​ We have been taking the baby to a nearby playground after dinner each evening for a little swing time. It’s a nice way for us to spend some time together outside after my work day. It also helps to wind him down a bit for shower and bedtime.  This morning we met up with […]

End of week three of back to work! But who’s counting right? The downside of working from home sometimes is that I can’t storm into my boss’ office and scream “I QUIT!” So we went to our favorite Ethiopian place for dinner.  Owen made some funny faces during his first injera bread experience. He gagged […]

​ Baby Owen has been practicing his “m” sound for a week now. We finally got some on video. Sometimes it seems like he is making the association between me and “mama.” Other times he is just shaping his mouth, making noises and discovering his vocal chords. Either way I’m happy he’s babbling and entertaining […]

The Appalachian Trail passed through Virginia less than an hour west of us. We spent the afternoon on a little white blazin’ and a little snoozin’. It wasn’t a long hike since Owen got impatient in the back carrier soon after we started. We took him out for me to hand carry for a bit. […]

The day is too nice for sitting inside. We stoped at our favorite hole-on-the-wall Indian place for lunch. We first took note of the unassuming place when we visited an adjacent store a year ago. The online reviews did not look desirable but the crowd of Indians in and around the tiny place suggested otherwise. […]

So on my birthday I unexpectedly had a root canal and Peter unexpectedly had oysters delivered to us. It came much later in the evening so we actually had leftovers for dinner.  The same tooth that was fixed on Tuesday has been bothering me all week. It was so painful last night that I hardly […]

The plan for the morning was to have Peter walk to a dental cleaning at 8:00am, then I drive by the dental office at 8:45 to stop Owen off on my way to my doctor appointment at 9:00, then work from home the rest of the day. Peter left the apartment at 7:30am and I […]

Owen wakes up at 6:30. Peter takes him to potty and makes coffee. I dose off until 7:30 then sit up in bed, nurse the baby, get dressed, grab my computer bag and coffee to head out the door. Peter had to remind me to take the pump.  There was no time or an ounce […]

As it turns out not all part of me wanted to go to work today. My crown, for example, decided to fall out last night during some vigorous flossing. I rolled out of bed with a terrible headache that stayed with me for the rest of the day. Rush hour was already in progress when […]