1/31/20

1. Nico's temperature coming down enough to go back to school.
2. Mattie managing to take long naps to make up for the overnight and help with recovering from the cold we all have.
3. Taking a moment to have lunch myself first during the nap window before getting started on cooking.
4. Getting the Instant Pot chicken curry and Indian-ish roasted chicken cooking done in stages.
5. My mom making roast duck curry for me.
6. Getting the packing started for Nico's overnight at my parents'.

A year ago today.

1/30/20

1. Catching Mattie before she was fully asleep when she drifted off just lying there.
2. Figuring out how to fix Nico's monster truck that had fallen apart into multiple constituent pieces.
3. Chatting with a pregnant woman at Whole Foods.
4. Mattie taking a good nap in the stroller even as I finished up shopping at Whole Foods.
5. Signing up for Pilates classes in the next few weeks.
6. Lining up babysitting for Mattie for those class times.

A year ago today.

1/29/20

1. Overnight stretches ending up being longer than usual with ignoring an early wakeup.
2. Doing an intro class at the local Pilates studio.
3. Making it to get my eyebrows threaded.
4. Mattie still napping when I got back.
5. Getting hard part of cooking prep done with RC sticking around a bit.
6. Fewer people at hiphop class so it was easier to see in the mirror.

A year ago today.

1/28/20

1. Getting a bit more sleep in myself during the morning nap.
2. Making it to Lotte Market to pick up spices for some Indian recipes I want to try.
3. Picking up clothes from the tailor's.
4. Getting a chai latte with almond milk from a cafe downtown.
5. Stroller naps helping achieve 8:30 bedtime.
6. Finishing reading The Rise of the Monkey King.

A year ago today.

1/27/20

1. Mattie sleeping through various early morning stirrings.
2. Still having time to eat a leisurely breakfast and get other things done thanks to a massive morning nap.
3. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.
4. Getting an outdoors nap even in a stationary stroller.
5. Rain never really getting going so it was ok to stay out.
6. Lentils and sausage in the Instant Pot turning out well.

A year ago today.

1/26/20

1. Dan taking Mattie again in the morning long enough for me to snooze some more.
2. Learning that the pastries at Olive Press Eatery are just made with olive oil, not butter, so ok for me to eat.
3. Going for a nice walk along the Greenway to check out Lotte Market.
4. Mattie's stroller nap making the rest of the day's timing easier.
5. Mattie's last nap at the right time to allow me to make dinner for Nico.
6. Mixing a perfectly ripe avocado in with my dal fry and rice for dinner.

A year ago today.

1/25/20

1. Dan taking Mattie in the morning to let me sleep more.
2. Getting a shower with washing my hair in during even a short nap.
3. Making it to soup dumplings with my sister and her friends.
4. Our grandma and my sister's friends coming over to hang out.
5. Nico not really needing much additional food later despite the early dinner.
6. Not too tough an evening despite stretching waketimes longer than usual.

A year ago today.

1/24/20

1. Mattie waking up on her own in time for me to nurse her before going over to Nico's school.
2. Chinese New Year goodie bags being a big hit with the kids.
3. Calling Lure Lash to find out eyebrow threading wouldn't be available today before walking over there.
4. Mattie taking a nap outside in the stroller while I perused a new cookbook.
5. Being able to take a nap before the dinner.
6. Dan getting a nap from Mattie without needing to take extraordinary measures.

A year ago today.

1/23/20

1. Having enough sticker sheets for all the kids to get the same sets of stickers.
2. Another day of independent sleep for nap 2.
3. Second nap going longer than 30 minutes.
4. Dan making another batch of fried rice in time for me to have it for lunch.
5. Successfully keeping Mattie awake on the way back from Whole Foods by carrying her for a bit.
6. Getting a chicken chili in the Instant Pot during Mattie's nap.

A year ago today.

1/22/20

1. Successful snooze feed at 6:30am.
2. Accidental catnap in stroller putting the remainder of the day back on track after an unexpectedly long second nap.
3. Finding new $1 bills at the Chase branch after striking out at two other banks.
4. Coming up with the genius idea of dressing Mattie in the new truck-themed outfit Dan got at the consignment store to help with joint bedtime for Nico while I would be out.
5. Having a really fun time at the hiphop class to "Love On Top."
6. Getting a 9:46pm bedtime with no crying and no false start.

A year ago today.

