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Tag: Erica
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I am so bad at consistency. I was gonna say “consistent posting of anything” and then I was like “actually just consistent writing of anything” and then… yeh. Just anything, really. I was gonna go over what I’ve been doing lately overall for this post and then I remembered this is a daily and that’s read more
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Went to Nate’s work Christmas party. It was suitably awkward while still being fairly enjoyable because Erica. There was a bunny hutch (yes really) and when Erica saw her first bunny… she screamed. Twice. o_o This child loves bunnies. Pics of bunnies, stuffed bunnies, she can identify a bunny if you ask her to… I read more
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It was Erica’s first time out in snow today! She had a bunch of fun, big ole grin. It helps that she’s already been in love with her new snow boots… We let her wear them off and on the last few days to get used to walking in em. We built her a snowman read more
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I ate two of em by myself and I’m fairly certain the server judged me for it. No regrets tho. Picked up some new calligraphy supplies and also stopped into a stationery store and gained my first real-life guild quest… there’s an email in my inbox about joining “the guild” that the proprietor of this read more
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So tired last night that I went to bed when Erica did. We’d had a full day – out for coffee in the morning, a movie over Erica’s nap, meeting up with a friend in the evening. I was exhausted. So of course now I’m awake far too early today. Gonna try doing some digital read more
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Holy shit it’s a daily. We took Erica out for breakfast (on a Saturday! We never go to breakfast on Saturday, but we did today and it was fine,) and then went for a walk afterward and it was very nice! Then we visited her grandparents. All that makes a lovely day by itself either read more
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Holy shit, y’all. So it’s been like two months since I last posted a single thing. I’ve been all over the place. I’m pretty sure I’ve missed too much to really catch up the way I’d like to, but we’re gonna try to hit the highlights. Most of those have to do with Erica, obviously. read more
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Yesterday was a wonderful day! We went to breakfast, and then the library with Ecca… then went and bought her first pair of shoes! Very exciting. Then when we sang her bedtime song the most amazing thing happened. We always end the song with “goodnight” and then immediately each of us gives her a kiss. read more
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I’ve been p useless today. I did bring Erica to therapy, which everyone there always loves. That was fun. But otherwise I have done nothing but shower, games, and momming. I started my period so we are not pregnant yet which isn’t a huge shock but is a lil disappointing. Oh whale. I did as read more
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I finally had a burst of energy today and got a bunch of chores done that I’d been putting off since I got back home. There are still a few more to do (always) but it’s a relief. I’m tired af tho. Doing all those chores rapid fire is exhausting, I literally worked up a read more
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Last night was good. A couple lovely friends from back in NC came to visit (I might have mentioned they were coming yesterday, I don’t remember), and we had such a good time we decided to get breakfast today too. After they left I played games with my friends for the first time in a read more
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Started the day off real well, took Erica to the library. We were gonna attend toddler storytime, but she had so much fun wandering around and was so restless during the reading that we skipped out and let her keep exploring. She walked all over the kids section and the outside section, and got to read more
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I’ve been telling myself for like… weeks now? That I need to write a damn blog post. It’s been way too long. I always struggle to get started with these, and that’s true now as well, but it’s a little worse than usual because it’s been such a weird stretch of time. I suppose the read more
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Forcing myself to post because I care about posting but I feel like shit… Tryna get meds adjusted. I have my once a year get together with my Internet friends this week, and I’m def not gonna be fully recovered (any recovered?) before they get here, but I’m tryna not think about it too much. read more
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Not much to share about today – we went to a farmer’s market and now we’re at Grandma and Zaide’s house. BUT Last night Erica gave Nate and I both real big girl kisses on the cheek! Kept her mouth shut and made the smack sound and everything. It was unbelievable. Truly blows my mind, read more
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Getting pretty close to having more baby proof spaces for Erica now that she’s pretty much walking. It’ll be nice to let her roam more. Had a nice day so far. Went out for breakfast, which was great, then we walked to a garage sale nearby. I got a lovely watch necklace that I’m hoping read more
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My mom sent me a link to a thirteen year old post on her own blog (jruthkelly.com) and it was pretty wild. My mom writes really well, and the post was a snapshot of a really distant and different time, though I still remember the things she mentioned pretty vividly. I don’t really read my read more
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My back is finally better enough that I can be Erica’s primary care during the work week again. Resting a lot when she’s sleeping, but still, it’s a relief. She’s walking on her own more and more. She’s moving too fast man. We’re starting the process of baby proofing more rooms so she’s not just read more
