9/7/20

1. Mattie sleeping through the night!!!
2. Getting 6 hours of sleep in a row myself!
3. Getting around to ironing a few things with Mattie still taking a long morning nap.
4. Tidying up my garden and planting some rabe seeds.
5. Finishing watching The Dragon Prince.
6. Doing the next MommaStrong video still.

A year ago today.

8/8/19

1. Not too difficult to saw up the carpet roll into pieces short enough to fit in the garbage can.
2. Nico accepting a handoff back to my mom.
3. More productive pairing with BS.
4. Finding a UPS drop off box not that far from the library. 
5. Choosing wisely not to try for an additional evening project.
6. Sewing kit available to tack neckline of dress.

A year ago today.

4/7/19

1. Going to dim sum with my parents.
2. Not too difficult to get Nico down for his nap.
3. Discovering I'd left a note in the manual for my dad's sewing machine.
4. Hemming both pairs of pants for my mom.
5. Fixing the tears in two pairs of Nico's pants.
6. Running a load of laundry while we were there.

A year ago today.

3/18/18

1. Feeling great after catching over 7 hours of sleep in a row!
2. Finally catching DH to catch up.
3. Finishing assembling my quilt top.
4. Someone on the Buy Nothing group offering up a car seat duffle bag for us to keep that fit perfectly.
5. Making excellent progress on packing.
6. Good naps and peaceful bedtime.

A year ago today.

3/17/18

1. Ribs for lunch.
2. Nico falling asleep in the stroller for his third nap pretty quickly.
3. Catching one more giant rainbow in Portland with rain and sun at the same time.
4. Making a lot of progress on assembling my quilt top.
5. Selling the grill very quickly.
6. Perfectly peaceful bedtime.

A year ago today.

1/21/18

1. Getting to sleep an extra hour in the morning.
2. Ironing and pinning quilt block rows during the afternoon nap.
3. Being able to meet the nanny from the agency.
4. Dan making chicken fajitas for dinner.
5. Dan taking over making Instant Pot risotto when I needed to go feed Nico and get him down for the third nap.
6. Fitting all the backup pumping supplies and clothes for the offsite into a small suitcase still.

A year ago today.

1/19/18

1. Finishing watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
2. Starch spray and ironing the border quilt blocks at Modern Domestic.
3. Nico being very patient while I did this ironing.
4. Making rib tacos for myself as a late lunch/early dinner.
5. Dan giving me a ride to the salon.
6. Getting my hair done.

A year ago today.

1/18/18

1. Nico taking a two hour morning nap.
2. Watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
3. Making it over to pick up the sleep sack despite the drizzle.
4. Dan picking up the nursing scarf a neighbor was lending me.
5. Making ramen and bok choy with ribs for dinner.
6. Finishing sewing up the whole block rows.

A year ago today.

1/16/18

1. Longest stretches of sleep at night in awhile.
2. Nico taking a whopper two hour nap in the morning!
3. Taking packages over to the UPS store and picking up books from the library.
4. My mom taking Nico out for a second afternoon walk.
5. Nico taking another long nap in the stroller.
6. Pinning and sewing the rest of the quilt blocks.

A year ago today.

1/15/18

1. Sleeping in for an extra hour.
2. Watching more Call the Midwife.
3. Getting all the quilt block halves sewn and ironed.
4. Very successful nap day.
5. Syncing up to do a video chat catchup with AQ.
6. Hopping in the shower quickly, now that we have a new bath routine.

A year ago today.

1/14/18

1. Sunny day again.
2. Potential nanny being very patient.
3. Getting a long second nap out of Nico eventually.
4. Dropping by ZK's longarm class at Modern Domestic for at least a bit.
5. Watching Call the Midwife on Dan's tablet while sewing.
6. Finishing sewing a baby size quilt's worth of blocks and pinning the rest.

A year ago today.

1/13/18

1. Sunny and warm day.
2. Taking Nico out forward-facing in the Baby K'Tan to the nearby park.
3. Dan cleaning up the bedroom for me.
4. Taking photos to document the bedroom in this apartment.
5. Ironing quilt block pieces going faster than I had expected.
6. Ordering supplies for pumping while away.

A year ago today.

1/11/18

1. Feeling reasonably full with two fried egg sandwiches for breakfast.
2. Beef ramen soup for lunch.
3. Getting two loads of laundry done.
4. Doing all 3 naps independently today.
5. Fried rice for dinner with leftover roast chicken thrown in for a bit more protein.
6. Pinning together more quilt blocks.

A year ago today.

1/10/18

1. Peaceful naptimes.
2. First two naps going on close to 1.5 hours each!
3. Getting out for two walks again.
4. Picking up some pump adapters.
5. Getting a batch of sewing done.
6. Lamb meatballs in red curry for dinner.

A year ago today.

1/3/18

1. Spending time reading books together.
2. Putting up the rest of the items in the back room on the Buy Nothing post.
3. Housekeeping service coming by.
4. Ironing currently sewn blocks during the second nap of the day.
5. Having enough time to shovel lunch in before needing to nurse.
6. Getting a hour-long late afternoon nap out of Nico.

A year ago today.

1/2/18

1. Watching more Peaky Blinders while pinning blocks.
2. Getting up the energy to clean up the downstairs and start taking documentation photos.
3. Didn't have to fight to get a fourth nap in since he fell asleep nursing.
4. Starting to put stuff in the back room up on the Buy Nothing group.
5. Dan getting home a little earlier than usual to start bedtime not too late.
6. Getting back into coding practice with solving days 1 and 2 of Advent of Code.

A year ago today.

1/1/18

1. Fireworks at midnight not waking Nico up.
2. Getting one more day of sleeping in in the morning before Dan goes back to work.
3. Writing up a blog post with pregnancy advice I'd saved up for awhile.
4. ZK visiting.
5. Watching the latest season of Peaky Blinders.
6. Sewing all the currently pinned blocks.

A year ago today.

12/31/17

1. Breakfast of grits, frittata, kimchi, and blueberry muffins.
2. Reading You Take It From Here.
3. Starting the latest season of Peaky Blinders while Dan took Nico out for a walk.
4. Working on more pinning for my quilt.
5. Quickly selling the baby scale.
6. A completely peaceful bedtime, unlike the last couple nights.

A year ago today.

Top good things in 2017:

1. Having Nico.
2. Landing the remote job with Heroku.
3. Having many visits from family to help.
4. Succeeding at not having to exclusively pump anymore.
5. Seeing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London.
6. Discovering the local Buy Nothing group for giving/receiving items with neighbors.

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.