Thursday, November 30, 2017

11/29/17

  1. Bedsharing and blackout curtains working out well to sleep in until 9:30.
  2. Sunny and fairly warm day out.
  3. Getting to the breastfeeding support group at Luna Wellness.
  4. Nico obligingly nursing for a weighted feed and transferring 2.8oz!
  5. Getting a massage.
  6. Lu rou fan with bok choy for lunch and dinner, thanks to my mom and sister.
A year ago today.

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

11/28/17

  1. Going back to the sleeping pattern from before of Nico sleeping on me until 9:30.
  2. Getting my eyebrows done.
  3. My dad taking Nico for most of the afternoon, letting me get a nap in.
  4. Finally concentrating enough to select benefits for next year.
  5. Getting to physical therapy early, even with the downtown traffic.
  6. Successfully making tomato and caramelized onion jam with and for my sister, so she could take it away with her.
A year ago today.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

11/27/17

  1. My sister making and bringing up another excellent breakfast spread for me.
  2. Getting a same-day appointment with the pediatrician.
  3. Yaki-soba for lunch and dinner.
  4. Surprisingly sunny and warmish day out.
  5. Getting to the appointment on time.
  6. Getting at least a bit of a nap in.
A year ago today.

11/26/17

  1. My sister making a full breakfast for me again, big omelette and crispy home fries.
  2. Taking a nap (by myself, even) in the early afternoon.
  3. Dan doing a lot of the childcare today.
  4. Finishing reading Provenance.
  5. My sister continuing to take care of all the cooking.
  6. Digging out the roasting pan for caramelizing onions in.
A year ago today.

Sunday, November 26, 2017

11/25/17

  1. Getting out for dim sum with my sister, dad, AL & T.
  2. Lots of nursing in the afternoon and early evening.
  3. Managing to adjust positions enough for me to able to lean back while Nico kept napping on me.
  4. Remembering that I had Ann Leckie's new book on my phone to read.
  5. My sister bringing me back a bubble tea from Tea Bar.
  6. Managing to make up pump output at the end of the day still.
A year ago today.

Saturday, November 25, 2017

11/24/17

  1. My sister making me a delicious giant omelette with spinach and sausage and crispy home fries for breakfast.
  2. Dan coming up with the idea to move the Pack 'N Play over into the living room and elevate Nico's daytime space off the ground.
  3. Sunny and not too cold out.
  4. Picking up additional fabric to make the quilt a twin-size at Modern Domestic's Black Friday sale.
  5. My sister pulling up to pick me up from physical therapy with perfect timing.
  6. Lu ro fan sent over by my mom and supplemented with bok choy by my sister.
A year ago today.

11/23/17

  1. Successful overnight and two morning feedings.
  2. Taking two naps in the afternoon.
  3. Getting the smoke out of downstairs by setting up all the fans.
  4. Extending Nico's walk over to Whole Foods.
  5. My sister and AL turning out an awesome Thanksgiving feast!
  6. Catching up on pump output in one evening go.
A year ago today.

Thursday, November 23, 2017

11/22/17

  1. Making it to our lactation consultant's breastfeeding support group.
  2. Meat sauce and ramen noodles defrosting in time for my lunch.
  3. ZK visiting and catching up.
  4. Getting an early evening nap.
  5. My sister and Dad visiting.
  6. My mom having sent a ton of cooked food over with them.
A year ago today.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

11/21/17

  1. Getting Nico down for at least two independent naps of a solid 30 minutes each.
  2. No rain on our walk to Whole Foods.
  3. Throwing in some peas into my farro dish to get some greens in.
  4. Dan pulling out the Tula to finally calm Nico down.
  5. Remembering a package of instant ramen my mom left behind to make for dinner.
  6. Almost all feeding via nursing today!!!
A year ago today.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

11/20/17

  1. Waking up right before Nico woke up for his first morning feeding so that I had time to run to the bathroom first.
  2. Starting trying to establish a naptime schedule.
  3. Getting a load of laundry done.
  4. New dishwasher installation happening right after he woke up for a nap and I wanted to take him out on a walk anyway.
  5. Getting a FoodSaver off the Buy Nothing group after the first person chosen flaked.
  6. Dan picking up my library books for me.
A year ago today.