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I just sang her a song and she swayed to it. When I was done, she clapped, then pointed both fingers at me and vocalized. I said, do you want more? More songs? And signed for more. She signed it back. And I sang another. She danced and waited. When I finished, she signed more read more
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The alliance for infants and toddlers (nonprofit org that helps monitor premature or at-risk kids for development milestones) has sent us our first “self assessment” and I’m low key freaking out. I have thought Erica was developing fine, but this assessment wants her already doing stuff she is definitely not doing yet. It is sposta read more
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She just took 25 and turned around 😠read more
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I haven’t kept up and now there’s too much to recall. This is why we don’t sleep on the blog posts. I haven’t felt super well the last couple of days, but they’ve also been fairly calm, low maintenance days. Erica did go to the doctor on Wednesday, which I mentioned here already I think… read more
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Got a new phone. It is exciting but entirely too big, and I may end up having to get a pop socket for it. I weep. They’re so ugly but they’re so functional. It’s unfair. I’ll see how long I last without one. As for the day… I had therapy, and took Erica to the read more
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We took Erica to one for the first time today. It was so much fun. She went on a swing, which almost put her to sleep, but then I also helped her go down a couple slides and she crawled through a tunnel with me. It was truly amazing, she’s such a little kid. She read more
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Sliding another one in last minute. I’m a creature of habit, what can I say? I kid, I just procrastinate. We had a really good day today. Erica was wonderful as always, hit 14 steps again, and just keeps being more and more affectionate and sweet. Mike came over to drop off some food and read more
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Turns out I do not like this book. I am finishing it out of spite so that no one can say my 2/10 rating was because I didn’t finish it. Today has been a good day. Erica and I played a bunch. We walked all around the house and the back patio with her just read more
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Ngl, there’s not a ton to post about, but I wanna wrap up the night. I played a lot of vintage story once Erica was sleeping. Last night I played Labrynthine with friends, that was dope. Erica was really tired when she went to bed tonight, so I’m hoping she sleeps through the night. If read more
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There is nothing quite so precious as witnessing my child’s love for me. This morning I was very tired, cuz miss E woke me up three times last night. I laid down on the floor in her playroom with a blanket and just narrated what she was playing with to her, which I often do read more
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We took a walk with Erica and then took another after she was asleep to get froyo. I got raspberry under caramel pretzel. The raspberry was really pleasantly tart and a change of pace for me… I don’t normally go for fruity flavors. A nice night to end our stay here. A good, simple night. read more
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Finished the third book in the farseer trilogy. It was quite good. I look forward to reading the next set of three in the series, but first I’m gonna try to read city of saints and madmen by Jeff vandermeer first, but I’m a bit into the book now and so far I don’t like read more
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We started the day off with a farmer’s market. Erica’s great grandma came with us. We bought some flowers! They’re hanging up on Zaide and Shoshana’s porch now 😌 I’m starting in on a second cup of coffee while Nate cares for Erica. She’s had a really good morning, been really sweet. It’s peaceful so read more
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Writing at the close of the day… I have to get back into the habit of updating more frequently. Today was a peacefully uneventful day. I played with Erica in the morning, got groceries and coffee while she napped, and read in the evening. She fussed a little for dinner, gave her little blender screams read more
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Christ, that monthly took way longer to write than it should have. We started off the day with breakfast takeout, cuz Nate is a hero. Since then I have either been playing with my daughter (she knows she can drag her play pen gates around from inside of them now 💀) or trying to make read more
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Hello from my new website, friends! We’re now hosted on wordpress instead of bearblog, and I’m super excited about it. The site content is still very much the same as before, but with so much more functionality and adaptability. I have a search bar! I have a tag cloud! You can leave comments! 🤩 I read more
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A directory of the people in my life who I refer to the most, their nicknames, and what my relationship to them is. Some of these I only refer to by nicknames to respect privacy. My siblings and family don’t really get that privilege, but Nate’s family does, lol. Lmk if there’s a name you read more
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We’re up to a grand total of 22 granny squares, so far. Considering how long ago I started, I feel I should have more… But I don’t work on it every single time I’m here. Things are going well here still. Erica loves walking around their house and climbing their stairs. Yesterday she did the read more
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Erica’s new thing is randomly doing downward dog. I’ll look over from wherever I am randomly and she’ll just be hanging out with her lil booty in the air for no reason. Kids amirite In other news I have made so many granny squares today I’m almost sick of em. Things are going smoothly here read more
