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We traveled to Idaho for Wesley’s first Christmas! He had a great time and so did we. I think his favorite toy was the green ball he got from Grammie Angie and Grandpa Ronnie: My favorite photo from the vacation: Those EYEBROWS, oh my goodness. I don’t know what he was doing but I love [...]

Those of you with babies (or tiny people who used to be babies) – do they watch any television? I ask because we don’t have TV. I mean, we have a television, one that we use for the Xbox and other gaming consoles and to watch DVDs and VHS tapes, but we don’t get any [...]

Wesley would like you to see his new trick: He’s been great at pulling himself up with our help, so today I started letting him try it himself. He did great! —– This morning was a comedy of errors – I decided to skip breakfast so we could catch the early bus downtown (so I [...]

At Wesley’s six-month pediatrician appointment, upon noting his two new teeth, our doctor prescribed him some multi-vitamin drops containing fluoride. We were instructed to give him one dose per day. Later that week, we picked up the prescription and I sat down to administer the drops. Being curious, Wesley opened his mouth and let me [...]

So far, Wesley has slept in stretches of: 45 minutes 1 hour 38 minutes 2 hours 2 minutes It’s like he has some kind of internal food alarm and when his tummy has no more milk in it, it goes PING!!! and wakes him from sleep. (Harry Potter 7 was great. More later, when I [...]

We got the proofs of Wesley’s sad-face picture day back and they are actually slightly better than I expected. He does blend in with the background a bit (white turtleneck and blank white backdrop! turns out they weren’t kidding about the “dress in colorful clothes” thing) and he looks either vaguely uncomfortable or dreadfully blank [...]

One of the great things about having a baby is getting to do silly craft projects with them. Behold our family of hand turkeys:

Wesley slept for a seven-hour stretch with the white noise – the first time he has ever slept that long in one go. It was lovely.

One thing that seems to help Wesley sleep better is white noise. We use SimplyNoise.com ALL the time. It has the funniest effect on him, too – it’s like pressing a pause button on his crying. He can be very, very sad and if you sit down at the computer and turn on the white [...]

Two things to note about today: Wesley cried for his photos at daycare. His first school picture, and he had a scratched nose and a sad face. I think they got one marginally un-sad photo, so I will share it once I’ve got it. He was wearing jeans, a white turtleneck, and a navy sweater [...]

Naturally, this was before he scratched himself on the nose, had a diaper incident necessitating a change into his backup outfit, and spit up on his sweatshirt. Because OF COURSE he would go months without scratching his face until the day before picture day.

You know how you hear these stories of people starting their babies on solid food – “He just loved it!” “Gobbled it right up!” “It’s his favorite!” HAHHHH. I laugh. Wesley hates solid food. We started by giving him tiny bits of banana to taste and a graham cracker to wave around. He did not [...]

Bunting I love buntings – those cloth banners made from triangles (or half-circles or rectangles). I’ve also seen them called “pennant banners” or just “banners.” They make great nursery or party decorations and are very sweet looking. I’ve been wanting to make one for Wesley for a long time, and finally one weekend I just [...]

Things we call Wesley instead of his given name: Wensleydale Weckles Wecklesby The Bubs Wembley Bubsy Fatface McBaby Chubbins Chumbleywumbley Chumbles Fatpants Babycakes

Growing up, I don’t recall ever having a store-bought Halloween costume. Elements of our costumes were store-bought, for sure, but if we wanted to be a witch, we didn’t go to the store and buy a “Witch Costume” off the rack, we dressed in black and painted our face and wore a pointy hat. Of [...]