12/30/17

1. Nico taking the longest independent and non-stroller nap yet, over 2 hours!
2. Finally pulling out the weekly frittata out of the oven at the right time, fully cooked but not burned.
3. Making smitten kitchen's blueberry muffins recipe and finding them to the best blueberry muffins I've ever made!
4. Sunny out without it being too cold for a walk over to the library and Whole Foods.
5. Reading pamie's novel Going in Circles.
6. Rolls that require rising at room temperature for several hours actually turning out pretty well as accompaniments to chicken stew.

A year ago today.

12/29/17

1. Dan making pasta fagioli for lunch.
2. Getting a 90-minute massage.
3. Dan returning my library book for me.
4. Nico not taking too much milk while I was gone.
5. Dan making chicken stew for dinner.
6. Talking things over on the couch after Nico had fallen asleep finally.

A year ago today.

12/28/17

1. LU visiting and sharing exciting news!
2. Dan using up the rest of the sauce to make pasta with meatballs for lunch.
3. Being given some 9 month size clothes on the Buy Nothing group, rounding out what we can make use of right now.
4. Not many ingredients needed for cooking pork shoulder steaks in the Instant Pot for tacos.
5. Nico getting back some of his usual spirit in the evening after an afternoon of not feeling that well.
6. Remembering we have gingerbread cookies to have some for dessert.

A year ago today.

12/27/17

1. Making it to the pediatrician's on time.
2. Being able to stop by Modern Domestic and restock the thread I'm using for the quilt.
3. Leftover meatloaf for lunch being quite tasty.
4. Nico making up a lot of a sleep with a giant nap in the early afternoon.
5. Sewing and ironing all the parts that had been pinned so far.
6. Dan making me some hot chocolate.

A year ago today.

12/26/17

1. Getting to sleep in again this morning.
2. Dan doing laundry.
3. Getting Nico to take a long afternoon nap and make up some of his sleep debt from yesterday.
4. Taking the baked sweet potatoes out of the toaster oven before they burned.
5. Meatloaf being rather tasty with all the spices in it.
6. Finding that I didn't have to actually do too much squaring up on the 2x2 quilt blocks.

A year ago today.

12/25/17

1. Dan taking Nico again while I slept in a bit more in the morning.
2. Finishing reading the Ferber sleep book finally, before needing to return it to the pediatrician's office this week.
3. Doing all the outstanding ironing for quilt pieces since I ran out of thread.
4. Reading pamie.com archives.
5. Ramen actually going with leftover sweet potato curry fairly well.
6. Pretty quick to pull together meatloaf with CSA ground beef.

A year ago today.

12/24/17

1. Dan taking Nico in the morning so I could sleep for another hour.
2. Snow falling for a white Christmas.
3. Videochatting with family for Christmas Eve.
4. Dan's Italian wedding soup turning out really well.
5. Finishing watching the second season of The Crown.
6. Getting a 5th nap in for Nico pretty peacefully.

A year ago today.

12/23/17

1. Making ramen with meatballs, green beans, and leftover rib sauce for lunch.
2. Watching more episodes of The Crown.
3. Getting all the remaining fabric strips for the quilt pinned together.
4. Remembering the frittata in the oven before it burned as much as it did last week.
5. My cobbled together attempt at making a sweet potato chicken curry (without coconut milk) in the Instant Pot coming together pretty well.
6. Most peaceful bedtime so far.

A year ago today.

12/22/17

1. Dan starting the rest of his family leave.
2. People responding well to a comment I left on an Ask a Manager post.
3. Adding cranberry jam and Swiss cheese in the fridge to the corned beef and turkey sandwich for lunch.
4. Nico taking a really long nap in the stroller, making up for yesterday's deficit.
5. Taking a nap myself on the couch.
6. Enough leftover ribs to cover dinner for both of us.

A year ago today.

12/21/17

1. Taking Nico for a walk over to the park on Fremont while the sun was out.
2. Getting enough protein from two packages of frozen meatballs to feel sated.
3. Dan coming home early again.
4. Pinning and sewing half of the remaining strips for the quilt.
5. Ribs coming out perfectly, falling off the bone but not burnt.
6. Taking Nico to Peacock Lane again (at the right time).

A year ago today.

12/20/17

1. Very peaceful naptimes.
2. Finishing cutting out the fabric for my quilt top.
3. Dan coming home early.
4. Sunny out for the first time in awhile.
5. Finding a good parking spot to get to Peacock Lane.
6. Nico getting a nice nap in in the car so that the evening timeline didn't have to shift much.

A year ago today.

12/19/17

1. FedEx guy arriving after nursing and before the morning nap.
2. Working on cutting out the rest of the fabric for my quilt.
3. Managing a walk in the rain with Nico in the Baby K'Tan over to the mailbox on Skidmore and back.
4. Getting a really long nap out of Nico in the late afternoon, catching up on missed sleep from the morning and the last couple of days.
5. Watching two episodes of The Crown on my phone while Nico napped on me.
6. Pretty quick to make fried rice.

A year ago today.

12/18/17

1. Only two wakeups overnight!
2. Drizzle staying pretty light out.
3. Eventually catching the eye of a UPS store employee to be able to drop off a package and not continue to wait in a really long line.
4. Getting Nico to fall asleep for a 5th nap so that bedtime would work out ok.
5. Most peaceful bedtime thus far.
6. Finally starting on watching The Crown.

A year ago today.

12/17/17

1. EB and EA visiting and bringing tea and muffins.
2. Selling the standing desk treadmill for what we had paid for it.
3. Figuring out a better solution for patching the sunflower quilt top to hide a stain.
4. Pretty quick to make chicken stock in the Instant Pot and this week's breakfast frittata.
5. Getting awesome news from DH.
6. Dan making broccoli rabe pasta for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/16/17

1. Making scrambled eggs with leftover collard greens for breakfast.
2. Dan doing most of the childcare again so I could keep recuperating via reading.
3. Getting more energy after going out for the afternoon walk.
4. Getting lunch from The Whole Bowl.
5. Instant Pot risotto's texture turning out pretty well, for minimal amount of work.
6. Planning out travel.

A year ago today.

12/15/17

1. Dan taking Nico for much of the day so I could rest and get some alone time.
2. Checking out ebooks from the library.
3. Realizing I'd left my wallet at home before the Lyft turned onto MLK.
4. Having plenty of time to walk from my eye appointment over to physical therapy.
5. Not waiting long for either the MAX or the #6 bus.
6. Ordering delivery to get a bit more food for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/14/17

1. Neighbor bringing back wedding guestbook pages that I'd forgotten inside the scrapbooking materials.
2. Catching the bus right in time on the way there and back.
3. Making it over to our doula's support group.
4. Commiserating laughter at the support group.
5. Not too much difficulty settling Nico down for nap #3 of the day.
6. Having just enough time to pop the ribs in after nap #3 so that dinner wasn't too late.

A year ago today.

12/13/17

1. 3 hour stretches between wakings overnight.
2. Nico taking a massive nap in the afternoon.
3. Actually being positioned fairly well to lean back against pillows for once, while he napped on me.
4. Making it to Whole Foods for picking up Amazon orders while it was still light out.
5. Making ramen with oxtail soup and carrots for dinner.
6. Getting ribs ready to go for tomorrow night's dinner.

A year ago today.

12/12/17

1. Using the independent naptimes to make oxtail soup.
2. KL and KG visiting and bringing lunch!
3. Pulling out some minimum Christmas decorations.
4. Nico going to sleep by himself for the third nap of the day.
5. Succeeding in balancing my Nordstrom return package on top of the stroller and walking it over to the post office.
6. Getting a quick fourth nap in together.

A year ago today.

12/11/17

1. Much easier nap training than yesterday.
2. Getting a few minor skin irritations finally taken care of at the dermatologist.
3. Getting back from the appointment in 45 minutes!
4. Spotting the box mac & cheese to make for lunch.
5. Taking a long afternoon nap together with no panicking or nose issue at the end.
6. Finally getting to looking over our finances for the past month.

A year ago today.

