered to home. Audrey isn’t really even ready for the stroller. I’m going to try walking with her and Freya this afternoon, wearing her in the baby k’tan wrap. I need exercise and fresh air and sunshine desperately. I’ve been trying to coordinate with Brian on how I can possibly fit in 30-40 minutes per day of walking. So sick of being fat. The weight I am at now is “obese” for my height. Unacceptable.

So far I have lost 15 pounds. Still 25 more to go. I really needed shorts this weekend so I went to Gap, where as usual everything was heavily marked down. Found a good pair of shorts and fit into a size 8. My pre-preg size is 4, and my skinny size is 2. I accept I will never be a 2 again, but in order to avoid having to buy a whole new goddamn wardrobe, I must get back to a 4 again.

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summer is here

July 5, 2012 by Jane

Our summer started yesterday, finally. Today I took the girls out by myself for the first time. We went to a local park for a play date with a couple of friends. We were there for over two hours. I wore Audrey some, nursed her some, let her sleep in her car seat, and let friends hold her while I followed Freya around on the playground. My oldest daughter had a blast, mostly playing with the water fountain, swinging, blowing bubbles, and riding on the merry go round with my help. We also watched a couple of people playing tennis — something she has seen me watching on TV a bit lately.

Glad we put on the sunscreen; Freya is lily white and will probably have the pale complexion of her daddy. Nothing wrong with that, she’ll just need to protect herself. She already has a few teeny freckles on her legs.

Back home and Audrey has been snoozing while Freya definitely has not, so now my job is to keep her awake so she can have a nice early bedtime. As for the baby, she’s still difficult to keep awake during the day, but she is getting her feedings in and making plenty of dirty diapers. In fact, I think her thighs are already getting chunky, which is an awesome development.

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