11/30/19

1. Taking Nico to dim sum with my parents and sister.
2. Catching up on some sleep myself after getting back.
3. Relaxed afternoon with only one kiddo in the house.
4. Remembering the leftover yakisoba I had made for a quick lunch.
5. Nico having a fabulous time running around at Bell Works.
6. My mom and sister coming by to help with giving Nico a haircut.

A year ago today.

11/29/19

1. Getting another morning stretch of sleep when I hadn't expected it.
2. Intentionally staying in pajamas all day.
3. Finding all the remaining Murderbot Diaries novellas available as ebooks.
4. Successfully transferring and swaddling a sleeping baby out of my arms so I could go to the bathroom.
5. Mattie catching up on sleep finally.
6. Having a good talk with Dan.

A year ago today.

11/28/19

1. Not forgetting anything on this daytrip with using the packing list.
2. Fitting in nursing practice before and after the trip.
3. Coaxing at least one longer nap out.
4. Realizing I only needed to do one pump.
5. Getting home earlier than usual from a Holmdel daytrip.
6. Dan handling the carsickness cleanup.

A year ago today.

11/27/19

1. Big morning feed finally.
2. Getting a midday nap in myself.
3. KS coming over in time to pick up Nico from his school's early dismissal.
4. Making it outside to go on a walk to Whole Foods.
5. Unexpectedly getting another nap in the stroller on the way back.
6. My parents being able to come by for the groceries on their way to the airport and saving Dan a trip.

A year ago today.

11/26/19

1. Dan keeping up the labeling of Nico's lunch for school with a quite good garbage truck drawing.
2. Running into some folks from the local moms dinner a few months back.
3. Getting out to sit in the sunshine for a bit.
4. Dan's dad dropping off some food.
5. Reminding Dan to bring the tuition check for next month as he left to go pick up Nico.
6. Finally getting a long evening stretch.

A year ago today.

11/25/19

1. Going out for a walk to find a mailbox.
2. Stopping in to the chocolate shop to check it out.
3. Mattie staying asleep in the bassinet long enough for me to get some organizing done in the garage.
4. Fitting all of the boxes into the recycling bin.
5. Dan coming up to bail me out when my mom left but Mattie woke up unexpectedly.
6. Dan finishing cooking my scallion pancakes for me.

A year ago today.

11/24/19

1. Quiet morning with Dan and Nico doing their Sunday morning routine.
2. Getting a bigger weighted feed in to reassure myself that not all the unweighted past feeds had been light ones.
3. Watching Nico impressively in action with his map puzzles.
4. Making scallion pancakes.
5. Getting a notice from the app on my phone that garbage pickup for the week had changed.
6. Deciding to forego getting more recycling out in favor of going to bed sooner instead.

A year ago today.

11/23/19

1. Feeling much better after the 3rd stretch of sleep in the morning.
2. Making it to the farmers market with Mattie.
3. Savoring a couple arepas at the end of the season.
4. Dan being home to receive the scale when it was delivered.
5. Eventually successfully pairing the Snoo app on my phone.
6. Mattie finally getting a longer stretch of sleep in in the evening.

A year ago today.

11/22/19

1. Getting a message from the midwife practice in time to go to the new birth center.
2. Having the appointment with the midwife that delivered Mattie.
3. Getting a table massage for the first time in months.
4. Calling in time to find out that medical supply company would be closing next week so needed to order the scale in the next hour.
5. Eventually successfully coaxing Mattie into an evening sleep stretch so that I can take a nap myself.
6. Finishing watching The Crown season 3.

A year ago today.

11/21/19

1. Getting Mattie through a sleep transition in the morning enough to get a decent additional stretch of sleep.
2. Managing to assemble the roast chicken dish during an afternoon nap.
3. Dan and Nico picking up groceries after school.
4. Dan cleaning out the burned pan with the boiled celery trick.
5. Dan making pasta fagioli so that Nico had lunch tomorrow.
6. Watching more episodes of The Crown.

A year ago today.

