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Snooze Queen

22. March 2009

You wonder where they get some of their characteristics from hey? Well, in this case it’s pretty obvious. I love to snooze, and so does Naomi. During the week, I set my alarm so that I can hit the snooze button the maximum allowed. If I oversleep, it’s usually not because the alarm never went [...]

Puddle Queen

16. February 2009

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She loves puddles. We can’t walk by a puddle without her stomping around in it. The muddier, the better. Depth is not a problem. And the fact that it will be cold and wet afterwards doesn’t come to mind. And there’s no complaining if we have to walk around with wet feet after either. It’s [...]

Little leader

18. January 2009

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Of course, you want to hear great things about your child, and as a first time parent (little to no reference from young children growing up) I tend to double check my observations with the experts (I.e. the daycare teachers, and basically anybody who has an older kid). We’d noticed that at the daycare, and [...]

Lids, Spoons and Straws

14. November 2008

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That’s all you really need with a little one. No fancy toys, no room full of stuffed animals (although she loves them – ALL of them). I stopped worrying about bringing a bag of tricks when we go out for dinner, because she is happily entertained with what’s available on the table. For the longest [...]

Little Victories IV

26. January 2008

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Yes, they keep on coming. And trust me, if I would post every achievement that I considered a little victory it would become a full time job. In the last weeks Naomi has discovered her shadow [she follows the shadow of her hand when in her crib], she’s holding her own pacifier in her mouth, [...]

Weekend Santa Barbara

21. January 2008

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It was Naomi’s first flight, and she did great. On the way to, we had an early start. No big deal for her, because everything new is exiting for her. I nursed her during take-off and landing, an besides a bit of grumpiness because she didn’t sleep well, we were not the most annoying family [...]

Last of First Weeks

31. December 2007

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Is it normal that my baby wants to sleep all day? Is it normal that my baby wants to eat all day? Is it normal that my baby poops all day? These and all other questions relating to newborns are discussed during the “First Weeks” drop-in at the Community Birth and Family Center on Eastlake. [...]

Cultural Education starts young

28. December 2007

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Today we took little Naomi to her first museum visit. With a Native American nanny, what more suitable museum could there be than the Burke Museum in the University district. She loved the photo exhibition of nature in the Pacific Northwest, was less impressed the giant squid exhibition, started to loose interest with the dinosaurs [...]

White Christmas

25. December 2007

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It actually snowed today – you can see snowflakes in background – on Christmas Day. While I was getting Naomi ready to go to mass we decided to pose for a picture, because besides the unique event of having snow, let alone having snow on Christmas day in Seattle, Naomi is wearing a dress! She [...]

Sleep Marathon (a BIG Victory)

8. December 2007

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It’s official after 3 nights: she slept for 10 HOURS!!! This is huge. It means we parents can start to catch up on months of sleep deprivation (note – that this started well before she was born, because in the last stages of pregnancy, I had to get up several times a night to go [...]