1/21/20

1. Nico repeating another full Chinese sentence that Dan constructed: 猴子吃香蕉.
2. Dan taking a day off to give me a day off.
3. Napping for a bit myself in the midst of Mattie's long morning nap.
4. Getting a chance to drop a few things off at the tailor's finally.
5. Getting a massage in the second half of the afternoon.
6. Staying on schedule for Mattie's nap and bedtime.

A year ago today.

1/20/20

1. The steamed pork my mom made yesterday working well with grits at breakfast.
2. Nico playing in his room for quiet time, even if he didn't take a nap.
3. Snow sticking around until after Nico's quiet time to be able to go out and play in it.
4. Nico constructing his first Chinese sentence while we were looking at a truck book together! 我看到铲车
5. Having Dan's "Airline Pose" to help with stretching waketimes for Mattie.
6. No false start after an unprecedentedly early bedtime for Mattie of 9:30.

A year ago today.

1/19/20

1. Finding that I could actually read most of the this month's new Chinese picture books as I read along with Luka.
2. Getting a long, no-pacifier morning nap.
3. My mom coming over with food.
4. Nico loving the new floor puzzle with trucks that my mom got him.
5. Saving most of the rest of the zajianmian when I got full.
6. Dan managing to still get enough time to get tax prep done.

A year ago today.

1/18/20

1. Mattie finally catching up on some sleep with a long late morning nap in the Merlin suit.
2. Finishing reading Gods of Jade and Shadow.
3. Nico pitching in to clean up the Play-Doh debris around his chair.
4. Timing lining up for last feed of the day, general sleepiness, and target 10:30pm bedtime.
5. Mattie falling asleep within one round of the Snoo and no pacifier!
6. Mattie falling back asleep by herself after the 30 min wake up.

A year ago today.

1/17/20

1. Going out with Mattie multiple times to sit in the sun and read.
2. Starting and finishing reading Nothing to See Here.
3. Getting sandwiches from Olive Press Eatery delivered.
4. Stopping after 1.5 sandwiches and saving the rest.
5. Having zajianmian for dinner again.
6. Mattie eventually falling asleep on her own.

A year ago today.

1/16/20

1. Pediatrician not being concerned about Mattie's weight gain.
2. Successfully finding my phone with one of the businesses on the first floor after losing it in the parking lot.
3. Having enough cooked rice left for Dan's dinner and Nico's lunch.
4. Zajianmian being a big hit with Nico for dinner.
5. Reminding myself of Dan's rough travel day.
6. Finishing watching this season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

A year ago today.

1/15/20

1. Another good morning with BS taking Nico to school.
2. Leaf cleanup going smoothly and machine sounds not bothering Mattie.
3. Mattie waking up from her nap just in time to take her with me to get cash from the ATM.
4. Beautifully sunny day.
5. Checking out the quilt exhibition and children's floor at the library.
6. My dad giving a thumbs up to my jerry-rigged solution to the stair gate being misaligned.

A year ago today.

1/14/20

1. BS coming over for morning with Nico going swimmingly well without involvement needed from me.
2. Mattie getting a long stretch of sleep even as the second stretch for the night, making up for yesterday.
3. Texting my mom and sister about Chinese New Year goodies right as they were at the store.
4. Mattie eventually going back to take a long nap despite being scared by a very long and loud train horn in the middle, so I was able to nap as well.
5. Easier pickup from school than yesterday.
6. Successfully sticking to 10:40 bedtime despite last nap being later leading to a shorter waketime than I thought we'd need.

A year ago today.

1/13/20

1. Not feeling too bad in the morning despite my distribution of sleep.
2. My mom and sister bringing by the stuff to add to the laundry load and more food.
3. My mom and sister also taking care of picking up a table I had my eye on a few weeks ago.
4. Making it out to the library with Mattie to pick up books and talk to someone about volunteering opportunities.
5. Doing pretty well throughout the day with reducing use of pacifier for sleep.
6. Successfully getting to lights out for Nico by 9.

A year ago today.

1/12/20

1. Getting out to dim sum even with Mattie along for the ride.
2. Feeling more together after even a quick afternoon nap.
3. Dan finding The Whole Brain Child book at a different library.
4. Getting pad kee mao for dinner.
5. Really quiet evening to reorganize all the baby clothes.
6. Successfully doing a pacifier-free, earlier bedtime for Mattie.

A year ago today.