12/10/17

1. Dan taking on doing nap sleep training too.
2. Getting a second lunch at XLB of soup dumplings and basil popcorn chicken.
3. Frittata turning out well and quickly, with additions of freezer goodies like oven-roasted tomatoes and caramelized onions.
4. Taking Nico out on a second walk since it was sunny.
5. Finding some wooden rattles and teething toys for pretty cheap at the consignment store near Whole Foods.
6. Not needing to use a bottle to get Nico to nap for the whole day.

A year ago today.

12/9/17

1. Getting Nico to sleep in past 9.
2. Making it over to Pip's Doughnuts for my free birthday dozen donuts.
3. Succeeding at Nico napping in the stroller and staying asleep for 30 minutes.
4. Succeeding at nursing Nico in the car, even.
5. Seeing ZK's aerials show!!
6. Dan succeeding in sleep training while I was out.

A year ago today.

12/8/17

1. Both of us being able to be on the morning call with the sleep consultant.
2. Using sewing class time to at least cut up my fabrics into smaller chunks that will be more manageable.
3. Dan getting Nico to nap for a whole hour in the Tula.
4. Dan taking Nico out in the afternoon for a long walk so that I could take a nap.
5. Roast chicken, carrots, and baked potato turning out rather well.
6. Dan taking the first attempt at doing some sleep coaching.

A year ago today.

12/7/17

1. Taking advantage of another sunny clear day and walking to Tummy Time class.
2. Nico being able to fall asleep and take a nap in the stroller on the way back.
3. Making noodles with basil pork and frozen peas for lunch.
4. ZK visiting.
5. Ribs turning out well despite playing fast and loose with temperature and time.
6. Organizing my various questions for the sleep consultant.

A year ago today.

12/6/17

1. Succeeding at sidelying breastfeeding over night for both sides!
2. Another sunny day out.
3. Making it to another breastfeeding support group and meeting some other parents and babies there.
4. Getting one decent length nap for Nico in the afternoon.
5. Bringing in the FedEx packages off the porch without too much delay.
6. Having enough down time to make a few phone calls and dinner for myself.

A year ago today.

12/5/17

1. Successfully transferring two naps to the co-sleeper.
2. Sitting and reading for a bit in the park on the sunny day.
3. Making it to a breastfeeding support group.
4. Getting a nap and a weighted feed in at the meeting!
5. Grabbing a snack on the way home.
6. Making avocado toast for a second dinner.

A year ago today.

12/4/17

1. Dan being able to change plans to work from home for the day after a rough early morning.
2. Actually finishing baking the frittata so that the eggs are fully set.
3. Clear weather to take Nico out on a walk.
4. Succeeding in parking the stroller outside the library while running in, babe in arms, to pick up a book on hold.
5. Dan taking Nico out again so that I could take an afternoon nap.
6. Eventually succeeding in getting Nico to nap without feeding him.

A year ago today.

12/3/17

1. Attending the kickoff meeting for the parents in tech podcast.
2. Cleaning service coming by.
3. Getting a nap in the early afternoon while Dan took Nico out for a walk.
4. Giggling and happy Nico, especially after the morning nose issue episode.
5. Quickly throwing together a frittata with vegetables and sausage my sister had left in the fridge.
6. Dan making lentils for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/2/17

1. Dan taking Nico in the morning so I could get a bit more sleep.
2. Dan taking my package to the post office before it closed, while I was in baby nap jail.
3. Remembering more than I thought I did to get set up on the longarm.
4. Getting home before Nico woke up from his nap.
5. Getting a nap in myself after he obligingly took another nap not too long afterwards.
6. Cobbling together a quick omelette with Brussels sprouts for dinner.

A year ago today.

12/1/17

1. Heating up yakisoba for breakfast.
2. Working steadily on assembling quilt blocks at class.
3. Fixing the rivet on my handmade jeans.
4. Getting Nico to nap a lot during the afternoon.
5. All of us making it to the celebration.
6. Going to bed early in anticipation of a choppy night.

A year ago today.

11/30/17

1. Getting to Tummy Time class on time!
2. Being able to stay at the class location through a nap, nursing, and diaper change.
3. Staving off my hunger with a quick stop at McDonald's while waiting for the next bus.
4. Taking a long nap together in the middle of the afternoon.
5. Easy later naps allowing me to get laundry folded and work on my laptop.
6. Pretty much no bottles needed all day.

A year ago today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

10/31/17

1. Nice long morning nap together.
2. Learning new exercises from a new lactation consultant.
3. Hanging out in the sun at the local park again.
4. Ordering baby items for Dan to pick up at the Wilsonville Target.
5. Actually getting some trick-or-treaters.
6. Finding time to make the pressure cooker Colombian chicken stew in the evening.

A year ago today.

10/30/17

1. Finishing pumping and morning chores right before Nico woke up.
2. Starting to read Book of Dust.
3. Taking Nico out in time to sit in the sun in the park for awhile.
4. Dan taking Nico out for another afternoon walk so I could take a long nap.
5. Having biscuits with the chicken lentil stew from last night.
6. Some more successful latching in the bath tonight.

A year ago today.

10/29/17

1. Getting a breakfast burrito at the farmers market.
2. Picking up an extra changing pad from the Buy Nothing group.
3. Someone picking up the two bags of baby clothes.
4. Making a tasty chicken lentil stew in the Instant Pot that came together pretty quickly and easily.
5. Also making one-pot farro with tomatoes and my mom's basil pork recipe.
6. Deciding to leave the dishes for the next morning and just go to bed.

A year ago today.

10/28/17

1. Dan and I having a good heart-to-heart talk.
2. Dan's dad meeting Nico for the first time.
3. The others taking Nico out for his afternoon walk while I got a pumping session in.
4. Chocolate olive oil cake coming out better than I expected for a vegan cake.
5. Making it to ZK's Halloween party in our family costume.
6. Nico nursing for a sustained period of time in the bath!

A year ago today.

10/27/17

1. Dan taking the morning feed when I woke up later than usual.
2. Sunny and warm out.
3. Trying out Coco Donuts lavender hot chocolate and donuts.
4. Catching a bit of the sun at the park still.
5. Taking an early evening nap.
6. Ramen with leftover ribs and soybeans from the freezer for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/26/17

1. Co-sleeping to get another 2 hours in after the morning feed.
2. Successfully lulling Nico back into another sleep cycle for a long afternoon nap.
3. Getting retired baby clothes put away finally.
4. Discovering baby tracker apps have widgets for one-handed updating.
5. KL and MB thinking to include me for work swag ordering.
6. Got the oven temperature right to get ribs falling off the bone this time.

A year ago today.

10/25/17

1. Going back to bed after my morning pump more quickly than I usually do.
2. Beautifully sunny in the morning when we needed to be out anyway.
3. Making it to Luna Wellness (mostly) on time even with walking over and managing Nico by myself.
4. Long afternoon co-sleeping nap.
5. Quite good dinners from Munchery, chorizo breakfast tacos and salmon with cider cream sauce.
6. Finishing the baby balaclava.

A year ago today.

10/24/17

1. Nico doing great playing by himself so I could get some more sleep and chores done.
2. Getting 3 loads of laundry done.
3. Taking advantage of the sunny weather and hanging out at the small local park.
4. Putting "sleep when the baby sleeps" into practice to get a restorative 30 minute late afternoon nap.
5. Having had the foresight to order two dinners for myself from Munchery.
6. Finishing re-arranging the current set of baby clothes.

A year ago today.

10/23/17

1. Having multiple servings of Dan's fried rice.
2. Beautiful and sunny fall day.
3. Getting a massage.
4. Reading my book while Nico napped on me.
5. Stopping by TP/JT's when taking Nico for a walk around the block.
6. Making tomatoes and eggs with ramen for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/22/17

1. Getting a breakfast burrito from the farmers market.
2. Going for a bike ride for the first time in months.
3. No wait even at the official Verizon Wireless store at the mall.
4. Setting up my Google Pixel.
5. Going for a walk as a family over to the library.
6. Taking a supervised nap with Nico on the couch.