Monday, November 20, 2017

11/19/17

  1. Cold but sunny morning.
  2. Getting a breakfast burrito and a scone.
  3. Umi Organic having a stall at the this last farmers market for the season so got to stock up on ramen.
  4. Finally syncing up baby schedules for a videochat with AQ and MW.
  5. Nice late afternoon nap on the couch together.
  6. Managing to make this farro dish with the low key evening.
A year ago today.

Sunday, November 19, 2017

11/18/17

  1. Making scrambled eggs with Jimmy Nardello peppers on toast for breakfast.
  2. Catching up on backlogged RSS and email newsletters from the last couple of months finally.
  3. Dan taking Nico out for a walk while I pumped and ate.
  4. Adding leftover rice from earlier in the week to last night's fried rice for a large late lunch.
  5. Catching a power nap to get through the evening.
  6. Dan making meatballs.
A year ago today.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

11/17/17

  1. Some sun out there today.
  2. Getting to quilt class a little bit early, even with stopping to get breakfast.
  3. Being able to just walk over to the pediatrician's office now.
  4. Best day of nursing yet, including at the doctor's office!
  5. Getting two sandwiches at The Arrow Coffeehouse to assuage my hunger.
  6. Dan making fried rice for dinner.
A year ago today.

Friday, November 17, 2017

11/16/17

  1. Successfully getting us to and from the tummy time class on the bus.
  2. Nico doing great at tummy time during the class.
  3. Managing to nurse and eat my lunch at the same time.
  4. Taking an afternoon nap on the couch together.
  5. Waking up in time to put the ribs in the oven.
  6. Sewing together one complete quilt block.
A year ago today.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

11/15/17

  1. Dan making the bed in the morning to make me feel better.
  2. Getting back from physical therapy really quickly.
  3. Getting at least some brief nursing sessions in by switching to football hold.
  4. Taking a long nap with Nico on the couch in the afternoon.
  5. Dinner of delivered food from Munchery.
  6. Getting a base set of fabrics strips for the quilt sewn together.
A year ago today.

11/14/17

  1. Nico and I both sleeping in in the morning.
  2. Making it to Whole Foods and back pretty smoothly.
  3. Running into TP and getting an update on their baby.
  4. Using the outfit change times to get in some naked tummy time.
  5. Cutting out all the strips of fabric for the quilt class.
  6. Remembering to pull the ribs out to defrost.
A year ago today.

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

11/13/17

  1. Multiple nursing sessions in one day!!!
  2. Getting in a long nap myself while Nico slept on me.
  3. Dan cutting up my enchiladas for me so I could eat them one-handed while Nico kept napping.
  4. Nico taking in stopping by Modern Domestic and the gym really well.
  5. Successfully identifying almost all the fabrics I'd picked out for my quilting class and only needing to buy two backup fat quarters.
  6. Extremely productive evening with trading off with Dan.
A year ago today.

Monday, November 13, 2017

11/12/17

  1. Another full feeding session via nursing!
  2. Getting more hands-on practice loading and threading the longarm machine.
  3. Couch protected from blowout diaper (by my pants).
  4. Ordering delivery from The Spicy Spoon for dinner.
  5. Nico finally taking a long nap in the evening.
  6. Figuring out the names of some of the fabrics I'd bought the other day.
A year ago today.

Sunday, November 12, 2017

11/11/17

  1. Having chocolate cake for breakfast.
  2. Getting Nico to sleep in an extra 3 hours in the morning.
  3. Taking a supervised nap with Nico on the couch in the afternoon.
  4. Getting to the church early.
  5. Gorgeous handmade family heirloom christening gown going back 3 generations.
  6. Nico falling asleep near the beginning of the mass until the baptism part.
A year ago today.

