i forgot to mention that i put a bunch of the pictures from our sitting with portrait innovations on flickr.

so…it’s been a bit since i’ve updated. it turns out that chasing after a crawling baby is kind of time-consuming. the turn in the weather has allowed us the freedom to take more walks and such, so we’re spending a bit more time outside of the house. we also had a wedding […]

no checkup this month, but that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. after staring at our food while we ate for the last couple of weeks, we finally started her on solids. so far it’s going pretty rocky. she gets about 3 mouthfuls in before she gets bored/angry/etc. by the third feeding, however, […]

on sunday, grandpa was holding charlotte while eating a piece of gooey butter cake. without any warning, she stuck her hands straight in the pile of sugary goodness. in the ensuing hilarity and chaos, she managed to stick one cake-coated hand into her mouth. as i pulled it out, she broke into the […]

so…she can turn over onto her stomach now. which is…sort of really not cool.
she can turn from back to stomach, you see, but not the other way around. not really anyway. which means that at night, she gets upset, arches her back, lands on her belly (often with her arm trapped under […]

before i start, let me say that she’s perfectly healthy and nothing’s wrong. i know that sort of spoils the ending of the story, but i’ve found that starting the story with “they thought/think something might be wrong with charlotte’s hip” means the audience is going to stop listening until you reach the punchline […]

oh gosh, i haven’t updated this in over a month.
…i’m not exactly sure why that is. i mean, we’ve been busy and all. we took a trip to dc to visit some friends. there was a bit of chaos at work (when isn’t there?), and then i sort of um…lost my job last […]

charlotte turned 3 months old the other day. it seems absurd that she’s already so old, and that she’s only been around for 3 months. she’s a very different baby today than she was a few weeks ago. she’s actually found some sort of pattern to sleeping and eating, which has helped tremendously. […]

i think the question of which is easier, breastfeeding or formula is pretty much a wash. i’m sure if you handed a breast to someone who’d been formula feeding they’d marvel at how there’s no cans to buy and no bottles to wash and it’s always right there when you want it. by […]

i don’t think i realized how traumatic moving her from the bassinet in our bedroom to her “big girl crib” would be. she’s had a nap or two in there, and the mobile has been a handy distraction when i’ve needed to contain her for a few minutes. last night we picked up a […]