A year ago today.

10/21/17

1. Mixed leftovers ramen for lunch better than last night's.
2. Getting two naps in, early and late afternoon.
3. ZK stopping by for a visit.
4. Getting out for a brief walk still despite the rain.
5. Dan making chicken provencal for dinner.
6. Reading bedtime stories.

A year ago today.

10/20/17

1. Pulling out the ponte blazer I made to look more put together.
2. Dan getting home in time for me to get a pumping session in before physical therapy.
3. Stopping by Powell's and Penzey's finally.
4. Picking up a remainders copy of First & Then, just because.
5. Streetcar + #6 bus timing pretty well to not take too long to get home.
6. Nico taking a couple longer naps throughout the day.

A year ago today.

10/19/17

1. Being right about middle-of-the-night fussy sleep due to Nico being cold.
2. Falling back asleep for a bit before Nico was up for the day.
3. Taiwanese pork sauce with rice and broccoli for lunch.
4. Making it outside, despite the rain, to drop off a book at a free library box.
5. Making my mom's ribs for dinner.
6. Nico really exercising his limbs, very cutely, post-bathtime.

A year ago today.

10/18/17

1. Another full night's sleep from Nico.
2. Deciding to skip the breastfeeding support group meeting in favor of a more relaxed pace for the morning.
3. Taking a solid late afternoon nap.
4. Dan asking whether he was doing enough.
5. Happy evening baby.
6. Figuring out how to chart a moving 5-day average of pump outputs.

A year ago today.

10/17/17

1. Nico truly sleeping through the night--11pm to 5:40am!
2. Getting another hour of sleep in before Nico was up again.
3. Timing my daytime pump sessions pretty well in-between his short naps.
4. Still getting outside for the daily afternoon walk around the block using the Tula and large rainbow umbrella against the drizzle.
5. Getting through my first day being with the baby entirely by myself!
6. Oxtail soup with ramen and broccoli rabe for dinner.

A year ago today.

10/16/17

1. One more lovely sunny fall day.
2. Nico holding up better this time for the walk to the library and back.
3. Taking a late afternoon nap.
4. Finishing off red roast duck curry from last week.
5. Remembering to have my mom help me wind another skein of yarn for the baby balaclava.
6. Finishing watching the last bit of The Godfather.

A year ago today.

10/15/17

1. Lovely sunny clear day.
2. Getting breakfast burritos with my mom at the farmers market.
3. LU and EA visiting.
4. Making double chocolate banana bread in a quest to use my KitchenAid mixer more.
5. Nico smiling happily during our evening bath.
6. Succeeding in fixing my photo printer.

A year ago today.

10/14/17

1. Printer error being a paper jam that I could fix and not the toner running out.
2. Starting two knitting projects.
3. Finding out that Amazon would let me return the KitchenAid bowl covers without needing to mail them back.
4. Taking a nap with Nico on the couch while Dan kept a lookout.
5. Red-braised pork with rice for dinner.
6. Finally getting to watch The Godfather.

A year ago today.

10/13/17

1. Nico sleeping through until Dan's wakeup time.
2. Heating up red roast duck curry with rice for a quick breakfast.
3. Nico entertaining himself for a bit while I started working on reorganizing my dresser.
4. Physical therapist saying I was doing the home exercises correctly.
5. Having a Feelings Talk with Dan.
6. Taking a late afternoon nap.

A year ago today.

10/12/17

1. Exchanging emails with BBL about floor beds for babies.
2. Successfully installing the car seat in my mom's rental car.
3. Managing to get to the chiropractor right on time.
4. Nico being calm throughout that whole trip.
5. Red roast duck curry for lunch.
6. Dan taking care of the witching hour fussiness while I fell asleep.

A year ago today.

10/11/17

1. Nico getting up just once at night, which Dan handled.
2. A break in the drizzle to walk over to the library.
3. Getting sustained and deeper latches for the first time!
4. Catching up with EN and AQ.
5. My mom making fried chicken for dinner.
6. Finding the children's book I had in mind for sale on Amazon.

A year ago today.

10/10/17

1. Putting "sleep when the baby sleeps" into practice for the early morning sessions.
2. Additional Dr. Brown's bottle nipples arriving.
3. Getting some nursing practice in.
4. Not needing to worry about food or dishes, thanks to my mom.
5. Taking a late afternoon nap.
6. Nico having a focused conversation with my mom, so cute.

A year ago today.

10/9/17

1. Oxtails with broccoli rabe and ramen for lunch.
2. My mom helping me do the baby bottle dishes.
3. Getting out to the Tea Bar for a pumpkin spice bubble tea.
4. Taking a nap in the late afternoon.
5. Re-organizing the chest freezer.
6. Easier evening than afternoon.

A year ago today.

10/8/17

1. My mom coming back for another visit.
2. Choosing to take a nap instead of going to the farmers market.
3. Neighbor immediately bringing by the extra Dr. Brown's bottles so that we tripled how many we had of those.
4. Waking up to find that Dan had done the set of bottle dishes.
5. Having two nursing sessions that were much calmer.
6. Successfully taking a bath with the baby.

A year ago today.

10/7/17

1. Finding the missing matching Pikachu sock.
2. Dan finding a store in town that sells the feeding tubes.
3. Having a housekeeper come to clean the kitchen and bathrooms before my mom's visit.
4. Everyone enjoying my mom's ribs for dinner.
5. Reading encouraging post-tongue tie breastfeeding stories on blogs.
6. Nico staying asleep until Dan had come back from dropping off his aunt at the airport.

A year ago today.

10/6/17

1. Nico sleeping 5 hours straight through!
2. Prioritizing tasks correctly to leave the house on time for physical therapy.
3. Another beautifully sunny day out.
4. Interesting and soothing exercises at physical therapy appointment.
5. Taking an evening nap.
6. Making a purple plum torte cake in stages throughout the day.

A year ago today.

10/5/17

1. Two long stretches of sleep in a row, at the perfect desired times.
2. Going for our afternoon walk using the Tula.
3. TP sending me off with freshly picked cherry tomatoes from his garden.
4. Picking up a Halloween costume for Nico from the Buy Nothing group and meeting a neighbor who's also from NJ and with a young baby.
5. Having a brainwave for where the USB adapter for my Bluetooth headset would have been.
6. Successful feeding + nursing practice on my own.

A year ago today.

10/4/17

1. Getting 5 hours of sleep in a row!
2. Things feeling more manageable with Dan working from home.
3. Getting my eyebrows done quickly and pleasantly with LA's lady.
4. Getting lunch with ND to talk career planning.
5. Meeting another parent just down the block from us and getting a bunch of free cloth diapers and diaper pail.
6. Getting a nap in in the afternoon.

A year ago today.

10/3/17

1. Uber rides at a 50% discount.
2. Folding in getting the flu shot while at my 6-week postpartum checkup.
3. Canning the peach butter right before MS arrived.
4. MS cutting us a break on the visit and supply costs.
5. Managing to take a nap while waiting for my roots to bleach.
6. Dan giving me a ride back from the salon.

A year ago today.

10/2/17

1. Processing the batch of peaches to make peach butter.
2. Timing pump sessions pretty well around Nico's naps.
3. Making my mom's Taiwanese meat sauce recipe and using up more CSA meat.
4. Fitting the 4lbs. of frozen jalapenos into 5 pint jars for canning into pickled hot pepper rings.
5. Finishing all the other cooking projects for the day.
6. Getting through Dan's first day back at work ok.

A year ago today.

10/1/17

1. Making chicken stock in the slow cooker.
2. Indulging finally in a breakfast burrito and kombucha at the farmers market.
3. Picking up a 10# box of peaches for $20.
4. Scoring a bottle warmer off the Buy Nothing group.
5. Taking a late afternoon nap.
6. Re-discovering the remaining Tim Tam that ZK had brought over.

A year ago today.

9/30/17

1. Landlord patching the kitchen sink.
2. Going on a walk with Nico in the stroller to library.
3. Nice sunny weather out.
4. Spatchcocking a CSA chicken.
5. Getting the frozen jalapenos sliced and prepped for making pickled hot pepper rings.
6. Prepping the leftover carrots in the fridge.

