Tonight was family dinner in our house. I’m sure most of you eat dinner together every night where you cook a healthy meal etc etc. Well, we don’t. I don’t cook. Almost not at all. So much so that when we lived in NYC, we had books in our oven (for storage). One of the things I wanted to work on with this new house and our second baby, was my cooking.
In the name of taking it slow and experimenting, I decided we’d have one night a week where I cook and we all eat together and everyone has to try everything. You don’t have to finish but you have to try each thing.
So tonight was our first night. I cooked dover sole with lemon, roasted green beans with parmesan, and sauteed potatoes. Add to that cucumber, tomato, and corn salad and we had a meal. It may not look so appetizing but I swear it tasted great. Even David (who is the pickiest eater) tried each thing (after much cajoling). So far, so good. Aren’t you proud Mom and Yona?
Here’s Nathaniel from last night as Jake’s watching the Tour de France and holding the little boy.
And here’s a crappy iPhone shot of David in gymnastics class. He’s really doing great.
Finally, here’s Nathaniel looking up at me, all sleepy. He’s been struggling with his naps lately which makes him one cranky boy. I don’t know what to do so I am trying to take it easy and know that, this too, shall pass.
I had been neglecting taking David’s photos. Isn’t he incredible?
Since I wrote about Nathaniel yesterday, here’s some information about David:
- In gymnastics class, he’s getting better and better He can now do somersaults by himself. It’s amazing how much progress he’s made in just two weeks.
- In soccer, he’s just having way too much fun. Though he’s enjoying the water breaks too much, too.
- He’s struggling a bit with swimming but not cause he’s afraid or worried. He’s loving every moment of it.
- He’s testing our limits a lot and saying “no” all the time but he’s still the sweetest boy ever.
And here’s a few of Nathaniel.
Here’s my sunshine sleeping on the swing, looks so peaceful, doesn’t he? He used to love the swing but lately, it requires a lot of patience and sucking to get him to fall asleep.
At almost three months, here’s what you do Nathaniel:
- When you get tired, the skin around your eyes gets really red and I can tell you need to sleep.
- You also scratch your head when you need to sleep or when you’re struggling
- You have a love/hate relationship with the swing. You don’t always like it but you sleep very peacefully when you’re on it.
- Your sucking instinct is still really strong. You don’t care for pacifiers but love my fingers and your fist. It’s your favorite way to fall asleep.
- You are the most smiley baby I’ve ever seen. You break into a huge smile each time anyone looks at you. Especially your brother. Sometimes when I smile at you as I nurse you, you smile so wide, you can’t nurse. Even when you’re tired and cranky, you smile so wide.
- You’re so strong. You can hold your head up really well and recently, you can even do full push ups.
- You sleep much better than your brother did but you’re still not a big fan of the crib. You wake up the instant I put you down.
- You just started showing interest in dangling toys and grabbing things.
I can’t wait to get to know more of you Nathaniel and we all love you so so much.
I love this little stuffed animal. My friend Kathy gave it to me cause I told her how much I loved them each time I visited her home. I have a red one and a black one. I know they look a bit evil but I love them, can’t even say why.
Here are a few more of Nathaniel with the toy:
And here he is grabbing things finally.
Mostly uneventful day today. I spent most of the day reading “I thought it was just me.” and relaxing and feeling inspired and peaceful. Haven’t had that in a while. I think I need to be productive too often. I need to take more of these quiet days.
Here’s David, trying to make Nathaniel smile. He loves watching the baby smile and I love watching him bond with the baby. I am so blessed to have such a sweet, kind boy (even if he tests my patience sometimes.)
And here’s a funny face from Nathaniel. Uneventful day today. Mostly rested. I am feeling really tired lately. I think almost three months of bad sleep is finally catching up with me.
I hadn’t taken a good photo of David in a while. Look at those piercing eyes. I know it’s been a lot of photos lately but I can’t help myself. I’ll stop soon, I promise. I have a lot of Nathaniel from today.
I love them both so much.
I know this photo is blurry but I just can’t get over how old he looks already. My little baby is no longer a baby. Time passes so quickly.
I can’t seem to get the feet photo right but I am going to keep trying. and I can never get enough sleeping photos. He looks so peaceful and I love how he hugs himself. His hands are still in fists most of the time.
I hope for this to be an uneventful day. I am tired and it’s already almost noon. Nothing done yet. Maybe the second half of the day will be better. I have my friend Sandra coming tonight and I am looking forward to seeing her.
Here’s to a productive day.
How do you not fall in love with this little boy?
And here’s David, eating, watching a movie, and playing all at the same time. At his little table.
His eyes are still sort of blue. This week has been relatively unproductive, but I am hoping next week will be better. Nathaniel isn’t sleeping well at night. I can’t tell if it’s something I am doing wrong or just cause he’s still so little.
We had the pleasure of our friends Manu and Hana’s visit today, it was great. Especially since they had such wonderful news. I am glad that we’re starting to see friends again. I miss seeing people.
David spends so much time trying to get Nathaniel to laugh that I wanted to capture a few of the photos of Nathaniel looking at him and smiling.
And here’s David:
An uneventful day here, feeling tired and unmotivated. Trying to cut myself some slack and let myself rest. Hope your Monday is well.
And, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KUKI!
A productive weekend here and a relaxing one. I finished Nathaniel’s book and caught up on almost all the tags. Still have some catalysts to do but making progress.
I hope this week is just as productive.
We started today early by taking the car too the shop and then took a trip to Target to buy David shoes where we bought this lego toy.
Here’s the sweet boy.
And Nathaniel’s still chewing on his fist.
We spent the rest of the day relaxing and watching Tour de France. I did two more Nathaniel layouts. I have only one left to do to catch up. I leave you with more photos of him.
and here’s a finny face.
|
projects for twenty twenty-five
projects for twenty twenty-four
projects for twenty twenty-three
projects for twenty twenty-two
projects for twenty twenty-one
projects for twenty nineteen
projects for twenty eighteen
projects from twenty seventeen
monthly projects from previous years
some of my previous projects
|
