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Month: April 2018

Here We Come, Toddler 1!

Here We Come, Toddler 1!

On Monday, April 2, Mike and I walked into Caroline’s daycare and into the TODDLER 1 classroom. We carried 2 sippy cups: one for water, one for milk. That was it. No bottles, no breast milk (or any outside food) allowed. Caroline was dressed in her required “sturdy hard soled walking shoes” and was shown her cot (no cribs here!) where she would sleep during her ONE nap of the day. Lots of changes going from the baby room to…

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Peanut, Peanut Butter

Peanut, Peanut Butter

Trying peanut butter for the first time has become a THING. At first it wasn’t a thing. And then kids everywhere got allergies. So then it was all WAIIIT until age two. No, three. Safer. Now it’s all try it right away! 4 months! 8 months! The longer you wait, the more likely they will have an allergy! Sigh. I don’t eat a lot of peanut butter and never thought to go out and buy it to conduct the “is…

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Caroline at 13 Months

Caroline at 13 Months

So this little lady went and turned 13 months on the most perfect, beautiful day we have had all year. So we made the most of it 🙂 We started off by going to the Cherry Blossom Parade in DC. Caroline loved the marching bands and clapped when they played music. She had the best view because of her dad! After that, we took advantage of the 80 degree temps and brought out the baby pool I bought last summer….

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An Egg-cellent Easter

An Egg-cellent Easter

This Easter was one for the books. We had a wonderful Easter weekend! I got out of work early on Good Friday and came home to spend time with this face, who was spending the day with her daddy since daycare was on Spring Break. We enjoyed a beautiful day on Saturday. Warm, sunny, and windy. We headed to a neighborhood event in the park that featured kite flying, egg rolling, giant bubble blowing fun. Afterwards, we headed to Chick…

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