A year ago today.

9/29/17

1. Dan and RC taking care of the baby for most of the day.
2. Holding a peacefully sleeping baby in my arms.
3. Getting dressed up and going out for a date night.
4. Discovering the best Italian restaurant in Portland in Enzo's Caffe Italiano.
5. Picking up a pint of Cinnamon Snickerdoodle ice cream from Salt & Straw.
6. Dan reminding me to change back into baby-safe clothes once we got home. 

A year ago today.

9/28/17

1. Restful sleep after an early morning pumping session.
2. Finding a way to feed the baby while in the car and calming him.
3. Making it to the bodywork appointment on time.
4. Chiropractor saying that his tongue looks like it's healing well.
5. Getting another pretty good nursing session in.
6. Dan making the new format of baby activity tracking chart.

A year ago today.

9/27/17

1. Gorgeous sunny day out.
2. Really educational first session with a physical therapist.
3. Dan giving me rides to/from PT.
4. Taking Nico out for a walk.
5. Taking a long afternoon nap.
6. Feeling much less stressed with Dan's aunt helping with soothing the baby.

A year ago today.

9/26/17

1. Nico falling asleep after Dan left for the airport, when I desperately needed to sleep a bit more.
2. Getting a big load of laundry done for myself.
3. Making burgers for lunch without setting off the smoke alarm.
4. Having a really good nursing practice session, best one in over a week!
5. Happening to bring compost out and remembering my Munchery delivery before it had been sitting outside in the sun for too long.
6. Remembering the spaghetti squash casserole before it burned too badly.

A year ago today.

9/25/17

1. Only one nighttime wakeup!
2. Watching a couple episodes of The Good Place with Dan.
3. Doctor saying screenshots from the video were good enough to say that Nico's mouth is healing well.
4. Remembering to put the large sheets in the wash.
5. Nico cooperating pretty well during the infant CPR class.
6. Infant CPR class instructor breaking things down to first principles quite well.

A year ago today.

9/24/17

1. Finding another Tiny Love Rocker Napper on craigslist that was the same price and in better condition, after the posting I originally found had expired.
2. Successfully handling most of the waketimes throughout the afternoon.
3. Dan making broccoli rabe pasta and more meatballs.
4. Feeling better after taking an evening break to eat and read Deathly Hallows by myself.
5. Only needing to do 6 pumping sessions now.
6. Figuring out how to disassemble the rocker to wash the fabric parts.

A year ago today.

9/23/17

1. Dan taking care of all the wakings so that I slept until 11.
2. Feeling ahead on the pumping/dish washing schedule.
3. The HMs coming over for a visit.
4. Getting through cooking/prepping the meat I'd had in the fridge.
5. Feeling satiated after eating 3 pork chops.
6. Model baby Nico for EA/ZK's visit.

A year ago today.

9/22/17

1. Getting a massage.
2. Treating myself to a chai from Arrow Coffeehouse.
3. Handling Dan being out running errands pretty easily thanks to the Tula keeping Nico asleep.
4. Learning that my cousin's kid also had a tongue tie.
5. Getting through the stretching exercises more quickly.
6. Declaring bankruptcy on most email newsletters/unread blogs.

A year ago today.

9/21/17

1. Lulling Nico to sleep pretty quickly in the middle of the night feed by having him fall asleep on me in the baby carrier position.
2. Going back to sleep after having breakfast.
3. Nico seeming to have an easier time of it today.
4. Getting enough energy to do a bit of vacuuming downstairs.
5. Getting a late afternoon nap in.
6. Dan heating up the quiche his mom made.

A year ago today.

9/20/17

1. Finding that Dan had set up the slow cooker oatmeal last night.
2. Getting to the appointment a bit early, despite leaving the house a bit late, thanks to lack of traffic
3. Having Dan's support in getting through the frenotomy for Nico.
4. Stopping by New Seasons to pick up coconut oil when we'd have to wait out the heavy rain a bit anyway.
5. Managing getting Nico in and out of the car ok, despite the rain.
6. Making ramen with Swiss chard and meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.

9/19/17

1. Sleeping in until 10.
2. Staying home in the morning rather than rushing out to the new mom support group.
3. Successfully massaging out a plugged duct.
4. Re-reading The Queen of Attolia and understanding a lot more of it this time around.
5. Making the roasted butternut squash curry out of Made in India, which was both quick and tasty!
6. Using farmers market watermelon with my daily beet/carrot/banana smoothie.

A year ago today.

9/18/17

1. Landlord coming by and fixing the light/fan switches in the second upstairs bedroom.
2. Eventually successfully placing an order for being in CC's wedding.
3. Using up the rest of the healthcare FSA funds for the year on another hospital bill.
4. Managing an early evening nap.
5. Defaulting to 4oz feedings working pretty well.
6. Fitting a couple more items into our larger trash bin for the biweekly pickup.

A year ago today.

9/17/17

1. Nico staying asleep while Dan was out at mass, so I was able to get a bunch of cleaning done.
2. A stranger ceding the last package of ramen to me.
3. Buying several pounds of very ripe donut peaches and white nectarines at a discount price.
4. Being offered a pre-halved spaghetti squash for free as I was leaving the market.
5. Nico falling asleep like magic the first time that Dan used the Tula.
6. Dropping down to 7 pumping sessions a day.

A year ago today.

9/16/17

1. Nico having just one middle-of-the-night waking, which didn't take too long.
2. Making it to a baby carrier intro class at Milagros that was really helpful and practical.
3. Finding a baby carrier with infant insert on craigslist at a good price.
4. Sorting through and organizing the baby clothes stash with Dan.
5. Dan making lentils and meatballs.
6. Nico sleeping well through the afternoon.

A year ago today.

9/15/17

1. Bringing Nico out on a stroller ride around the neighborhood.
2. Lovely sunny but not hot weather out.
3. Taking a quick afternoon nap.
4. Thorough discussion with MS during another home visit.
5. Making butternut squash soup.
6. Shortening my evening routine and going to sleep earlier than usual.

A year ago today.

9/14/17

1. Sleeping in until 11.
2. Having a day with no appointments at all.
3. Taking another nap in the afternoon.
4. Getting a stash of baby socks and mittens off the Buy Nothing group before we were about to buy new ones.
5. Finding more oxtails in the soup, not just chicken.
6. Clearing out a lot of space in the chest freezer.

A year ago today.

9/13/17

1. Dan getting snack and watermelon provisions.
2. Chicken salad sandwiches for lunch.
3. Taking a nap in the afternoon.
4. My sister appreciating the birthday Instagram photo.
5. Indulging in buying the newest Queen's Thief book, Thick as Thieves, instead of continuing to wait for it from the library.
6. Successfully rocking Nico to sleep twice!

A year ago today.

9/12/17

1. Making it to the new mom support group and feeling reassured after.
2. Nico being a model baby throughout the long visit and discussion at the pediatrician's.
3. Nico taking a long nap after getting home, almost 4 hours!
4. Taking a nap myself in the late afternoon.
5. Getting in a couple nursing sessions in even with everything else going on in the day.
6. Making chicken salad sandwiches for dinner from leftovers and pantry items.

A year ago today.

9/11/17

1. Dan getting back from the gym and letting me go snooze a bit more.
2. Nico seeming less tight at this week's bodywork appointment.
3. Taking an afternoon nap.
4. Eating well with fried rice and oxtail ramen noodle soup leftovers.
5. Starting to watch season 3 of Fresh Off the Boat.
6. Having a promising evening nursing session.

A year ago today.

9/10/17

1. Sleeping in until 10.
2. Temperatures staying cool enough for the second floor to be comfortable.
3. Successfully soothing Nico to stop crying and go to sleep with vigorous bouncing on the yoga ball.
4. Cleaning up and organizing the fridge.
5. KL/KG/ZK bringing me back cow chip cookies and scones from the Puyallup!
6. Taking Nico for a walk around the block in the Moby.