11/20/19

1. Being able to get up for the day after a later morning wakeup.
2. Getting a lamb burger and za'atar fries for lunch.
3. Walking along the Greenway while listening to a podcast.
4. Successfully lulling Mattie back to sleep in the evening.
5. Filling need for protein with the dairy-free meatballs Dan made.
6. Finding that most of the random frozen meat was actually just chicken thighs, which made it easy to figure out a recipe to use with them.

A year ago today.

11/19/19

1. Eventually coaxing a longer morning stretch of sleep out.
2. Mattie contentedly hanging out by herself for awhile while I got ready for the day.
3. Watching more episodes of The Crown.
4. Successfully making it outside for a walk with Mattie in the bassinet, pumping session taken care of.
5. Nico seeming to have handled the full day at school without any issues.
6. Getting a stretch of sleep in before the final wakeup of the day.

A year ago today.

11/18/19

1. Good nursing sessions throughout the day.
2. Getting a solid afternoon nap from Mattie.
3. Making up a batch of fried rice.
4. Not too bad getting through Dan's first day back at work.
5. Dropping off some of the pumpkin muffins from yesterday at the neighbor's house.
6. Dan having the idea to friend our neighbor on Facebook so I could message her about the muffins.

A year ago today.

11/17/19

1. Sleeping for 3 hours of Mattie's last 3.5 hour stretch of sleep overnight and getting to wake up on my own.
2. Mattie getting proper naps in in the morning and afternoon rather than just 30 minute popups.
3. Getting together enough stuff to order from The Container Store for free shipping.
4. Gambling well and getting a pump in quickly, allowing for me to take an afternoon nap myself.
5. Making pumpkin pie muffins with Nico finally.
6. Picking up a couple toddler weaning chairs off of Facebook Marketplace from someone local.

A year ago today.

11/16/19

1. Dan and Nico picking up cough suppressant medicine for me.
2. Swapping off with Dan on supervised tummy time nap to finally get a longer nap and get some stuff done.
3. Nico voluntarily taking a nap during his quiet time.
4. My dad bringing over lots of food that he asked my uncle to make for me.
5. Finding a box that would fit inside the chest freezer.
6. Dan's mom coming over for a long stretch in the afternoon/evening to help.

A year ago today.

11/15/19

1. Pump/lunch timing working out to read to Nico for a bit before his nap.
2. Making za/jian\mian\ for lunch.
3. Getting the window A/C units packed away and fitting them onto the shelves in the garage.
4. Successfully lulling Mattie back to sleep during bathtime.
5. Nico being into reading the Chinese "Where is Spot?" book with me.
6. Holding back from eating all the yakisoba I made so as not to be completely stuffed.

A year ago today.

11/14/19

1. Dan being able to get a bunch of errands done thanks to RC coming over.
2. Washing my hair and flossing.
3. RC cleaning kitchen floor.
4. Mattie tolerating nursing practice despite getting tired quickly.
5. Nico doing well with the full day trial run at school.
6. Taking a late afternoon nap.

A year ago today.

11/13/19

1. Mattie doing really well with the SNS throughout the day!
2. Using foam strips from the A/Cs to plug the drafty kitchen window.
3. Not taking too long to sterilize all the new accessories that arrived.
4. Nico doing well with quiet time in the afternoon.
5. Dan's mom coming over to help and letting Dan finish all his cooking.
6. Catching a quick snooze on the couch after dinner and before Nico's bath.

A year ago today.

11/12/19

1. Dan forgoing morning errands to come back and help me get a pump in before the appointment, so I didn't have to pump in the car.
2. Pediatrician being totally happy with Mattie's weight gain.
3. Easy time getting Mattie down for naps.
4. Getting a nap in during the second half of Mattie's afternoon sleep stretch.
5. Getting a bunch of computer errands done during the evening with Mattie sleeping.
6. Successfully using the Lact-Aid twice, without too much mess.

A year ago today.

11/11/19

1. Warm sunny day to walk downtown.
2. Getting some nursing but also some demonstration of latch difficulties at the lactation consultant appointment.
3. Managing skin-to-skin baby carrier nap and picking up probiotics from Whole Foods.
4. Getting lunch in and all the necessary cleaning done during the first half of the afternoon.
5. Mattie sleeping long enough in the same stretch for me to get a nap in myself.
6. Nico dancing to the music playing on the Jooki.