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I am currently writing from the comforts of the in-laws’ house. Today was a crazy flurry of activity; I packed for this trip, which takes a lot of work cuz baby, but then I also vacuumed and mopped the entire bottom two levels of the house so we’d come back to somewhere clean. That included read more
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Finna play act III of slay the spire’s board game adaptation with Mike tonight. Looking forward to it very much, although I’m not sure we’ll win. Erica is doing great. She’s been waving really well lately, and also gives high fives now. She’s continuing to develop her walking skills, and is making more complicated sounds read more
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Today is a landmark day. Erica told me she wanted to go to bed early. She asked to nurse by sign, then after, grabbed our nursing pillow and kept dramatically laying on it and patting it, gently head butted into my stomach a lot (this usually means she wants something) and babbled in sign until read more
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I really catch myself flippin through pics of my baby girl after she’s gone to bed like I didn’t just spend the whole day with her read more
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Erica woke me up 3 times last night, and it was straight up debilitating, which is hilarious cuz I’ll have to do even more of that whenever we have another baby. Lel. Oh well. Ent done too much today. Just got some groceries, and chatted with my siblings a little. Tonight Nate and I are read more
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Today, Mom and Evan drove back home. Nate went to the office, so for the first time in weeks, it was just myself and my daughter in a quiet house. For a bit, I felt as empty as the space, but it was good. I’ve been so full of anxiety and planning and rushing around. read more
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Blog is neglected but not abandoned. Hopefully never abandoned. I think technically it’s about time for a monthly update, but I’m not ready for that yet. Not sure how I’ll write about this month. The line between being open and sharing too much that isn’t mine gets kinda blurry sometimes. And some things aren’t super read more
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My kid is one of those, I’m realizing. I have accidentally made her incapable of being alone in a room or playpen without screaming her lil face off. I’ve gotta be close, if not holding her. She does eventually calm down but dude it takes forever. I gotta encourage more self soothing behaviors… which just read more
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Nate asked if I wanted him to remind me about my blog earlier. I said no thanks, but did take it as a hint that he’s eager to read more content, lol. A good reminder in itself. It’s been a good couple days. Erica’s been eating a lot of food and practicing walking with us read more
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Was a nice regular day. Made some calls for lawn care, got prescriptions moved, requested an ob appt. We did go out for mad mex, and we ordered Erica a kids quesadilla thinking it’d be a small thing. It was a whole meal with sides of corn and rice and a dessert after too. It read more
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I have been awake for one hour and in that time all I have done is clean poop. My child had an enormous blowout. Bath very required. Poo sheet and onesie are soaking in oxiclean. Now I can have coffee. I’m drinking caffeine again, as of yesterday. It had been over two weeks and I read more
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Erica has officially lifted a foot and taken a single step on her own! No chaining steps yet, and she fell on her butt right after, but she’s a stepper! She’s done it a few times now. It’s been a good day. I made pancakes for breakfast, from this recipe, and they were fantastic af. read more
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I really thought I could come up with new post names based on whatever I was writing about, but I feel like I’m running out (ha!) of names. I do a lot of repetitive things. Same name type shit. We’ll see what happens I guess. Erica had breakfast and then had to entertain herself for read more
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Bro the pants I bought today. They’re fire. Pin stripes and wide fit? Yes please. Also probably the highlight of my day, besides miss e. We did go to the in laws, and Zaide said a few words to her and grinned at her, so that was nice too. I did some granny squares. We read more
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This has been a really tough month. I’ve been in a pretty deep depressive episode for a few weeks now; not sure if it’s meds related or just cuz things are pretty tough right now. Or both, I guess. It’s made me struggle to be productive and complete daily quests, but there’s still stuff to read more
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What a crazy day emotionally.I’m way too spent to really describe rn, but y’all Cut out the shitty people in your life for real Like yikes 😳 P.s. Erica is the best and this pic of her balancing for two seconds before falling on her butt makes her look like a walker and it’s crazy read more
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Spent more money on some skincare stuff last night. Middle of the night buys type shit. I’ve been thinking about buying these things for a while now though so I don’t regret it or anything – just feels funny to have done it so late. Usually not a great idea. I feel a little bad read more
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Yesterday Erica had her 1y development check with the alliance for infants and toddlers, and she did well as usual. They’re changing her assessments to once every six months instead of every three. I’m real grateful she’s doing so well. Last night was nice night talking with friends online. Now I’m out, supposed to be read more