A year ago today.

9/9/17

1. AB coming by for a visit.
2. Having the Moby to help with calming Nico while I was home alone.
3. Watching Twilight as an indulgence.
4. BBL texting me support.
5. Still managing to fit in enough evening pumping sessions along with sitz bath, shower, and washing up/sterilizing everything.
6. Quick midnight feed by myself and back to sleep for Nico.

A year ago today.

9/8/17

1. My mom coming back just in time to give me a ride, so I wouldn't be late after all.
2. Meeting up with JW visiting in town.
3. Getting a chai bubble tea.
4. Taking a brief late afternoon nap.
5. Going for a walk to New Seasons in the cool evening.
6. New Seasons cashier giving us the tip of editing the email on our order to be able to use the $5 off $35 of purchases coupon we'd been aiming for.

A year ago today.

9/7/17

1. Dan getting Nico's official documents fixed.
2. Sleeping in a lot.
3. Taking an afternoon nap while Dan handled Nico's fussiness.
4. Going out for a pedicure with my mom.
5. Air quality improving and outside temperature dropping enough to open the windows for cooling off the upstairs again.
6. Feeling ahead on the bottle washing/pumping schedule.

A year ago today.

9/6/17

1. Managing ok upstairs despite the heat and poor air quality.
2. Getting out to the baby bodywork appointment.
3. Leftover red roast duck curry with rice for lunch.
4. Taking a nap on the couch with air conditioning.
5. Catching up on the baby stuff washing.
6. Watching Birdman in the evening.

A year ago today.

9/5/17

1. Sleeping in until 10.
2. Meat sauce with noodles and cucumbers for lunch and dinner.
3. Getting myself to make a bunch of necessary phone calls.
4. Taking a late afternoon nap on the couch where it was cool.
5. Dan going out to pick up another air filter.
6. Chilling on the couch with Nico sleeping in the Moby.

A year ago today.

9/4/17

1. Dan taking care of all the nighttime feeds.
2. Taking morning and afternoon naps.
3. Cuddling and playing with Nico.
4. Red roast duck curry for lunch.
5. Another postpartum visit with JC.
6. ZK stopping by for a visit.

A year ago today.

9/3/17

1. Sleeping in until 10.
2. Buying fruit and Swiss chard at the farmers market.
3. Getting dim sum with my mom.
4. Getting in a couple more nursing sessions using the tube.
5. Taking care of looking over our finances for the past month.
6. Finishing pumping and sterilizing the parts earlier than in the last few days.

A year ago today.

9/2/17

1. Settling Nico down during a 6am wakeup with some cuddling.
2. Re-reading The King of Attolia.
3. Finding that Dan had put everything back in the nursery already.
4. Lots of fun tummy time in the morning and evening.
5. Getting around to re-organizing the chest freezer finally.
6. Taking a late afternoon nap despite the warm room.

A year ago today.

9/1/17

1. Sleeping longer stretches thanks to Dan and my mother-in-law taking the night shift.
2. Going to Costco with my mom and buying a Vitamix at a great discount.
3. Getting another home visit from the lactation consultant and being told we're doing what we can on our side.
4. Giving Nico his first bath.
5. Reaching out for support.
6. Getting in a shower before bed.

A year ago today.

8/31/17

1. Having plenty of time to pull together the gift bag for JC.
2. Everything looking good to my doctor at the 2-week postpartum checkup.
3. Dropping off packages at the UPS store.
4. Sunny but not hot out while my mom and I sat outside for lunch.
5. Swaddling and other tutorials during JC's visit.
6. Watching all of A Few Good Men during Nico's evening nap.

A year ago today.

8/30/17

1. Having snacks upstairs for middle of the night pumping.
2. Texting with BBL after an early morning pumping/feeding session.
3. Showering and putting real clothes on.
4. Nico weighing in at 3 oz over birth weight, huge gain in just 5 days!
5. Taking an early afternoon nap.
6. Receiving more lovely baby gifts in the mail, including a "Good Night, New Jersey" board book from PM.

A year ago today.

8/29/17

1. Finally mostly recovered from that stomach bug.
2. My mom mailing out a bunch of packages from UPS for me.
3. Yakisoba for lunch.
4. Getting an afternoon nap.
5. Borrowing a thermometer off the Buy Nothing group for measuring fridge/freezer temperatures.
6. Managing 10 pumping sessions.

A year ago today.

8/28/17

1. Getting two pumping sessions in overnight.
2. Both grandmas in the house!
3. Better nursing session than previous days'.
4. Refreshing late afternoon nap even with it being so warm upstairs.
5. Getting a mini-fridge to put upstairs for nighttime feedings.
6. Successfully taking care of the 11pm feeding by myself.

A year ago today.

8/27/17

1. Making it out to the farmers' market.
2. Getting a compliment on my outfit, which included a new nursing top set off by my trusty straw fedora.
3. Squeezing in a visit from ZK and EA.
4. Ruby Jewel chocolate cookie ice cream sandwich.
5. Restorative two hour nap in the early evening.
6. Moving closer to real food in having wontons for dinner.

A year ago today.

8/26/17

1. Feeling loads better after getting fluids and fever going down.
2. ER staff getting a pump for me while I was there.
3. Getting an earlier appointment time with the OB clinic.
4. Not needing to take antibiotics for now.
5. Sleeping a couple longer stretches in the morning and late afternoon.
6. Feeling less bloated throughout the day.

A year ago today.

8/25/17

1. Taking a morning nap.
2. Beautifully sunny but not hot day.
3. Getting to the pediatrician's right on time.
4. Getting all our questions answered during this appointment.
5. Sitting on U-shaped towels helping quite a bit with discomfort.
6. Hospital being so close when I decided to go to the ER.

A year ago today.

8/24/17

1. Extremely educational and useful home visit from a lactation consultant.
2. Much easier feeding of Nico with a bottle vs. the syringe.
3. Dan running out to Ikea and Target.
4. Getting wise advice from my sister.
5. Settling things with my mom.
6. Freezing pumped breastmilk from the last couple of days.

A year ago today.

8/23/17

1. Online shopping while pumping.
2. Succeeding at putting Nico in a Moby wrap, where he calmed down instantly and magically!!!
3. Getting an appointment with our pediatrician's recommended lactation consultant for the next day.
4. Feeling a bit rested after lying down, even though it wasn't a full nap.
5. Backup phone battery rescuing backup phone from unreliable battery.
6. My mom making oxtail noodle soup.

A year ago today.

8/22/17

1. Making it to the morning lactation drop-in hours and being the only people there.
2. Feeling much better, physically and emotionally, after a late afternoon nap.
3. Holding Nico while he's quiet and alert.
4. Using the new microwave sterilizing bags for pump parts.
5. Clearing out the fridge a bit.
6. Pumping output doing really well still.

A year ago today.

8/21/17

1. Lots of poopy diapers trending towards the right color.
2. Being able to see the eclipse without leaving the house.
3. Nico having gained an ounce since leaving the hospital!!
4. Fitting a last bag of trash into the bin for tomorrow.
5. Not forgetting moving the laundry for too long.
6. Snacking on fruit from the farmers market.

A year ago today.

8/20/17

1. Great morning nursing session!
2. Getting several naps in the morning,
3. Energy levels really good.
4. Having a working phone again thanks to the backup phone.
5. Doula coming by and teaching us all sorts of useful tips.
6. Hanging out a bit with my sister in the evening.

A year ago today.

8/19/17

1. Having pretty good success pumping.
2. Nico's doctor stopping by and giving us a feeding plan.
3. Staying at the hospital for a couple extra hours and getting another feeding in.
4. Amazon Prime Now carrying the pumping bra, so I could get and use it quickly.
5. Rib tacos and fried egg sandwich for dinner.
6. Big poop diapers.

A year ago today.

8/18/17

1. Getting a breakfast taco.
2. My mom bringing ribs for lunch.
3. Getting some good naps in.
4. Hospital lactation consultant coming by.
5. Dan staying the night.
6. Nursing going better.

A year ago today.