Saturday, November 11, 2017

11/10/17

  1. First full feed via nursing!
  2. Starting the modern four patch quilt class.
  3. KS around to help me.
  4. Nico finally getting a solid nap in in the evening via me holding him.
  5. Chocolate olive oil cakes turning out beautifully.
  6. My mother-in-law giving me a ride to/from the hospital to visit TP/JT.
A year ago today.

Friday, November 10, 2017

11/9/17

  1. Cleaning service coming in-between our different visitors.
  2. Wearing one of my new nursing tops that feels quite sophisticated and stylish.
  3. Learning a lot at the new tummy time class.
  4. Finding another Mandarin-speaking family at the class.
  5. Actually succeeding in finding the support strap for the Baby K'tan during our afternoon walk!
  6. Several latches and a non-bath nursing session.
A year ago today.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

11/8/17

  1. Really interesting physical therapy session with using biofeedback.
  2. Powell's taking all the books I brought to sell.
  3. Using up the store credit I had at The Pencil Test.
  4. Getting a ride back from Alberta from Dan.
  5. Naan turning out well.
  6. Relieving my anxieties of the last few days by having a decent length nursing session during the evening bath again.
A year ago today.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

11/7/17

  1. Getting to the bus stop with a few minutes to spare.
  2. Baby K'tan still holding sturdy despite having lost the extra band.
  3. Nico doing GREAT at the new mom support group and on the bus!
  4. Remembering to move the quilt and blanket from the washer to the dryer after we got back home.
  5. Nico taking some long naps in the afternoon and evening.
  6. Having time to get the kitchen cleaned up and the dishwasher running before starting the evening bath routine.
A year ago today.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

11/6/17

  1. Figuring out a configuration of quilt blocks that I was really pleased with.
  2. Making it to ZK's house to pick up our stuff.
  3. Discovering that that's where the Baby K'tan had been.
  4. Finding my hat after I thought I'd lost it during the afternoon walk.
  5. Taking an afternoon power nap with Nico.
  6. Washing the fabrics for the quilt and none of them getting too wrinkly or losing color.
A year ago today.

Monday, November 6, 2017

11/5/17

  1. Being able to break a large bill at the farmers market.
  2. Coming up with a way to more accurately experiment with different quilt block layouts.
  3. First longarm quilting class at Modern Domestic.
  4. Teaming up with Dan to get a couple loads of laundry done.
  5. Oxtail soup with ramen for dinner.
  6. Getting pump output back up.
A year ago today.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

11/4/17

  1. KY visiting.
  2. Dan figuring out that we needed to use the nasal aspirator.
  3. Nico letting us run errands at the UPS store and Whole Foods.
  4. Remembering that I had a book to pick up from the library while we were over there anyway.
  5. Getting a nursing session not in the bath for the first time in awhile.
  6. Feeling refreshed after an evening power nap.
A year ago today.

Saturday, November 4, 2017

11/3/17

  1. Pulling out my short down jacket to keep warm.
  2. Physical therapists noting improvements in my core strength.
  3. Using at 30% off promotion from Lyft and getting home very quickly after physical therapy.
  4. New duckbill valves arriving before I needed to do my afternoon pump.
  5. Taking a long afternoon nap.
  6. Best nursing session yet!
A year ago today.

Friday, November 3, 2017

11/2/17

  1. Finishing off the chicken stew myself.
  2. My mom visiting again.
  3. People enjoying the email I finally got together for inviting friends to visit.
  4. Getting in a late afternoon nap with Nico.
  5. Rib tacos with broccoli rabe for dinner.
  6. Managing to get pump output to previous levels after yesterday's drop.
A year ago today.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

11/1/17

  1. Feeling less groggy after a series of morning naps.
  2. New narrow neck Dr. Brown's bottles working out well.
  3. Dan coming home just as we were setting off on an afternoon walk.
  4. Accomplishing the Whole Foods errands.
  5. A couple nice long naps from Nico.
  6. Fitting my laundry onto the drying rack to not risk noise from the dryer waking anyone up.
A year ago today.