“Mom—Ellie’s baba is COLD.” Will, handing Ellie her bottle of ‘big girl milk’ noting the temperature and doubting my parenting skills. Everyone knows baby’s bottles are supposed to be WARM.
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Monthly Archives: February 2011 I majorly stressed over what to make my partner. I changed plans at least 5 times. I finally settled on the Jane Market Bag and decided to just dive in. For her smaller item, I made my partner a set of the mason jar pin cushions, stuffed with scraps from the bag. I am relieved […] The big photography conference in Vegas is this week. I went the past two years and vowed to go always no. matter. what. The break from real life, the inspiration, the room service, the amazing bathroom, housekeeping to clean up after us…I thought that sitting this year out for childcare reasons would kill me. But […] I have Ellie in a tutu today for Will’s party. After Will saw her he said the following: Will (to Nic): Ellie’s dress is hilarious, Dad! Will (to Ellie): Your dress is beautiful, Eloise. Will turns 5 today, but we ‘moved’ his birthday to Saturday so we can celebrate it in Disneyland. It is a harder lie than I expected, pretending that today is just his party day and not the anniversary of the date that he came into our livesand changed them forever. Giggles from Ellie’s room after a two hour nap. I go in and Will is in her crib and they are playing. “Willie! Did you wake her up?” I say. “I had to check that Ellie wasn’t dead,” he says. She is, after all, his first baby. You do things like that with your firstborn. […] |
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