FOMO–or, as it is known in some circles, is called Fear Of Missing Out. It is a very real disease–one that I know I have, and one that I suspected Caroline has as well. Well, now I know for sure. Caroline has been in the Infant 1 room for two weeks and a day. We get a report each evening and it tells you what your child ate, their diaper activity, and how long they napped. I know Caroline’s report…
Mike and I ordered a new mattress because ours was old and it was time. We ordered it from Amazon and in two days, a brown cardboard box the size of a a washing machine showed up on our doorstep. We unrolled the mattress and plopped it on the bed. Then we had the real treasure in front of us. This was the PERFECT opportunity to introduce Caroline to all the fun that can be had with a brown cardboard…
Happy 11 months, Caroline, and Happy (first) Valentine’s Day! Caroline is now officially one month away from being a TODDLER. I can hardly believe it, except for the fact that she is clearly demonstrating just the right amount of stubbornness and sass that (I’m told) comes with toddler-hood. She will shove her baby hands in my face, make raspberries with her mouth full, and throw her sippy cup on the ground repeatedly, all while giving a look that says, yeah…I…
So three days shy of 11 months old, Caroline headed off to her first day of daycare at a center in our neighborhood. Mike and I toured this center when I was 4 months pregnant and we handed in our waitlist deposit check before we even left that day back in October 2016–that was how much we liked this center. The staff, the mission, the setup, the teachers, the orderliness, the fun the kids seemed to have. I knew it…
Patriots v. Eagles. This was the big showdown for the 2018 Super Bowl and we decided to fly Mike’s dad down from Lowell to NoVA so these two Patriots fans could watch the game together. To be honest, even though it would have been amazing to watch the Jacksonville Jaguars in the Super Bowl, I was really glad that Mike and his dad could share the experience. During last year’s Super Bowl, I know Mike was missing him when it…
So February 2 is an important day in my larger extended family–we have two beautiful family members who share this birthday. Both of these lovely people also happened to pass away in the summer of 2017, which left the question…what do we do on February 2? How can we honor them in a positive way, while also being conscientious and respectful that celebrating them in no way trivializes the very real loss we still feel by their absences? I took…