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YOU THOUGHT I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS, DIDN'T YOU. NO SUCH LUCK, FRIENDS.
Plus, look, I am doing this month one near the end of the month, so that's TIMELY.
Ok so let's see. The beginning of this month was also the beginning of the year, natch. We spent New Year's day downtown, eating sushi with Sophie and browsing the bookstore. The rest will be bullet points because this will get out of hand quickly at this rate:
- My friend Erin had her baby, 3 weeks early and the day after coming to my house to visit. Late term pregnant women are going to start flocking to my door, because she is the second person in my life to have a baby very shortly after spending time at my house. Meg was the first. WHO IS GOING TO BE NEXT? Anyway, the important part: baby Kai is healthy and his family is very happy, and things are going very well. Sophie is fascinated by Kai, and we have gone to visit a few times and bring food and supplies. It is fun holding such a teeny baby! He just sleeps, even when he dad uses power tools in the next room. It's awesome. Did I mention we met him on the day he was born? The baby shower was planned for that day, and their (home)birth went so well and peacefully that they were up for a shortened version of the shower that same afternoon! CRAZYPANTS. But lucky us. :)
-Sophie turned 18 months - year and a half if you're no good at counting. ;) I wrote a big post about that at her baby blog: http://baby.freebern.org. She had her 18 month check up and a couple of vaccinations this month, too. (She recognizes the doctor's office now as a place where she gets a shot, so that was... not so fun. In an effort to spread out her shots, I've been making more frequent appointments and getting her a couple of vaccinations at each appointment. The poor dear is Very Clear now on what happens in that office.)
- We did a lot of low-key socializing. The aforementioned Erin and Jon visits, plus we finally had our neighbors over for drinks when Shawn and Meg were here a couple of weeks ago, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
viellen came over for dinner. Both sets of our parents have visited, plus our regularly scheduled visits with S&M, Kelly, and Emma.
- Pete's Greens, our CSA supplier, lost their barn to a fire. Pete's Greens is a big deal in Vermont, and they've become a big deal to us! I've been sad about it, and missing my CSA deliveries. It's been very cool to see, however, that a zillion community fundraisers, big and small, have sprung up to help support them in rebuilding. I've been following all of that a lot this month, and looking forward to when they can get on their feet again. (Summer share sign up forms are printed out and sitting on the table!)
- I started regularly watching Shawn and Meg's kids while Meg teaches piano, and Meg is regularly watching Sophie for a few hours each week so I can go out by myself, get a couple of things done, or in one case, visit Erin and the baby in peace. :) It is good, on all counts. (Well okay, except for the crying feedback loops, which happens now and then. There is absolutely no way to fix it when all three girls are crying at once unless there is another adult handy!)
- I went to the first New England will-call event for Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab at Healthy Living! I know, the non-BPAL people are like, whut? Basically, it's a perfume party! We got to sniff perfume oils, some that haven't been released yet, and try them on. This is a Very Big Deal among fans. It was fun, and it was also fun mingling with fellow BPAL people from the mysterious internet BUT IN REAL LIFE. Well okay, I knew a couple of them from real life already, but still. It was fun. There are pictures on Facebook. :)
I am sure I am overlooking something, but that seems like MORE THAN ENOUGH info on my January experience this year. We are capping it off with a weekend of domestic boringness - Ryan fixed the toilet today (hooray), I made vegetable stock, we did laundry, Sophie had a bath. Tomorrow I will wash the rug in Sophie's room and prepare packages to mail...and attempt to put away some of that laundry from today. The party just doesn't stop! We are planning afternoon/dinner with Shawn and Meg and fam tomorrow though, so at least we are doing something fun and out of our house. :)
OK OFFICIALLY BORED I AM GOING TO BED NOW.
Plus, look, I am doing this month one near the end of the month, so that's TIMELY.
Ok so let's see. The beginning of this month was also the beginning of the year, natch. We spent New Year's day downtown, eating sushi with Sophie and browsing the bookstore. The rest will be bullet points because this will get out of hand quickly at this rate:
- My friend Erin had her baby, 3 weeks early and the day after coming to my house to visit. Late term pregnant women are going to start flocking to my door, because she is the second person in my life to have a baby very shortly after spending time at my house. Meg was the first. WHO IS GOING TO BE NEXT? Anyway, the important part: baby Kai is healthy and his family is very happy, and things are going very well. Sophie is fascinated by Kai, and we have gone to visit a few times and bring food and supplies. It is fun holding such a teeny baby! He just sleeps, even when he dad uses power tools in the next room. It's awesome. Did I mention we met him on the day he was born? The baby shower was planned for that day, and their (home)birth went so well and peacefully that they were up for a shortened version of the shower that same afternoon! CRAZYPANTS. But lucky us. :)
-Sophie turned 18 months - year and a half if you're no good at counting. ;) I wrote a big post about that at her baby blog: http://baby.freebern.org. She had her 18 month check up and a couple of vaccinations this month, too. (She recognizes the doctor's office now as a place where she gets a shot, so that was... not so fun. In an effort to spread out her shots, I've been making more frequent appointments and getting her a couple of vaccinations at each appointment. The poor dear is Very Clear now on what happens in that office.)
- We did a lot of low-key socializing. The aforementioned Erin and Jon visits, plus we finally had our neighbors over for drinks when Shawn and Meg were here a couple of weeks ago, and
viellen came over for dinner. Both sets of our parents have visited, plus our regularly scheduled visits with S&M, Kelly, and Emma.- Pete's Greens, our CSA supplier, lost their barn to a fire. Pete's Greens is a big deal in Vermont, and they've become a big deal to us! I've been sad about it, and missing my CSA deliveries. It's been very cool to see, however, that a zillion community fundraisers, big and small, have sprung up to help support them in rebuilding. I've been following all of that a lot this month, and looking forward to when they can get on their feet again. (Summer share sign up forms are printed out and sitting on the table!)
- I started regularly watching Shawn and Meg's kids while Meg teaches piano, and Meg is regularly watching Sophie for a few hours each week so I can go out by myself, get a couple of things done, or in one case, visit Erin and the baby in peace. :) It is good, on all counts. (Well okay, except for the crying feedback loops, which happens now and then. There is absolutely no way to fix it when all three girls are crying at once unless there is another adult handy!)
- I went to the first New England will-call event for Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab at Healthy Living! I know, the non-BPAL people are like, whut? Basically, it's a perfume party! We got to sniff perfume oils, some that haven't been released yet, and try them on. This is a Very Big Deal among fans. It was fun, and it was also fun mingling with fellow BPAL people from the mysterious internet BUT IN REAL LIFE. Well okay, I knew a couple of them from real life already, but still. It was fun. There are pictures on Facebook. :)
I am sure I am overlooking something, but that seems like MORE THAN ENOUGH info on my January experience this year. We are capping it off with a weekend of domestic boringness - Ryan fixed the toilet today (hooray), I made vegetable stock, we did laundry, Sophie had a bath. Tomorrow I will wash the rug in Sophie's room and prepare packages to mail...and attempt to put away some of that laundry from today. The party just doesn't stop! We are planning afternoon/dinner with Shawn and Meg and fam tomorrow though, so at least we are doing something fun and out of our house. :)
OK OFFICIALLY BORED I AM GOING TO BED NOW.