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Got a couple of granny squares done while Erica napped at the in laws. We did cake for her birthday, and I got to bring home some paints that I’m hoping to use during my birthday fun. Pretty chill day, I reckon. I took a nap in a comfy rocking chair. Nate taught me I’m read more
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Hanging out at the in laws’ today. I was too busy doing chores to post yesterday. Didn’t even game all day, it’s practically a miracle. We watched Gerald’s Game after Erica went to bed, though. It was truly excellent, but I definitely would not have been able to watch it if I hadn’t already read read more
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You’re too young to be holding on for dear life like that kid read more
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Last night I stayed up playing games with friends, and I laughed so hard I cried twice. One of them squeaked in fear when a monster went by and it was such an unexpected sound I thought it was a weird game sound. That was the first incident. Then I accidentally yeeted the same friend read more
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I know it’s all I talk about, but I have to keep trying, cause I haven’t gotten the words right yet. How can I possibly express my amazement at being a mother accurately?It’s the most mundane thing, but it is also the most important thing I will ever do. It is making me so much read more
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Erica had a doctor’s appointment today. It went well, she’s healthy. Hitting her milestones. Went to a cafe after. I’ve talked to one of the baristas there about pregnancy on a previous visit, because she’s expecting. She was excited to meet Erica, which was really sweet. Erica and I shared a bagel and a croissant. read more
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The post name has a double meaning – I’ve been missing from here for a while because my family has been visiting, and now I am missing them because they’re gone. We had a wonderful week, and Erica’s birthday was happily celebrated on Friday with a delicious cake my mom worked on for two days. read more
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Last night Erica wanted to chew her book and I wouldn’t let her, and the look she gave me was vividly and specifically indignant, not just formlessly frustrated. She looked at me like “Mom! How dare you?! Let me chew!” It was wild. She’s a little human with little human emotions. How wondrous. Zaide is read more
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When all else fails and you gotta feed yer kid, fry an egg migrate update: shout out to her little cannoli foot read more
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they can take longer than ya might think read more
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Having a good, low-key day so far. Erica’s in a good mood. I finished the line art for my next drawing of her. I mentioned last night that I’m super excited for this one… There’s a lot of fun detail in the wrinkles and tulle of her shirt, and this is the first time I read more
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Erica had some kiwi with dinner, which was fun. I read some of a book on writing, it was already helpful and I’m 20pgs in. Picked the next photo I’ll be drawing from and started the outline for it, I’ll post tomorrow when the outline is complete. I’m really excited for this one. Ended out read more
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I’ve seen four in our house in the last two days. I freaking hate ants so much. They’re awful little bastards. Yesterday ended quietly. Today has started quietly. Overnight was awful. Erica’s sleep is still borked. She’s waking up to feed every four hours like we did when she was taking her meds for her read more
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Erica’s fever broke this morning, which is fantastic cuz if it hadn’t we were gonna have to take her to the doctor. I’m much relieved. Super tired today. I stayed up too late playing games and talking to friends, and then Erica had a rough night. Luckily we stayed home instead of going to the read more
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My child has decided smushing her face into her high chair tray is the best way to eat. I did in fact post to socials. Four days late isn’t too bad, is it? 😠read more
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Ok y’all. Been a rough week, I can’t lie. It’s been a minute since I posted. My lil girl has been sick, so I’ve been sleeping pretty terribly. She is finally at a normal temperature today, but she’s still tired and coughed a couple times this morning. Nate is finally home as of last night, read more
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Tfw you say you’re gonna do a thing and then you don’t… Had a really tough day mentally yesterday so I did not end up feeling confident enough to post about the blog. Same with today, as far as spoons for posting. I need more confidence to do it than I thought, I guess. Yesterday read more
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Full disclosure, it’s not 3/30 yet. I wonder if I’ll post on the right day. Wanted to get some things written down before they left my mind. Thank goodness for saving drafts. My neighbors are screaming while my child is asleep. I’m unreasonably mad about it. She’s been sleeping weirdly, having late naps, resisting them read more
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I missed a day. I was still in pain and didn’t do much yesterday, but I did finally catch a pic of Erica gripping her food tray on her high chair with her toes. Been trying to get that pic for weeks, but she stopped doing it for a while. That was exciting. Today I read more
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She’s eating it. Mixed with blackberry, banana, and applesauce. Sweet as hell. I need some spinach to mix into shit for her. I haven’t done anything useful today even though I slept well. Just played with her while she was awake, and played coral island while she was asleep. She’s expressing herself vocally a lot read more
