life

This post will probably be more interesting if you know my brother…

Hannah has, as expected, been building her language skills by leaps and bounds as we move into the new year. One of the things she is starting to understand is that events have happened in the past, and that things are going to happen in the future, as in beyond today.

Her catch-all phrase for things that happened in the past is “last week” and her catch-all for things in the future is “next week.” It seems a fairly reasonable shorthand given how much is an unknown to her at this point. It is also the *exact same* system my brother uses to describe things in the future and past.

I suppose it’s possible they compared notes last time they were together, so I should be careful assuming she arrived at it independently, but I still find it rather amazing!

Speaking of things that were “next week” she was really excited for her Valentines party at school:

As you can see, each of her classmates was slated to receive a card with a sticker applied by hand! There was considerable excitement 🙂

-Jordan

This will probably be a short post, and perhaps not the most profound, but a post nonetheless.

I have pondered what to cover here and what would be so utterly mundane as to be annoying to read. After much more thinking than typing(holding a baby kind of enforces that) I have come to the realization that blogs are inherently filled with naval gazing, and the fact that my stated purpose for the blog is to have a record of life as it happens.

Our daughter is six weeks old. Our days all run something like this: up at six, but Heather has already been up once about 3am to feed Hannah, but now we are both up. I take Hannah and work on breakfast as best I can one handed (getting pretty good at it) while Heather showers and gets ready for the day. I go to work, Heather does whatever Hannah will let her get done.

At noon most days I am able to come home (something we are very grateful for) but it’s less of an extra dose of family time and more a chance to change a diaper and give “mom” a short break.

In the evening, I am primarily responsible for Hannah, with perhaps a small hand-off to run down to the gym. It turns out the 6 to 9 block of time is her most active, although not particular interactive yet, time of day. We play to the extent she can, and maybe read, all of that eventually leading up to bed time.

It has been my job to put her to bed, which consists of trying to convince a 6-week old that being wrapped up like a mummy and laid in a basket is not only ok, it’s the ideal time to sleep! Some nights this is easy, some nights it can take hours, but so far she has eventually conceded the point, if only from fatigue.

( actual swaddled baby not pictured)

Stay tuned for more posts detailing the exciting new changes Hannah has brought to our household! 🙂

-Jordan

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