how society discriminates against mothers who bottlefeed and favors mothers who breastfeed

yesterday i took ava to her one-year checkup (she is 21.6 pounds and 31 centimeters which means fails to impress me because i measure by way of the inch and am too lazy to find a ruler). while at our appointment, dr kundell (lovely man) asked me if i bottle fed or breastfed (bottle. this [...]

cast on, cast off

it has been two weeks since ava’s little cast was put on (well, almost) and tomorrow she is getting her new cast put on. it’s shorter this time, only up to her knee. i’m interested to see her learn how to crawl all over again (her current crawl is a sort of peg-legged looking one. [...]

deep

a thought i had in the middle of geography last night:does gratitude equal worship?
we were making a list of physical geographies and cultural geographies and how you can combine them. for example, the physical geography can dictate whether or not a society is an agriculture society, or a hunting society, or nomadic. religion was on [...]

my daughter: adventurer and gimp

yesterday, ava awoke from her nap, just as she does everyday. except this time, instead of crying for me to come and get her, she attempted to get herself. the next thing i know, she’s bawling on the floor. because she somehow launched herself from her crib to the floor. she was in pain for [...]

one year

so one year and nine months ago, ryan and i discovered we were pregnant. and a year ago, we had a baby. and yesterday, she turned one. really, the only thing we did to celebrate was to sing happy birthday to her when she woke up. she didn’t get it. she looked a little freaked [...]

i feel like the maid

i cleaned the bathroom today. and by clean, i mean scoured. i mean i scrubbed and washed and rubbed and wiped and used every cleaner i own. i did everything short of using fire. i was amazing. and now, it’s just a clean bathroom. and it’s kind of boring, but i can’t stop thinking about [...]

the happy valley. . .

is, indeed, happy.

we just got back from utah and we had SO MUCH FUN! i love the people there so much. it’s a shame that my parents couldn’t live there also. then we could have the best of both worlds (and, i’ll be honest, a little more variety in the locals wouldn’t help either– no [...]

go to sleep little baby

so ava stinks at napping. this has sort of been the story of my life since she started teething at 3 months. however, while eating lunch with ava at chipotle yesterday, i talked to a single mom (who was older than me and entirely bitter that her husband ran off with a 23-year-old. i did [...]

to whom it may concern:

ryan and i are going to be driving in to the happy valley tomorrow afternoon and we’d love to see all of our friends! please meet us (if you can) at shoots restaurant at 7:00 pm on Saturday night.(this is especially for miss crystal, if not in labor, the terry family, the rowlands, hamblys, coopers [...]