Sunday, December 31, 2017

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.

Saturday, December 30, 2017

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.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

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.

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

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.

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

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.

Monday, December 25, 2017

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.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

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.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

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.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

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.

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

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.

Sunday, December 17, 2017

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.

Friday, December 15, 2017

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.

Thursday, December 14, 2017

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.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

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.

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

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.

Sunday, December 10, 2017

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.

Saturday, December 9, 2017

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.

Friday, December 8, 2017

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.

Thursday, December 7, 2017

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.

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

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.

Sunday, December 3, 2017

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.

Saturday, December 2, 2017

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.

Friday, December 1, 2017

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.