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We took a walk and did dinner, yadda yadda. Erica did great with her second hour of patching. Proud of her. After I put her in bed I went to do some calligraphy for a friend and had this lovely moment. BUT I’m a god so I saved most of it. Then I accidentally worked read more
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When we got home Erica slept on me for like an hour and a half and then we patched her eye and fed her. She did such a great job with this patch, y’all. Only fiddled with it in the beginning and at the end when she got more tired. It did get food on read more
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So I feel a little better cuz she ate I accidentally dumped too much oat cereal in her bowl and for some reason decided that meant I should try mixing in a whole pouch of apple sauce and some peanut butter (don’t ask, mom brain) But she ate it? And she used a spoon! Had read more
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How the hell is it that I can lull my baby to sleep on my lap with her head on my shoulder, and then transfer her to a pillow and clip her nails and carry her up the stairs and gesture wildly at my husband to get the door to her nursery and she stays read more
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I was all worried cuz Erica wouldn’t eat her dinner but then she ate mine Lil homie smashed like half a cup of udon, of all things. Babies are crazy. read more
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Why do I always lay awake at night scheming these grand designs for what I’m gonna do the next day? It never ever works out that way. In the middle of the night, when I should be resting, my silly little brain is spinning it’s wheels, certain I can take on the world come morning. read more
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Wait this pre-motherhood jam I didn’t get to on my first listen through?? I love it wow much good so relate :o :) Also an art update. Looking at close to two hours now… that’s enough for tonight. read more
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We went on another walk today and it was amazing. We met a couple in the neighborhood with a lil boy Erica’s age and exchanged numbers, so that’s interesting maybe? I was like, “is this weird?” and the fellow mom was like, “I dunno, is this what parents do?” He was their first kid too read more
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Had a good therapy session this morning. Erica ate some eggs for breakfast, and she’s having more finger food snacks for lunch. Finally listened to the first half of brat for the first time. It’s aight I guess? I liked sympathy is a knife but that’s it. We’ll see how the album is with headphones. read more
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We went for it with the food! She had diced orange and colby jack and Cheerios for lunch. She ate a lot! I’m feeling positively about it. She was more enthusiastic than I feared. We got burgatory delivered for Nate’s birthday dinner… We thought about going out but he decided he’d rather be home and read more
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Spent basically the rest of the day yesterday tryna make my book’s magic systems make more sense, with the help of my husband and my brother. Unclear if there was progress or not, lol. Today, I did some research, and it is hitting me pretty hard that Erica needs to be eating a whole lot read more
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I was wondering earlier this morning why I could smell the diaper pail more than usual So I just went to change it and One of us forgot to tie the bottom of the new bagI weep On a more light hearted (?) note, the opthemologist said we can start patching Erica’s right eye to read more
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Slept in a bit on accident – I’m used to Erica waking me up, but I don’t seem to hear her in the nursery the way I expected to. Gonna have to set alarms and have a baby monitor. She woke up last night and I didn’t hear her. Nate did though. Starting the day read more
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I done dese n am proud of em (listed in the order they were drawn to show skill progression, if there ends up being any) read more
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Cutting it close today. I did some calligraphy and wrote some letters. In true crazed artist fashion I put my hand down on wet ink; I’m pretty sure you could read words off of it now even though I’ve washed my hands. I spent a good portion of time trying to digitize my crazy whiteboard read more
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Bro I am so tired My child woke up at 1030 last night and then just stayed awake and screamed any time she was placed in the crib. Nate literally had to sleep in the guest room cuz he wakes up so early when he goes in to the office. She was crazy. No idea read more
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Erica and I went to a cafe with Mike and ate delicious food. Praise be bagel and mousse cake. Had an encounter with another mom pushing a double decker stroller. Her kid threw her cookie on the floor and she didn’t see. I didn’t wanna leave Erica (read: I’m lazy) so instead of getting up read more
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Spring fits are the shit read more
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Sitting here trying to find courage to write creatively, and I stumbled upon something I wrote several months ago. I still feel very similarly to this, although I wanna put in the caveat that the desire to have faith and the ability to have it are very different things, and I can wish for something read more
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We ended the day yesterday with a walk in the early evening and then just chilling and keeping the girl awake til bedtime. I used food. It was p effective. I got some really lovely feedback for the posts on my first email list so that was pleasant, even if expected because it’s all family. read more
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Rapidfire updates but I heard unexpected munching and ran over to see this She must have thrown it on the floor and I didn’t see it, I busted out laughing, she looks so satisfied with herself 🤣 read more
