Alex has been going up to work in Vancouver lately. One of his trips happened to end on a Friday, so Ben and I decided to head north and join him for a quick International trip. Alex and I both love, love, love Vancouver – it feels like a big, urban city, yet intimate. Surprisingly, the …
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Ben’s One Year Photo Shoot
We recently had a little family photo shoot in honor of Ben turning one. I charged our photographer with capturing our family in a very natural way – playing at the park, walking through our neighborhood and eating ice cream. While ice cream isn’t a part of Ben’s everyday life, taking walks through our neighborhood …
Ben’s First Birthday Celebration
To celebrate Ben’s first birthday, his grandparents and great grandma joined us for a long weekend in the mountains. We rented a big house in Leavenworth and spent the whole weekend spoiling little Ben. It was the perfect way to celebrate our little boy’s first birthday. Our families flew in from the Midwest then we drove about …
The End of an Era
Full disclosure: this post is entirely about pumping and breast milk. It may not be for you, though you may learn something from it or build more empathy towards new moms, so I’ll let you decide if you’d like to continue reading. Ben never figured out breastfeeding and as a way to still provide him …
Good Health
Being healthy was something I had prided myself on. I wish that this winter I could say our household remained in better health. Ben has had more colds than I can keep track of. I swear his nose has been running constantly since mid-January. It seems pretty normal that Ben has had so many colds – …
Baby Madeline’s Visit
Baby Madeline and her parents, Sarah and Mike, came to visit us this past weekend from Minnesota. It was so fun to have another baby in our house for Ben to play with all weekend long. Both babes did well and really hammed it up for us! Madeline has the sweetest cheesy smile. I couldn’t …
Ben + Mama Trip to Minnesota
Ben and I embarked on a trip to Minnesota just the two of us to visit friends and family. It’s hard living so far away and managing to make time for everyone back in my homeland, but I knew it was time to make the trek. I knew the trip would be hard but I …
Staycation
The latter part of our trip to Whistler ended up becoming a staycation. Under different circumstances we always welcome a staycation, though we wish it wasn’t because Ben was recovering from hand, foot and mouth disease. The timing ended up being great for Ben to be sick while Alex and I had nothing else going …
My Baby is Growing Up
In the last few days Ben has gone through major developmental changes. It has been so fun to watch. He started crawling in very late February and for about 10 days he had a radius of about 5 feet that he would stay within. Then last week he started testing his boundaries and becoming a …
Ben is 9 Months Old!
Holy cow. When did this happen!?! Nine months sounds really old…. Ben just had his 9-month check up with his new pediatrician {we switched doctors to one that was closer to our house}. We love the new clinic and I really like Ben’s new doctor. Ben’s 9 month stats: Weight: 17 pounds 7 ounces (~ …