Tobi in Daddy's office
Tobi really liked Daddy's fish tank ... an original Ben creation
We were thinking about trying to fool a few people by switching badges.
Friday, January 30, 2009
A trip to the office
On Friday we took a trip to Nashua and stopped by Ben's office. Tobi got her own little badge and everything :)
Tobi in Daddy's office
Tobi really liked Daddy's fish tank ... an original Ben creation
We were thinking about trying to fool a few people by switching badges.
Tobi in Daddy's office
Tobi really liked Daddy's fish tank ... an original Ben creation
We were thinking about trying to fool a few people by switching badges.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
SIX months!!!
A half a year! Now that's a serious milestone.
New for 2009 : sitting up (with serious supervision since the day I truned around for a second and found her face first in the couch) , self-feeding with the bottle (don't try and take it away whatever you do!), sleeping in her own crib, solid foods (so far just rice cereal and some carrots...plus the occasional ice cream-on-a-finger thanks to her father).
It's a little hard to tell in these pics but she's definitely getting bigger!
Six months
3.5 months
1 month
New for 2009 : sitting up (with serious supervision since the day I truned around for a second and found her face first in the couch) , self-feeding with the bottle (don't try and take it away whatever you do!), sleeping in her own crib, solid foods (so far just rice cereal and some carrots...plus the occasional ice cream-on-a-finger thanks to her father).
It's a little hard to tell in these pics but she's definitely getting bigger!
Six months
3.5 months
1 month
Thursday, January 22, 2009
The never ending nursery project
I really wanted to wait until we were completely done with the nursery to post pictures...but it is so close now. Last weekend we put up the curtains and hung up some pictures. Now we just really need a rug. We have been looking but just haven't found the right one for the right price. We were at building 19 looking and I found a really nice rug, but apparently even at building 19 prices the handmade orientals are still a couple thousand dollars...oops I guess I should have been looking in the machine made factory reject piles! Hard to justify spending a few thousand dollars on what will inevitably serve as Tobi's burp cloth :)
It is officially Tobi's bedroom now. She has slept in her own room all night since Sunday. I thought it would be a much harder transition since she as spent every night in our room sleeping right next to me in her carseat/bucket perched in the co-sleeper. Apparently the transition was harder on me since I didn't sleep well for the first two nights. It was a little strange even thought I can see her crib from where I sleep. Man if I'm having this much separation anxiety about a hallway what's going to happen when she goes off to college???
So here are a few pics of the nursery minus the rug and rocking chair.
Watercolor by Grandma R-B
My favorite part of the nursery (The little babe in the crib)
Tobi's library and toys
Painting by Grandpa Bareford
Little girl in her big room!
It is officially Tobi's bedroom now. She has slept in her own room all night since Sunday. I thought it would be a much harder transition since she as spent every night in our room sleeping right next to me in her carseat/bucket perched in the co-sleeper. Apparently the transition was harder on me since I didn't sleep well for the first two nights. It was a little strange even thought I can see her crib from where I sleep. Man if I'm having this much separation anxiety about a hallway what's going to happen when she goes off to college???
So here are a few pics of the nursery minus the rug and rocking chair.
Watercolor by Grandma R-B
My favorite part of the nursery (The little babe in the crib)
Tobi's library and toys
Painting by Grandpa Bareford
Little girl in her big room!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Rub-a-dub-dub
This girl has had a serious aversion to water since the day she was born. There has not been a bath or shower experience that didn't end in screaming yet! But a few days ago she decided that water wasn't that bad after all. I won't say she had fun, she was still seriously trepidatious, but there was never a any screaming. I call that a success :)
Friday, January 2, 2009
Goodbye 2008
2008 -
It was my last year of teaching (for now) after 13 years in the classroom and 8 years at NCA
Sadie Mae was born and I became an aunt for the fourth time
We celebrated our 1 year anniversary
I had a (mostly) great experience being pregnant
I experienced my first surgery (C-section)
We welcomed Tobren Lyse into the world and I became a mom for the 1st time
And now I'm staying at home and loving it
This has certainly been a year like no other for us. Becoming parents has been a marvelous blessing. I know Ben and I had both hoped to have a family of our own but we never wanted to completely allow ourselves to believe it would happen. There were so many reasons why this might not have been a reality for us, but God was so good to us. We feel completely blessed to have this little life entrusted to us. My favorite memory of our days in the hospital was the night after Tobi was born and Ben was sitting next to me in the hospital bed with Tobi resting on us...and Ben said "I always wanted a family"... and it hit me just then just how real that was...a family. Tobi means "God is good" and we have seen this evidenced to us through the gift of this little one. Lyse means "God's promise" and we have seen that God is faithful to what he says he will do. May 2009 be a year where you experience God's goodness and faithfulness in abundance.
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Christmas Pictures
This is the video/slideshow I made (with a lot of help from my "friends" at ANIMOTO) for Ben as a little Christmas gift:
It was my last year of teaching (for now) after 13 years in the classroom and 8 years at NCA
Sadie Mae was born and I became an aunt for the fourth time
We celebrated our 1 year anniversary
I had a (mostly) great experience being pregnant
I experienced my first surgery (C-section)
We welcomed Tobren Lyse into the world and I became a mom for the 1st time
And now I'm staying at home and loving it
This has certainly been a year like no other for us. Becoming parents has been a marvelous blessing. I know Ben and I had both hoped to have a family of our own but we never wanted to completely allow ourselves to believe it would happen. There were so many reasons why this might not have been a reality for us, but God was so good to us. We feel completely blessed to have this little life entrusted to us. My favorite memory of our days in the hospital was the night after Tobi was born and Ben was sitting next to me in the hospital bed with Tobi resting on us...and Ben said "I always wanted a family"... and it hit me just then just how real that was...a family. Tobi means "God is good" and we have seen this evidenced to us through the gift of this little one. Lyse means "God's promise" and we have seen that God is faithful to what he says he will do. May 2009 be a year where you experience God's goodness and faithfulness in abundance.
Click here for:
Christmas Pictures
This is the video/slideshow I made (with a lot of help from my "friends" at ANIMOTO) for Ben as a little Christmas gift:
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