8/17/17

1. Superb coaching and support by JC and Dan.
2. Really supportive L&D nurses and on-call doctor.
3. Nico born!
4. My mom and sister getting back from Seattle and bringing food.
5. Soft post-bath baby hair.
6. My sister staying the night with me to help out.

A year ago today.

8/16/17

1. My sister frying up an egg for me for breakfast.
2. Running a couple loads of laundry.
3. Getting an open machine at Modern Domestic.
4. Getting a massage.
5. Picking up a chocolate chip cookie from The Arrow Coffeehouse.
6. Starting labor!

A year ago today.

8/15/17

1. Dan helping me go back to sleep.
2. Getting an appointment to see the on-call doctor.
3. Getting a ride from my mom and sister in time before they were going to head to Seattle.
4. Calling Modern Domestic to check on space instead of just heading over there to find that it was too busy.
5. Finishing watching Shetland.
6. Walking over to the library.

A year ago today.

8/14/17

1. Cool temperatures!
2. Stopping by TP's to say hi to ex-Relics and give JG the t-shirt.
3. Dan giving us a ride back from Pok Pok Noi.
4. My sister successfully rebooking herself onto a different route to not get in too late.
5. My mom coming with me to this week's doctor's appointment.
6. Roasting the frozen butternut squash working out pretty well.

A year ago today.

8/13/17

1. Finding cherries still available at the farmers market!
2. Getting a breakfast burrito.
3. Making the binding for the sunflower quilt.
4. Housekeeping service cleaning up the rooms our visitors will be staying in.
5. Spending most of the afternoon at Modern Domestic working on the quilt.
6. Watching Shetland while ripping out some of the stitching on the quilt.

A year ago today.

8/12/17

1. Having leftovers from yesterday's lunch and dinner for breakfast.
2. Cool temperatures while it was overcast in the morning.
3. Managing to walk through all of the Alberta Street Fair.
4. Finishing the quilting on my sunflower quilt! Now to make and attach the binding.
5. Not trying to squeeze in an extra small task at the sewing studio before Dan picked me up and thus getting outside on time.
6. Successfully swapping out the locks on the front door.

A year ago today.

8/11/17

1. Squad meeting wrapping up quickly.
2. Getting lunch with KL.
3. Perfect timing on getting picked up by Dan from the yellow line stop.
4. Going to the Friday Night Sewcial at Modern Domestic and making good progress on my sunflower quilt.
5. Finding my Madewell packable straw hat on the hat rack!
6. Getting ribs and mac & cheese for dinner at Podnah's Pit.

A year ago today.

8/10/17

1. Amused by a dog hanging out in the driver's seat of a car.
2. Going to prenatal yoga.
3. My yoga teacher bringing out my Anne of Green Gables hat before I'd left it behind.
4. Walking up to Skidmore to drop off mail.
5. Dan picking up roti for dinner for me.
6. Getting our wills witnessed and signed.

A year ago today.

8/9/17

1. Another good night's rest!
2. Having a lot of fresh fruit (mango, peaches, blueberries) with Greek yogurt for breakfast.
3. Cups of tea settling the lingering cough.
4. Feeling less stiff after sitting on the yoga ball for a bit.
5. Getting through a bunch of work training modules faster than I had expected.
6. Make buttered toast and scrambled eggs with variety of freezer peppers and other vegetables for dinner.

A year ago today.

8/8/17

1. Feeling better rested after waking up than in the last few days.
2. Pretty simple overall to make Melissa Clark's roasted ratatouille with fresh polenta recipe.
3. Getting myself to go to prenatal yoga despite not having a ride.
4. Grabbing dinner at XLB.
5. Dan getting me another watermelon.
6. Actually feeling sleepy at a reasonable hour.

A year ago today.

8/7/17

1. Team planning meeting being pretty quick.
2. Reading Sleeping Giants.
3. Dan giving me a ride to my doctor's appointment.
4. Learning that I'm already a bit dilated.
5. Getting pizza, non-caffeinated bubble tea, and a chocolate chip cookie for dinner.
6. Running into another pregnant Intrepid PDX gym member at the Comfort Massage for Labor class.

A year ago today.

8/6/17

1. Feeling better after lying down and reading for a bit.
2. Getting to the farmers market before it closed.
3. Making quite a lot of progress on the sunflower quilt using Modern Domestic studio time.
4. Dan making pasta and meatballs for dinner.
5. Working on the map quilt while starting to re-watching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
6. Ironing and using basting spray on the rest of the sunflower quilt after Dan had cleaned the kitchen.

A year ago today.

8/5/17

1. Snatching a couple more intervals of sleep in the morning after a restless night.
2. Skipping prenatal yoga in favor of working on sewing.
3. Making it to my eyebrow appointment on time.
4. Returning the Nordstrom order in person rather than needing to wait for an opportunity to go to the post office.
5. Finding another movie theater with plenty of good seating to see Dunkirk.
6. Picking up fresh corn and Brussel sprouts at New Seasons to cobble together a dinner.

A year ago today.

8/4/17

1. Retro meeting ending early enough that I had plenty of time to get to ME Fitness.
2. Getting a massage.
3. Picking up an iced chai and a peach tart from the new coffeehouse next to the studio.
4. Picking out supplies at Modern Domestic for the USA map quilt.
5. Doing some sewing repairs and alterations that I'd left for a few months.
6. Taking advantage of Dan being out late to use the whole kitchen counter for laying out the quilts and using the new can of basting spray.

A year ago today.

8/3/17

1. Not even noticing when Dan was working from the back room on the first floor.
2. Dan giving me a ride to prenatal yoga.
3. Yoga studio being kept at a pretty cool temperature.
4. Fair amount of lower back stretching at yoga.
5. Having kept the styrofoam swamp cooler around to pass on to ZK when she wanted to try it.
6. Continuing to camp out downstairs to be able to sleep.

A year ago today.

8/2/17

1. Successfully figuring out the ActiveRecord queries to run.
2. Ladies lunch with KL/ZK/AH.
3. Trying out a nearby Ethiopian restaurant, Gojo.
4. Getting a giant iced tea and a chocolate chip cookie from Starbucks while waiting for my roots to bleach.
5. Getting my hair chopped off!
6. Decently cool downstairs still.

A year ago today.

8/1/17

1. Feeling much better and sleeping through most of the night thanks to taking Nyquil.
2. Making breakfast tacos.
3. Validation from my manager and co-worker on what I've been working on.
4. Staying pretty cool inside all day.
5. ZK stopping by.
6. Catching up with CC.

A year ago today.

7/31/17

1. Getting a couple loads of laundry done before it got too hot.
2. Taking a sick day from work.
3. Dan coming with me to the doctor's appointment when it ended up including doing an extended fetal heart rate monitoring.
4. Impressively smooth moveout by the housemate.
5. Watching American Ninja Warrior to stay awake a bit longer.
6. Camping out in the living room.

A year ago today.

7/30/17

1. Getting up in time to go along with taking AL to the airport.
2. Killing time at Target before going to Ikea.
3. Finding an equivalent set of replacement locks at Home Depot, just a different finish.
4. Buying fruit and corn at the farmers market.
5. Starting and finishing the other jigsaw puzzle.
6. Dan's chicken & potato bake coming out really well.

A year ago today.

7/29/17

1. Doing the chai tasting at Pip's Donuts.
2. Getting two 500 piece jigsaw puzzles that would fit on our small coffee table for just a few dollars at Found on Fremont.
3. Finding a Baby K'Tan sized for Dan for only $10 at a random yard sale.
4. Browsing the Portland Renegade Craft Fair with KY and AL.
5. Starting and finishing the balloon puzzle.
6. Making roast chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/28/17

1. Feeling well-rested when waking up in the morning.
2. Managers being above average straightforward about not being able to share more information.
3. Packing up most of the dirty fries from Lardo for later.
4. Co-working with AL and LU from Cacao.
5. Walking over to the furniture consignment store to check it out.
6. Making burgers for all of us for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/27/17

1. Making noodles with freezer items for lunch.
2. Learning more reasoning behind different setup requirements for the car seat at the car safety seat clinic appointment.
3. Lots of lower back stretching at prenatal yoga.
4. Heating up two of Dan's chicken patties as basically giant chicken nuggets for dinner.
5. AL visiting!
6. Bedroom much cooler than the last few nights.