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Happy Monday, fam. I don’t particularly want to get into the habit of posting monthlies in the middle of the month, but I’ve put it off too long at this point. I reckon it’s time to try catching people up. So uh. I think the format I’m gonna try to use is something where I read more
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A big first today! Erica also had soup for the first time and seemed to like it! read more
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It’s been a crazy busy day! Took Erica to the library with mike, then we grabbed coffee and popped into a clothing store I love for a minute. Talked thru the afternoon. I have game time with friends tonight. I did some calligraphy during Erica’s nap but I didn’t take a pic and frankly I’m read more
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An insane amount of realizations and situations, including but not limited to Earnestly laughing back and forth with my kid for no reason other than to hear her laugh, reveling in the fact that she’s doing the same thing and feeling the same feeling “…does she seem sleepy to you??” Giving up a little because read more
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Miss E is back to playing like she never had a fever at all. Temp is still above normal, but goin down. I haven’t done a whole lot today, still. Mostly held muh baby. I was telling Nate she’s been clingy today, but really I think I was the clingy one, lol. It’s weird having read more
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Well, she knows she got a vaccine now… Woke up to her crying at 4am, picked her up and said oh, my baby is lava. It’s her first time being sick. She’s still cheery and smiling despite throwing up and having a fever. Doctor told us what to look out for, and so far she’s read more
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Erica does not even know she got a vaccine, I swear. She has no idea why she had to go lay on that table for a minute or why she has a purple crayon on her thigh now. Girl is a trooper. We got coffee at a cafe before her appointment and took home some read more
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Tried to do some gaming with the sib today, but got fooled by the game… Dark pictures anthology friends passes are all expired, btw 💀 but we hung out on discord anyway. Weird sleep day for Erica. Four naps for the first time in a long time. Hopefully tonight will be ok. We got some read more
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Slept late cuz Nate is great. Erica ate Cheerios and Mac n cheese for the first time. I finished my first ever knit thing – an ugly red scarf. All in all, a good day. read more
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Not me backdating a post to make up for what I missed already. My back hurts a lot today. We are playing a lot of games on the steam deck. By we I mean me. Erica is amazing and claps and waves all the time, and she put a ball in a hole again today. read more
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Another nap, another nib. I think Erica is beginning to understand unwanted behavior and does it in protest. I was gonna cuddle her to sleep for this nap but she was upset at the sleep and kept slapping and scratching me, pulling my hair. She does those things out of curiosity or excitement sometimes too, read more
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Nasty rainy day today. Nate let me sleep in. Erica’s 9mo regression is killing me. She’s doing wonderfully though. Getting better at occupying herself and moving away from separation anxiety. Clapping and waving all the time. Starting to get a more regular 2 nap schedule, too, so hopefully the regression will end soon. Nate has read more
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We ascertained at the in laws – Erica learned to clap while she was at the library this morning 🥹 playing nuclear nightmare with the friendos online. It is a buggy POS (it’s early access) but we’re still enjoying ourselves. read more
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She woke me up a lil too early, but we got tasty bagels for breakfast and took Erica to storytime this morning! Heading to the in laws shortly. Good start to the day. read more
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Mike came over and brought some dresses for Erica, courtesy of his mom and sister. Very cute classic styles, good for when she’s older. I can’t wait til she can stand and wear dresses! We’re hella tired today, still suffering from her sleep regression. I have to find some constructive ways to critique two of read more
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This sleep regression is gonna kill me, particularly if it lasts beyond these last two weeks of Nate’s paternity leave. I think she woke me up five or six times last night? Is that even possible rn? I dunno. Just before bed I was thinking about brushing my hair, because it really needed it, and read more
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I’ve just taken what I’m pretty sure is my favorite pic of Erica ever so far. read more
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08 Feb, 2025 We got Montessori style toy shelves set up for Erica! We need a better way to display books when she gets older, but this is good for now. She went straight for her balls and ramp, and put a ball in the hole by herself for the first time!! The video is read more
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07 Feb, 2025 Erica had her 10mo development assessment with the alliance for infants and toddlers today and did very well! It’s a relief that she’s testing beyond her age, even if it’s only a couple weeks beyond. It would have been completely normal for her to score five weeks behind because of her prematurity. read more
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Feeling really grateful for my siblings support and for the support of the people close to me. When I feel unwell and need to work through my feelings I usually end up doing so by expressing myself to others. They are always so willing to hear me out and offer loving and patient feedback even read more
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