This was our first family pic - Connor 4 months old!
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Thursday, May 4, 2017
And.... We have a walker!
Connor on his 1st B-day!
Getting his baby hair cut!!
Walking... Busy boy...!
Getting his baby hair cut!!
Some of my art...
The other day I was telling Madison how I 'used to' be good at drawing horses! (I really did.. I used to practice them...) I remembered I made a horse painting for my niece back in the day.. (pre-kids!) and she texted me a picture so I could show Madison. I started thinking, ya know, I've made some cool paintings over the years!
So I decided to make a little e-gallery on here for your viewing pleasure....
Enjoy!
So I decided to make a little e-gallery on here for your viewing pleasure....
Enjoy!
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Air Brush
Some of you asked about Madison's air brush art she mentioned in her guest post...
Here is a sample for you! She did these all herself! 🍊🍉🐠
Here is a sample for you! She did these all herself! 🍊🍉🐠
And of course one for Mr. Bauer!
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Business Trip
Well, it finally happened, I had to travel for work last week. I knew it was coming, and when I went back to work after maternity leave, that was honestly my biggest source of anxiety... Work travel!! (Other than: how was I going to handle working from home full time with a 3-month old, 8-year old, and no school for the summer... Had to love MJ's questions about "when was I going to get my summer break??")
I was technically supposed to travel in mid-October, so in about Aug/Sept I started getting psycho about pumping. I was determined to have at least 30 bags of breast milk in the freezer for when I left. since that was Connor's sole nutrition. I also quickly realized I hated pumping, but I managed to store up enough milk for a small army in the freezer... So by some small miracle, October rolled around, and I didn't have to go! I got out of it! That was a relief times a thousand..... :D
Fast forward to January, and another work trip came up. And this time there was no getting around it! I thought back to the breast milk still stored in the freezer that we hadn't made much of a dent in.. And I thought, this will be easy! Connor is 9 months old, he's eating regular "people" food, he'll be fine! Sort of in denial about how hard it might actually be... So I left Todd with the frozen bags of milk from August and went on my merry way...
Long story short, I had a great time. Todd, not so much. And neither of us had given much thought to the breastfeeding situation. So, Connor effectively weaned while I was gone... Todd said he wouldn't really take a bottle/sippy cup much after day 1. And I discovered I needed to pump regularly or else I got engorged. And Madison was sick right before I left, so Connor and Todd both managed to get it... And Todd hurt his back to boot! Sigh. Needless to say, they were counting down the days/hours/minutes til I came home.
I have to add the disclaimer that I arranged 2 playdates for Madison and 2 nanny visits before I left, so I wasn't feeling tooo bad.... Did I mention I was only gone for 4 days? Four days of sleeping all night, staying at my dad's and in a hotel, eating out. Bonus happy hours thrown in there & visiting friends in Richmond! sigh...
T-minus 2 1/2 months till my next business trip!
I was technically supposed to travel in mid-October, so in about Aug/Sept I started getting psycho about pumping. I was determined to have at least 30 bags of breast milk in the freezer for when I left. since that was Connor's sole nutrition. I also quickly realized I hated pumping, but I managed to store up enough milk for a small army in the freezer... So by some small miracle, October rolled around, and I didn't have to go! I got out of it! That was a relief times a thousand..... :D
Fast forward to January, and another work trip came up. And this time there was no getting around it! I thought back to the breast milk still stored in the freezer that we hadn't made much of a dent in.. And I thought, this will be easy! Connor is 9 months old, he's eating regular "people" food, he'll be fine! Sort of in denial about how hard it might actually be... So I left Todd with the frozen bags of milk from August and went on my merry way...
Long story short, I had a great time. Todd, not so much. And neither of us had given much thought to the breastfeeding situation. So, Connor effectively weaned while I was gone... Todd said he wouldn't really take a bottle/sippy cup much after day 1. And I discovered I needed to pump regularly or else I got engorged. And Madison was sick right before I left, so Connor and Todd both managed to get it... And Todd hurt his back to boot! Sigh. Needless to say, they were counting down the days/hours/minutes til I came home.
I have to add the disclaimer that I arranged 2 playdates for Madison and 2 nanny visits before I left, so I wasn't feeling tooo bad.... Did I mention I was only gone for 4 days? Four days of sleeping all night, staying at my dad's and in a hotel, eating out. Bonus happy hours thrown in there & visiting friends in Richmond! sigh...
T-minus 2 1/2 months till my next business trip!
Friday, January 27, 2017
Kidblog
Here is the link for Madison's class blog - "Kidblog" ☺
http://kidblog.org/home/
Join code (good thru Feb 10th: c6yg4rh)
And in case any of you are wondering, YES, Madison did write that last blog entry! I know there were some doubters (um, Dad!)... Well, I started out writing it for her and she said no, it would be easier if she typed it herself. So that is what she did! I know it's a bit rambling.. well that is a typical example of a conversation with this kid!
And - stay tuned for "BUSINESS TRIP!" (My next blog post)
Sincerely, Kristin
http://kidblog.org/home/
Join code (good thru Feb 10th: c6yg4rh)
And in case any of you are wondering, YES, Madison did write that last blog entry! I know there were some doubters (um, Dad!)... Well, I started out writing it for her and she said no, it would be easier if she typed it herself. So that is what she did! I know it's a bit rambling.. well that is a typical example of a conversation with this kid!
And - stay tuned for "BUSINESS TRIP!" (My next blog post)
Sincerely, Kristin
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