I think it's so cool that I can point to exactly where Astrid was born. Since we won't be living here forever, I took a picture, for posterity.


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Our New Year's Eve ended up being different than planned, but it was good. Bennett just didn't go to sleep, so we all watched the Doctor Who Christmas special. Bennett LOVES 'Doc Who'. By the time B fell asleep there wasn't enough time to do our collage. Adam and I were in bed by 9.30. Oh yeah ( Read more... )

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I was going to take the day off the internet but I've only been out of bed for not quite two hours and I already feel defeated. It was a hard night. Very very cold (remember our house has no insulation). B nursed all night long, and squirmed. The water main in the neighborhood froze yesterday so we have to ration the water. Maybe I can take a ( Read more... )

I'm feeling very down today. Bennett has been on a a three week (2 weeks? time is losing its meaning) massive growth spurt, developmental and physical, and I am run down. So run down that I need to make a doctor's appointment to discuss why my hips to my feet continue to hurt so badly. I ache as badly as right before B was born. My knees will no ( Read more... )

My partner is brilliant. I was stressing about how to entertain B and how to get things done and blah blah blah. "Why not just take care of Bennett all day long? You don't need to do anything else ( Read more... )

More photos here

For those who are interested in that sort of thing.

Below are the first batch of photos! Be prepared to see the same permutations over and over and over. Also, we were staring into the sun in most of them, so I am a squinty girl. ( Pics )

Enter at your own risk:

Downtown Juneau

I lied

This. Is. Bear. Territory.

I taste good

Where the fam lives

Many of my favorite photos didn't make it. Oh well.

The Retro Redhead loaned me her digital camera for my trip to Alaska. Such generosity! I had plans to take fabulous photos. Thanks to my current mac problems I couldn't get them all off of the camera and then some didn't seem to make it to host site and then I had to delete a bunch of them. I think I don't have much memory on my ibook and the ( Read more... )