A year ago today.

7/26/17

1. Picking up my stylish new prescription sunglasses!
2. Finding a USPS not too far from the glasses place.
3. Getting lunch at Verde Cocina with MW/KN.
4. Catching a streetcar arriving right as I got to the stop.
5. Being able to write specs and open a PR on my own.
6. Getting many questions answered by JC at our last doula meeting.

A year ago today.

7/25/17

1. Moving my contact lens fitting appointment to tomorrow instead of Friday since I'd be in the area anyway.
2. Whole bowl with farro and freezer chili/beans working out pretty well.
3. Non-maternity bikini sufficient for taking the pregnancy fitness swim class at Dishman.
4. Much reduced swelling in hands/feet after being in the pool.
5. Meeting up with TP/JT for dinner.
6. Taking a quick cold shower in my nightgown to help cool off for sleep.

A year ago today.

7/24/17

1. Enjoying the Trader Joe's salted cultured butter on farmers market corn and radishes.
2. Tackling a story on my own, writing the test, and opening a PR.
3. Doing some prenatal yoga when I needed a break in the afternoon.
4. A cyclist stopping and rescuing my beloved Madewell Panama hat when the wind blew it off my head and across the street.
5. Stopping by Lloyd Center to get a bubble tea from Braganza Tea.
6. Getting a pedicure finally.

A year ago today.

7/23/17

1. Buying a bunch of fruit at the farmers market.
2. Getting a Twix ice cream bar before the movie.
3. Going to see Wonder Woman.
4. Setting up the changing table and re-organizing the rest of the baby stuff.
5. Having one of the watermelon popsicles I made yesterday.
6. Knitting the second sock up to the same point as the first one.

A year ago today.

7/22/17

1. Catching up with SD over the phone.
2. Going to prenatal yoga.
3. Making noodles for lunch rather than eating out.
4. Taking an early afternoon nap on the couch, with the A/C on.
5. Realizing that the kahlua pork recipe I wanted to try would take a fair amount of time in the pressure cooker, so started it up early.
6. Making watermelon popsicles.

A year ago today.

7/21/17

1. Giving away Dan's old music stand to someone on the Buy Nothing group.
2. Getting a massage.
3. Making another Shake Shack burger for lunch and not setting off the smoke alarm.
4. Finally selling off Dan's exercise bike.
5. Finishing off some refactoring on my own.
6. Finding an episode of David Attenborough's show on Netflix that included crows.

A year ago today.

7/20/17

1. Catching up on sleep.
2. Opening a PR for something I discovered on my own.
3. Not too hot out for walking over to the yoga studio.
4. Making it to prenatal yoga on time.
5. Getting ramen for dinner at Kaya Ramen.
6. Monaka dessert at Kaya Ramen being perfect portion size and light sweetness.

A year ago today.

7/19/17

1. Using the rest of the potatoes for one more round of breakfast tacos.
2. Topping Swiss chard with leftover popcorn chicken for lunch.
3. Making good progress on debugging.
4. Strawberries still working well for green smoothie to go along with Bye & Bye leftovers for dinner.
5. Going to a Matchbox Twenty concert!
6. Toppling into bed at the end of a long day.

A year ago today.

7/18/17

1. Making breakfast tacos again.
2. Getting to Bye & Bye for lunch with DM right on time.
3. Diagnosing and fixing an incident pretty quickly.
4. Going to yoga class.
5. Dan giving me a ride to XLB for dinner.
6. Making progress on learning how to install the car seat.

A year ago today.

7/17/17

1. Making breakfast tacos when I woke up way too early.
2. Going back to sleep for another couple hours.
3. Focusing in on writing my FAQ doc for SSL.
4. Getting quick feedback from others on the doc.
5. Really comfortable temperature out when walking over to the library.
6. Making a green smoothie with spinach, chia seeds, and peaches as part of dinner.

A year ago today.

7/16/17

1. Making breakfast tacos.
2. Getting all fruit at the farmers market.
3. Dan having all his important documents together.
4. Watching the crow documentary.
5. Shake Shack burgers turning out quite well, texture-wise.
6. Someone coming for the marble top coffee table finally.

A year ago today.

7/15/17

1. Stir-frying the agretti to put into an omelette.
2. Money settled in Vanguard accounts to finish off orders there.
3. Going to prenatal yoga.
4. Cooling off with the last popsicle from last summer.
5. Picking up a changing table for $15.
6. Successfully disassembling and re-assembling the changing table to fit in the car.

A year ago today.

7/14/17

1. Making breakfast tacos.
2. Lyft driver noticing that I'd left my phone in the back seat!
3. Quiet and spacious happyplace lunch in upstairs Bailey's.
4. Making copies of important documents before mailing them out.
5. Picking up more free stuff from just a couple blocks away.
6. Dan getting some giant boxes of Honey Bunches of Oats from Costco.

A year ago today.

7/13/17

1. Snacking on cherries.
2. Housekeeping service coming by.
3. Getting pairing time in with EL.
4. Working on my overview doc for SSL.
5. Taking a quick nap on the couch.
6. Dan giving me a ride to pick up stuff.

A year ago today.

7/12/17

1. Singer sewing machine getting picked up.
2. No issues with the printer.
3. CPA saying he'd need more time to do the tax estimate.
4. Getting a frozen hot chocolate at Cacao.
5. Talking to two groups of female high school students at an event.
6. Getting a ride home from DM.

A year ago today.

7/11/17

1. Getting a ride from Dan to the doctor and yoga class.
2. Finally getting around to filling out various paperwork.
3. Feeling more together after prenatal yoga.
4. Picking up books from the library and a Portland-themed mobile.
5. ZK stopping by.
6. Reading Heroine Complex.

A year ago today.

7/10/17

1. Pan frying salmon for lunch.
2. Not too much work needed to pull together the lamb shank stew for the slow cooker.
3. Getting a spot in the Comfort Positions for Labor class after all.
4. Picking up a free diaper bag on the way to class.
5. Making radish and chive cream cheese sandwiches for dinner.
6. Watching another episode of Foyle's War.

A year ago today.

7/9/17

1. Buying a ton of fruit at the farmers market.
2. Dim sum with LU!
3. Making the decision not to try to shoehorn a large changing table into the car.
4. Stopping by a supermarket on the way home.
5. Reading Prey of Gods.
6. Watching more of Foyle's War while knitting.

A year ago today.

7/8/17

1. Prenatal yoga class starting just as I got there.
2. Ramen in leftover curry and Swiss chard for lunch.
3. Eyebrow lady making it work for the time I got there.
4. Having time to go get a jasmine bubble tea.
5. Picking out a pair of prescription sunglasses.
6. Rescuing the broccoli farro rubble salad despite burning the red pepper flakes a bit.

A year ago today.

7/7/17

1. Knitting during the watercooler hangout.
2. Getting a schnitzelwich before the cart is sold.
3. Surprisingly decent bubble tea from the new cart next to schnitzelwich cart.
4. Using the same bus pass to drop off package at post office, bunknbailies lunch, pick up books from Powell's, and come back home.
5. Breaking away from the computer to get to the massage on time.
6. Dan picking up dinner from Pok Pok Noi for me.

A year ago today.

7/6/17

1. Successfully watching a conference talk at 1.5x speed.
2. Pairing for most of the afternoon and getting code written!
3. Managing to find sufficient shade to not overheat in the walk to/from class.
4. Going to prenatal yoga.
5. ZK dropping off the remaining popsicle mold.
6. Blending up the rest of the raspberries to have a smoothie for dinner.

A year ago today.

7/5/17

1. Working from JG's for the day.
2. Coding work to fix up and open new PRs simpler today than when I was thinking about them last week.
3. Thai food for lunch, with decent fish cakes and spicy pad khee mao.
4. Getting a bubble tea on the way home.
5. Picking up more free stuff related to breastfeeding.
6. Welcoming TP/JT to our block.