1/11/20

1. Dan taking the first wakeup so I could back to sleep.
2. All of us making it out to the playground in the morning.
3. Finally getting a longer late afternoon nap.
4. Taking a nap myself.
5. Nico giving his first present to me (a pack of tortillas).
6. Surprisingly chill last wakeup given only a catnap.

A year ago today.

1/10/20

1. Mattie sleeping for a 8.5 hour stretch!
2. Watching the movie Late Night on Amazon Prime.
3. Getting to shower and wash my hair.
4. Mattie squeezing in a surprising 30 min lap nap so that the timing worked out well to go pick up Nico from school.
5. Getting a chance to talk to the school director about doing something for Chinese New Year.
6. Nico staying on the platform all the way home, even with the detour to look at a dump truck for a little while.

A year ago today.

1/9/20

1. Catching Mattie showing sleep cues after the shorter morning waketime of just an hour.
2. My mom bringing more bags of frozen dumplings by.
3. Finally getting to really cleaning the bathroom.
4. My sister helping me get at the rest of the neck cheese.
5. Quickly doing another load of laundry to get Nico's new clothes from my mom and sister ready.
6. Cutting the last pump entirely.

A year ago today.

1/8/20

1. My dad making it to the airport ok without needing our help.
2. Making it out to pick up lunch and getting back before the next nap.
3. Getting an unexpectedly longer-than-usual afternoon nap.
4. Dan's dad coming by to drop off food.
5. Dan's mom helping me give Mattie a bath.
6. Making it to the hiphop dance class!

A year ago today.

1/7/20

1. Making it to a support group meetup!
2. Mattie taking a nap in the carrier so that the social outing didn't mess up her sleep entirely.
3. Finding Christmas tablecloth in with regular clean clothes to add to box before it got put away
4. Working out coverage to go to dance class.
5. Watching the first Jeopardy Greatest of All Time matchup with Dan. 
6. Mattie agreeing to a shorter last wake stretch.

A year ago today.

1/6/20

1. Dan being able to take some time in the afternoon to let me get a nap in
2. Making it t.o Whole Foods to pick up some groceries and snacks.
3. Nico being into picking up the Chinese phrase for moving truck and practicing other truck names in Chinese as well.
4. Successfully trying out forward-facing adventure pose in the Baby K'Tan.
5. Dan doing most of the kitchen cleanup.
6. Talking things out reasonably with Dan.

A year ago today.

1/5/20

1. Mattie sleeping through the nap transition so I could actually finish organizing the documents to go into the fire-/waterproof safe.
2. Getting a surprisingly long late afternoon nap, during which I could actually nap too.
3. Most of the broken Christmas ornament's shards falling onto a play silk in the toy basket, which made it easier to clean up.
4. Getting a couple loads of laundry done.
5. Succeeding at my goal of doing more listening than problem-solving.
6. Showering and then putting on freshly laundered pajamas.

A year ago today.

1/4/20

1. Dan and Nico returning my library book for me.
2. Getting just enough time to shower and wash my hair before our visitors.
3. Nice chat with FO/TO during their visit.
4. Dan's dad having sent over food for us.
5. Dan staying up later than usual to help settle a teething baby.
6. Going right to bed after the likely last wakeup per Dan's advice.

A year ago today.

1/3/20

1. The SNOO coming through at an early stirring.
2. Feeling ok despite the unusual length sleep stretches.
3. Finishing watching Into the Woods.
4. My parents coming by and bringing food.
5. Dan taking over getting Mattie's last nap of the evening.
6. Last wakeup of the day being shorter and easier than I assumed it would be.

A year ago today.

1/2/20

1. Getting a quick turnaround early morning wakeup despite having caused it with an inopportune cough.
2. Electrician having an answer for how to dim the overhead light fixtures.
3. Getting to relax a bit with an unexpectedly long early afternoon nap from Mattie.
4. Finishing watching Marriage Story on Netflix.
5. Dan approving of my attempts to spice up the lamb ragu a bit.
6. Being able to sit with Nico long enough through a bedtime meltdown that we still got a bit of nice cuddle and reading time in.

A year ago today.

1/1/20

1. Succeeding at a quick turnaround morning wakeup.
2. Taking out the recycling that had been piling up in my room.
3. Finding the dairy-free sunbutter cups at Whole Foods, as well as dairy-free chocolate peppermint patties.
4. Getting tacos and chips and guac at Comida Fresca.
5. Everyone still being asleep when I got back.
6. Getting to spend time reading Chinese books with Nico.

A year ago today.