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I went to my first La Leche League meeting several weeks ago! I had been meaning to go for a while, but the nearest meetings are about an hour away so you really have to make a point of going. I accidentally left about 30 minutes late because I couldn’t get Wesley ready to go [...]

I’ll admit that I was shocked to discover it’s been a month since I updated my site. I actually can’t remember the last time I went so long without an update, and I don’t even know what I’ve been doing instead of writing. Yesterday, I went to the library by myself (amazing, since I don’t [...]

I am so glad we decided to move home right before summer. We’ve had BBQs, swimming, berry-picking, camping, and loads of other things to do. Wesley and his cousin Riley participated in the Kiddie Parade on the 4th of July. Riley steered the tractor (with my brother pulling) and Wesley rode in the wagon. I [...]

Nursing Wesley right now is a difficult thing for me, but not for the reasons you might expect. He’s nearly 16 months old now, and he’s become a quick nurser – usually five minutes or so and he’s done, and he really only nurses a few times during the day. However, since he weaned himself [...]

Wesley turned 15 months old on the 25th, and a few days later came down with some kind of horrible virus. He has a low-grade fever (100-101°F) and a full-body rash that’s the worst on his thighs and bumcheeks. He’s refusing to nurse and won’t nap for more than an hour. Night before last, he [...]

Because I like to give people credit when they do the right thing, I want to tell you that a representative from Penske has contacted Daniel and I about our experience and they have refunded us the total cost of the truck. This goes a LONG way to show me that they recognized our experience [...]

Seeing as how we’ve been here in Idaho for almost two weeks, it seems pertinent that I give you the details on our drive up here. This is a drive that we have done many, many times, and it typically takes 7.5 hours to complete. Some backstory: We decided to rent a truck from Penske, [...]

I am not an adventurous person by nature. The unknown freaks me out, and I prefer routine to chaos. That meant that when I moved to Portland in the fall of 2003 and saw a tour poster for The Art of Rock 2 including Nile, Vader, and Amon Amarth, and I felt like I HAD [...]

Wesley has learned SO MUCH in the last couple of weeks and I wanted to mention it here so I don’t forget. We’ve been using baby sign language with him intermittently from about 4 months on, but right until he turned a year old we didn’t see anything in response. Then one day, after we [...]

(Note: This happened a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t have the post finished and then it was Wesley’s birthday and my family was in town, and then my in-laws, and I am just now getting around to posting it.) My first official day of being a stay-at-home-mom, and I go and lose our [...]

I have left myself next to no time to actually write this post, so I will keep it short. My baby boy turned one year old today, and I can’t believe how quickly time has gone. It seems like just the other day he was a smooshy little newborn and now he is zoom-zoom-zooming everywhere! [...]

I have some exciting news! Ready? I have given my notice at my job, and we are moving back home to Idaho. This is one of those times I wish I felt comfortable talking about my workplace on my blog, but I do not. Suffice to say, things got weird, people I admire and respect [...]

I accidentally fed Wesley bites of straight-up jam instead of baby food this weekend SOMEBODY (Daniel) decided to put jam in a baby food jar for some unspecified reason, and said jam looks identical to the apple-blueberry-mango food we made for Wesley. After his first few bites, I noticed the texture was… off somehow, and [...]

As most of you know, my pregnancy with Wesley ended in an emergency cesarean section due to pre-eclampsia. My kidneys had more or less stopped working, so despite feeling fine, I was told that it was time for things to get a move on. (Delivery is the only cure for pre-eclampsia.) Initially I was very, [...]

A week ago, poor Mister Wesley had his first incident report at daycare. It reads as follows: Wesley was cruising along the wall. He fell when transferring from table to crib. He smacked the right side of his face on the white floor. I put ice on it and gave him extra loves. He returned [...]