9 Months, Other Musings

caylin turned 9 months today. more specifically, 2 hours ago. brett and i just watched silver linings playbook, and one of the songs they played was frank sinatra singing, “have yourself a merry little christmas”. they had the big christmas lights in the background. the big ones, not the crappy…

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

we closed on the house yesterday. we. closed. on. our new house. we’re moving into our new house next week. no matter how many times i say it, it still won’t sink in. we haven’t done diddly as far as packing goes–my mom has done 95%…

Too Much Nostalgia Lately

between caylin growing faster than i can keep up with, mother’s day, and moving soon, i feel like a basket case. it doesn’t help that our townhouse (up until this week when we tidied up a LOT) was starting look like a shell of a home. boxes everywhere,…

8 Months

caylin turned 8 months old on tuesday. 8. months. old. * a little over 20 pounds! * wearing 18-month clothes (OMG!) * her hair is getting longer :) it’s so fuzzy and so blonde. who would’ve thought i’d make a blonde baby?! * she eats EVERYTHING. i share my dinner with her…

Back to Goals

a year ago february, we went over our personal and professional goals at work with our leads. a year ago february, i wrote a post about it. these were my goals: 1. take the red hat security exam in june 2. have this baby 3. move into a house as…

Bittersweet

this past week caylin started sleeping full time in her crib, which is huge. and bittersweet, like i expected. and convenient and awesome all at the same time. my mom had her napping in the crib during the day, but i still had her sleeping with me at night. i…

Breakthroughs

last week and this week, caylin has learned to entertain herself (when she’s wide awake and not hungry, at least). i don’t know what happened. it felt almost like it was overnight. put her in her bouncer, and bam. she goes to town. put her in the jumper,…

Surprisingly Not Totally Exhausted

at least not yet. brett has been out on travel since monday, so i’ve been on my own with caylin in the evenings. well, 2 nights my mom stayed here but she was pretty much passed out by 8 :) but it’s the middle of the week and i’…