A year ago today.

11/10/19

1. Humidifier I had wanted to buy yesterday happening to drop $15 in price.
2. Finally getting to scrubbing the tub.
3. Getting several loads of laundry done.
4. Mattie catching up on sleep with a whopper almost 5 hour stretch.
5. Dan's mom coming over to hang out with Nico for a bit.
6. Co-bathing going over pretty well.

A year ago today.

11/9/19

1. Nico having a great time at dim sum with my parents.
2. Figuring out a nap setup for Nico with the popup playard.
3. Dan picking up sunbutter cups and other snacks from Trader Joe's.
4. Nico contentedly napping for my parents and playing with the toys at their place.
5. Getting to rest a bit myself while having Mattie in the Baby K'Tan.
6. Not too long to get everyone and everything squared away after getting home.

A year ago today.

11/8/19

1. Continuing the streak of getting a successful nursing session in for the day.
2. Finally getting the answers needed to finish benefits enrollment.
3. Nico not having asked about the Jooki when I forgot to set it out.
4. Nico going along with afternoon quiet time of independent play time in his room.
5. My mom bringing lots of food over.
6. Taking a shower and washing my hair.

A year ago today.

11/7/19

1. Getting back to sleep in the morning.
2. Happening to see a post in the Facebook group for the Tokyo Olympics about new tickets being available.
3. Scoring diving tickets finally!
4. Settling the question of Mattie's godfather.
5. Eventually getting a longer stretch of sleep out of Mattie in the evening.
6. Getting some nursing in finally with at least some dream feeding at the end of the day.

A year ago today.

11/6/19

1. Feeling a lot better after going back to sleep for another stretch in the morning.
2. Dan getting home in time to help with the wake stretch.
3. Getting stuff done on my computer while supervising a tummy time nap.
4. Third day in a row of getting some successful nursing.
5. Nico tolerating quiet time in his room well enough while I was with Mattie.
6. KS coming over to hang out with Nico.

A year ago today.

11/5/19

1. Getting Dan a full sleep cycle in by starting Nico's morning.
2. Nico being into slicing his strawberries for breakfast, which we hadn't tried in a long while.
3. Nico forgiving me for not taking him to school because Mattie woke up.
4. Second day in a row of getting some successful nursing!
5. Finally getting some real answers to help with benefits selection.
6. Not as much effort as I thought to start gathering addresses for holiday cards.

A year ago today.

11/4/19

1. Successfully getting back into my corporate account.
2. Successfully holding Mattie off with some milk and lulling her back to sleep in the Baby K'Tan.
3. Finding the Bose headphones that I thought I'd lost in the move!
4. Sunny day out for walk downtown and back home
5. Successfully nursing and transferring 1.5oz during the lactation consultant appointment.
6. Getting a late afternoon nap in.

A year ago today.

11/3/19

1. Quiet morning to fully do finance review for last month.
2. Going for a quick drive in the crisp fall weather to drop off my ballot and return a library book.
3. Going through items I'd set aside from the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale back in the summer.
4. Taking a quick nap before dinner.
5. Time change not seeming to have much of an effect on Nico.
6. Getting a second successful nursing session in after all.

A year ago today.

11/2/19

1. Getting confirmation that the package made it to Austin just fine.
2. Managing managing the wake/eat/pump cycle on my own pretty well throughout the day.
3. Finding Helen Hoang's next book, The Bride Test, available from the library.
4. Catching up with CH on the phone.
5. Finally getting a long stretch of sleep from Mattie through the evening.
6. Early dinner not having a significant impact in the end on Nico's evening routine.

A year ago today.

11/1/19

1. Bringing my usual grits breakfast with me into the car.
2. Getting a pump in at the beginning of the appointment.
3. Dan taking care of making phone calls to figure out shipping.
4. Finally getting the big poop from Mattie, and without blowing out onto her clothes.
5. Getting the package together for CH.
6. Mattie's wake timing working out for a very productive evening.

A year ago today.