Twenty-nine weeks or something

All is going well. Feeling pretty good. Still exercising. Still sleeping. Thinking about names, but not decided on anything. Scott and I are in agreement on our favorite name, but I know a lot of people don't really like it. He doesn't care, but of course I do. Obsessed with shopping for baby girl clothes. Here is my favorite purchase so far.

Sunday walks

Sunday afternoon walks are becoming a tradition for us (so long as the temperature is above 25 degrees) and it's probably Jones' favorite part of the day. He likes running down hills and saying "Two, go!" before taking off. Mom or dad are supposed to fill in the "one" and the "three".

Showing me his teeth.

Walking through daddy's legs.

Chapped, slobbery and crusty.

Focused on the "tids" (kids) that suddenly appeared. Jones is always fixated on any kids that come near him. He is the friendliest 18 month old I've ever met. His new joy is shouting "Hi!" across the playground or parking lot if he sees anyone within 100 yards of us. He has a very loud voice for a toddler, so most people look around confused until they see a tiny person waving excitedly at them from afar.

Henry Vilas Zoo: Take II

This time around our trip to the zoo was much more successful. Better weather, more animals.

The bird and fish exhibit was the best.

Yikes. Mama is getting big.

Snow day

Choo-choo pants

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The weather was "nice" one day a couple weeks ago so I thought I'd be the best mom ever and let Jones play in the water and mud.

Thick snow and a trail just wide enough for a sled. This is how we roll in Wisconsin.

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I needed to get rid of some photos on my phone, so I thought I'd dump them here.

First real snow outing in Wisconsin. A trip to Five Guys.

Testing out the hand-me-down champion of all hand-me-downs.

Taiwan airport. Eating sandwiches.

Upon arriving in the Bangkok airport. Four AM. HOT.

Jones just couldn't take it anymore.

Capitola, CA. Michael in the background. First time in the ocean.

No teeth. This photo makes me excited for baby number 2.

Just relaxing in bed.

A rainy walk in San Francisco.

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This counts as exercise for me, right?

Fools

These photos might make it seem as though we had a great time at the Henry Vilas Zoo, but they tell lies. We arrived when the gates opened at 9:30 AM last Saturday, only to find out that no exhibits open until 10 AM. It felt like it was about -10 degrees so walking aimlessly around an empty zoo was pretty torturous. When 10 o'clock rolled around the zoo staff decided to slack off and not open the exhibits, so we left the zoo at 10:15 because we decided that there was no certain time that we would get our freezing bodies indoors.

Trip to the zoo...fail.

Why this blog is (and I quote) "snoozeville"

February brought me a very lovely Christmas gift in the form of an online Illustrator course (thank you, Mallory) and I have been spending most of my free time practicing and studying. I'm including below a few of the things I've been working on, but they're not going to be very impressive. These are just brief homework assignments I was given. I have really enjoyed this course and am excited to continue working in Illustrator.

Note to overly excited family members:
This is NOT the name we have decided on for the baby. This is just a fake invitation.

A fake children's book

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What we do when the weather gets up to 30 degrees

Work on snow angels.

Ruin clothes by playing in the mud.

Go for sunny jogs.

Train for the Boston Marathon.

Cheese, a kazoo and a lumberjack

The project

Scott and bravely purchased $1 chairs from a thrift store and made an attempt at painting and recovering them. We're pretty happy with the results. I don't have a before picture, but they were hideous.

A lesson in being a mom and cleanliness

If you use the same knife to cut cheese for your child's snack that you used to cut a raw onion, your child will not eat the cheese. And perhaps never will again.