February 2011
22 posts
Top 5 of the Week:
The stack of Martha Stewart Baby magazines given to me by John’s Aunt Tina. I’m dying to make Martha’s comforter out of vintage hankies, but where do you find that many vintage hankies?
Surprise packages full of baby clothes from Shelby.
Old Navy t-shirts and skinny jeans. Comfort finally.
Bath & Body Works True Blue Spa Super Rich Body Cream and Spa Scrub - a gift from...
Anonymous asked: now that B can hear, can i call her and talk to her on the phone? --uncle Kara
Dear Beatrice,
You are becoming more demanding with your food preferences and recently I find that when I’m craving something, I start to smell it and no matter where I go or what I do, the smell will not go away. Right now you want… hard pretzel rings and cheese dip? Seriously? You are one weird kid.
Love you,
Your Mom
Dear Beatrice,
Since you can hear now, at work I...
Blond or Brunette?
Dear Beatrice,
These little dishes are too cute - and customizable! But alas, I do not know if you’ll be a brunette like your mom, or blondish like your dad.
Love,
your mom
plate and bowl set created by olliegraphic on etsy
Don't judge me if I wear them forever...
I finally broke down and bought some maternity clothes because the rubber-band-through-the-button-hole system was getting just plain awkward.
You know what? Maternity pants are the most wonderful things I’ve ever worn. Why aren’t all pants made with an elastic band?
You're a Girl
B
This is your pa. You may be wondering why I refer to myself as ‘pa’. Well, since I planned on you being a boy, I decided that we would play make-believe all the time and act like Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton…they called their dads ‘pa’ so it would be only fitting that you do the same.
But it seems that you are not a boy, and most likely will never...
The things my parents did to us, that John & I...
1. provide serious punishments for interrupting our sunday nap
2. take long vacations without you
3. take long vacations with you
4. go on dates without you
5. turn off the tv in the middle of whatever you are watching and make you go outside
6. make you get a job
7. convince you that we are poor, even if we’re not
8. let you get good and dirty
However, we will not:
1. only bathe...
To Beatrice, Love Kara
Tell B i love her dearly and i cant wait to hold her little hand and run through the fields or wildflowers and frolick with the baby lambs with her on the mountains of ecaudor in my little cabana.
ciao
Aunt Kara
her name
When I tell people I’m naming my little girl Beatrice, I get some really great reactions. My favorite - the awkward “well that’s an… uh… old name”.
I’ve always loved my name. The name Julia is timeless and uncommon without being weird. In school I felt sorry for the Ashley’s and Michael’s, who had to add their last initial to their name in order to differentiate themselves from their peers. I...
Birthday Gifts
Dear Beatrice,
Today is your dads birthday. Last night as we were laying on the couch watching movies, you jumped up and kicked the hand he had lying on my belly. This was the first time either of us had felt you, and he was so excited that he got up and bounced around the room. He says this is the best present ever. That, and the ice storm of 2011 which has left us snowed in. Well done B.
See...