A year ago today.

7/4/17

1. Making sheet pan breakfast.
2. Realizing I could use Chase Quickpay to my own accounts, when linking was having issues.
3. Staying cool enough inside all day.
4. Watching a few episodes of Foyle's War.
5. Starting the second sock of my Skew socks.
6. Seeing some fireworks even just while sitting in the living room.

A year ago today.

7/3/17

1. Cooking up last batch of breakfast tacos.
2. Finally sitting down and making a bunch of decisions for various funds and how to invest.
3. Getting donuts and iced chai from Pip's Original Doughnuts.
4. Picking up more free stuff.
5. Making ramen with umi pesto and Swiss chard, topped with wasabi pickles.
6. Realizing I could just write checks to myself to transfer funds more easily.

A year ago today.

7/2/17

1. Hearing exciting news from CC/KH!
2. Not having to wait for certain books on the library hold list anymore thanks to RC.
3. Going to the farmers market with ZK.
4. Introducing ZK to April Bloomfield's recipe for Swiss chard.
5. Making it one Lyft trip to pick up the printer and get back.
6. Getting the free printer to work!

A year ago today.

7/1/17

1. Picking up free accessories for the pack'n'play and a baby signs book.
2. Arriving a bit early for brunch even with walking over.
3. Brunch with ZK/KL/KG with fry bread and pear clafoutis.
4. Going to see Cabaret.
5. Taking a Lyft home after picking up the free duffle bag.
6. Finding a copy of Breaking Dawn in a free book box.

A year ago today.

6/30/17

1. Getting passport photos taken care of.
2. Meeting up for happyplace lunch.
3. KL letting me up to 29 to use the copier and a stapler.
4. Stopping by the Apple store and the library on the way home.
5. Taking a quick nap on the couch in the late afternoon.
6. Reading The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter.

A year ago today.

6/29/17

1. Opening a couple PRs.
2. Dan giving me rides to/from prenatal yoga.
3. Dan picking up groceries for me before flying out.
4. Enjoying the stretching in prenatal yoga.
5. Reserving some of the pasta and sauce to not be too full.
6. Watching Anne with an E and knitting.

A year ago today.

6/28/17

1. Waking up early but well-rested.
2. Making a green smoothie with chia seeds for lunch.
3. Taking a quick nap on the couch.
4. Finding a few other sandal designs that might fit my swelling feet.
5. Scoring some free notecards and a couple bags of baby clothes!
6. Dan going on the walk to pick up stuff with me and therefore being able to carry it back for me.

A year ago today.

6/27/17

1. Making ramen with sesame miso sauce and fava beans with shallots for lunch.
2. Upgrading our internet connection.
3. Hanging out with JG who was in town briefly.
4. Delicious tantan ramen at Kayo's Ramen Bar.
5. Watching the Happiest Baby On the Block video.
6. Going to bed early.

A year ago today.

6/26/17

1. Clearing off various work tasks from last week.
2. Cooking up a bunch of farmers market produce for lunches this week.
3. Comfortable walk to the library and to pick up more free stuff.
4. Eventually successfully finding the mailbox near Whole Foods.
5. Buy Nothing group members offering up more breastfeeding books and supplies.
6. Finally cooler temperatures at night again to sleep better!

A year ago today.

6/25/17

1. Dan carting back fruit and vegetables from the farmer's market for me.
2. Watching the Backstreet Boys documentary.
3. Someone on the Buy Nothing group kindly giving up the exercise ball over to me.
4. Finally making contact and picking up the Arm's Reach Mini Euro co-sleeper.
5. Successfully inflating the exercise ball with hair dryer and air mattress pump.
6. Having cool watermelon to stay hydrated.

A year ago today.

6/24/17

1. Going to prenatal yoga.
2. Swiss chard from last Sunday's farmer's market still being good for lunch.
3. Wearing my new red handkerchief hem Eileen Fisher knit dress.
4. Bearable temperatures at the shower.
5. Getting to catch up with pretty much all the different groups of guests.
6. Watching Kubo and the Two Strings.

A year ago today.

6/23/17

1. Pretty quick to get nosepad fixed on my orange glasses and having them fit properly finally.
2. Lunch with happyplacers.
3. Getting my gel mani removed fully and a pedicure.
4. Reading the first couple books of The Arcadia Project.
5. Frying up the remaining pork chop and heating up leftover bibimbap for dinner.
6. Didn't take too long to prep the pork leg for the slow cooker.

A year ago today.

6/22/17

1. Consolidating various handouts into one of my own not being as difficult as I'd expected.
2. Team lunch at Grassa.
3. Finding time to get 1:1s with both current and new managers.
4. Dinner at Pok Pok Noi.
5. Just enough time to walk home from Pok Pok Noi.
6. Making it to the craigslist address a bit early even.

A year ago today.

6/21/17

1. Making it back on time when the breakfast burrito place turned out to be closed.
2. Noticing when I'd knit on for too long on my sock.
3. Dropping my stuff off at home first.
4. Grilled steak, corn, and peppers at DM's cookout.
5. Absurd games and amusing stories with co-workers.
6. Dan giving me a ride home from the yarn store.

A year ago today.

6/20/17

1. Getting a bowl from Kure for breakfast.
2. Two latkes and matzoh ball soup a good portion size for lunch at Kenny & Zuke's.
3. Lovely and peaceful stroll through the Japanese gardens.
4. Dan being able to go pick up the stroller.
5. Phone call went through to make a lunch reservation at Shigezo for tomorrow even though it was a few minutes after their closing.
6. Pretty quick to take Lyft back from dinner and go to sleep.

A year ago today.

6/19/17

1. Frying up a pork chop to assuage hunger prior to going to the gym.
2. Pan-fried salmon turning out well.
3. Catching the #8 bus just a few minutes after being done in the library.
4. Meeting many of my coworkers in person for the first time.
5. Very nice room at The Nines!
6. Dan coming to stay the night.

A year ago today.

6/18/17

1. Getting to the farmer's market early enough to get golden raspberries, cherries, and other fresh vegetables.
2. Dan driving me to two different stores for stroller research and testing.
3. Watching the Amy Winehouse documentary.
4. Sous vide pork chops turning out well.
5. Randomly running into a friend of Dan's while out.
6. Picking up a Graco Pack 'n Play with some accessories for just $20.

A year ago today.

6/17/17

1. Productive morning of taking care of trip cleanup tasks.
2. Getting to prenatal yoga.
3. Getting coffee with KM after yoga.
4. Lunch at Tasty 'N Sons with ZK.
5. Seeing Dan commentate at a mass.
6. Successfully escaping the American Revolution-themed room.

A year ago today.

6/16/17

1. Getting lunch delivered.
2. The White Dragon available from the library as an ebook.
3. Lying down for a bit when I wasn't feeling great.
4. Getting to the studio right on time, even with walking very slowly.
5. Getting a massage.
6. Watching Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark with Dan.

A year ago today.

6/15/17

1. Dan going out and picking up some much-needed groceries.
2. Making noodles with meatballs for lunch.
3. Saving leftover noodles and watermelon slices for a light dinner.
4. Getting over to gymnastics class.
5. Hip pain easing a bit with more activity.
6. Craigslist sellers happening to have a large van to transport the glider chair back for us.

A year ago today.

6/14/17

1. Picking up my understanding of a previous PR to get the tests to pass.
2. Walking over to pick up a book from the library and catch the #8.
3. Making it to Lloyd Center in plenty of time.
4. Getting a bubble tea from a different Braganza Tea location and finding it to be good still.
5. Meeting VJ.
6. Not being too late to the appointment with our doula.

A year ago today.

6/13/17

1. Getting two loads of laundry done.
2. Completing some mandatory trainings.
3. Clearing out my work email.
4. Hydrating via the rest of the watermelon.
5. Being the only one at gymnastics class so had exercises tailored for helping eventual recovery from pregnancy.
6. Having some of Dan's meatballs for dinner.

A year ago today.