Monthly Archives: September 2010

Small children understand technology faster and easier than some middle-aged adults. Why? Because they are digital natives. Marc Prensky does a whole presentation on the differences between digital natives and digital immigrants, and I’ve heard him speak at a couple of conferences. A lot of my outside-of-the-home job revolves around that, as we utilize thisContinue reading “Digital Native”

We have been slowly getting used to the fact that Jim has to work at our house. His work schedule changed this week and he had to work seven days in a row – yuck. Fortunately, I have great kids and that makes the transition a little easier. This also means I’ve been home aContinue reading “Settling In”

We spent Jim’s last day of paternity leave (sad!) at the Puyallup Fair (fun!). JT had thought that he would see pigs at the zoo, and we didn’t, so we were hopeful that he would see them at the fair. And we did! Getting ready to go – paused for “Hold baby sister please?” HoldingContinue reading “Doin’ the Puyallup”

We can’t believe our baby girl is already one month old. Her due date was yesterday! She is growing a lot. We can tell because suddenly the newborn clothes fit, and she feels heavier. I’m curious how much she weighs! Here are her one-month pictures… My favorite Whoops, went a little cross-eyed… Precious Haley JTContinue reading “One Month Old!”

So on Saturday I was trying to get a four-week picture of Haley, and she had just eaten and was all dressed and ready to go… but she wanted to suck on something. It turns out, both of our children love their binkies. Avent binkies, too – not any other kind. This is what HaleyContinue reading “Binkies”

When JT was born, we made a date with our friends the Skagens to go to the zoo. Then Jim got walking pneumonia, and we cancelled. Then JT was one, and we thought, we’ll wait until he’s a little older so he enjoys it (even though I love the zoo). For my birthday this year,Continue reading “The Zoo”

Haley is three weeks old today! She had a photo shoot on her new quilt from Sharon that just so happens to exactly match her room. Pretty girl! It was a big week for Haley. She got her first bottle (outside of that first 24 hours in the hospital, that is) from Jim and didContinue reading “Three Weeks Old”

My awesome workout class scheduled a baby shower for me the last week of August. Little did we know that Haley would make her arrival the weekend before! So we rescheduled for this week, and it was so fun to have her attend her own baby shower. We got all dressed up at home beforeContinue reading “Post-Baby Shower”

Since Jim is off for four weeks and I’m home recovering, we’ve had lots of family time lately. We’ve heard a lot about not letting your first child feel neglected because you had a baby… I think we’re doing just fine. JT crawls up in the chair with me while I feed Haley and supervisesContinue reading “Family Time”

Friday was Haley’s first doctor appointment for her two-week checkup. But first… it was a gorgeous day, and we decided to have a picnic lunch on the boat. Since neither Jim nor I can ski right now (read below if you missed that), we sat and stared at the dead calm water and sweated inContinue reading “Two Week Checkup”