The Making of a Walking Toddler

There are many different levels of “normal” when it comes to when and how babies transition from cruising to walking. Around me, the norm tends to be relatively early walkers (9-11 months) which quite honestly, made me feel slightly concerned when Ariadne wasn’t walking anywhere close to that.  But let’s be clear here – I […]

Ariadne’s New Nickname

Ariadne has a new nickname. And she decided on it all by herself. About three weeks ago, she started repeating her name after we said it. Except she wasn’t repeating Ariadne.  Or Aria.  Or Ari.  None of the names that we have used for her over the last year. Instead, she simply said Adne (Add-Knee) […]

Vacation. I need another.

We so rarely take vacations. Although, now that I’ve said that, I realize that we’ve been on three airplane trips and one road trip since January. Let me rephrase. There is no such thing as too much vacation. Vacations are everything that is good with the world. They are:  (Illustrated with pictures of BGWF, because […]

Eyelash Epiphany

There are two things that Ariadne gets complimented on consistently. Her Gingerness and Her Eyelashes. Both she got from me – but I have to say, her Daddy has super thick eyelashes.  Those beauties coupled with my super long lashes = supreme awesome lashes! While going through some pictures I took on the Fourth, I realized […]

A Year of Breastfeeding

It’s been over a year since I started one of the most wonderful journeys of all – parenting. And as I’ve posted about eleventy billion times by now, breastfeeding has been a major part of that journey. When I started this journey I knew more formula feeding moms than breastfeeding moms.  I was gawked at […]