Lena lost her first tooth this morning! Both of her front bottom teeth have been loose for a few weeks, and we noticed yesterday that they were getting more and more wiggly. Chelsea mentioned to Lena this morning while getting ready for the day that she would probably lose one of them very soon and…
Things Lena says
8/7/22 I’m feeling a little sweaty from all this moving around 8/8/22 My thing is more dingular. (While Lena and Chelsea were both tapping on their water bottles.) 8/9/22 while in bed trying to fall asleep: Daddy, what’s the recipe? (1. Lay down, 2. Close you eyes, 3. Stay still, and 4. Faaaaalll asleep.) 2/8/23…
Things I want to write about
I have been significantly slacking on this blog for the past year, and it really bothers me. I see value in preserving our thoughts and thinking and everyday experiences, but I always lose the energy to actually do the work of writing it down. It reminds me of a quote: “I hate writing, but I…
April 2020 Update
Posting in September. Mostly written in May. Not a lot happened in April, but Lena did turn 1 year old. We spent the entire month at home due to the virus restrictions. The reality of the stay at home order has set in. We are quite used to it now, and it seems like everyone…
March 2020 Update
Published on September 6, 2020, but most of this was actually written in March. Just didn’t get around to adding pictures until now… This one’s a doozy. Let’s start at the beginning. The month started out in the middle of my dad’s visit, which, among other things (mostly hanging out at home with Lena), included…
February 2020 Update
Posting this in September. Let’s hit the highlights. We took a trip to Texas to visit my mom! Chelsea got food poisoning! I got sick also, but not as badly! We refinanced the duplex! Lena’s first trip to Texas We drove down to Texas on Friday and ate at Arby’s for lunch. By the time…
January 2020 Update
Hi! It’s April! I have put this post off for quite a while, and the only way it is going to happen is if I hit the major events and just get it over with. Trip to the state capitol I have been wanting to see the Kansas Capitol for a while, and a church…
December 2019
Lena started clapping, and will even (sometimes) clap on cue if we clap first, or if we say “yay!” She also loves pointing at things and saying “DA!” as if she is bringing something very important to our attention. In my eyes, this makes her seem very advanced for her age. She is communicating with…
November 2019 Update / We Shouldn’t Have Bought a House
Dear Reader, I finished this post in January, but I didn’t like the thought of publishing November’s happenings in a different year, let alone a different month. So, I changed the publish date. I hope that’s ok with you. Dilly November’s major events included: Improvements in Lena’s mobility (crawling!) Teeth! A visit with the Ohio…
I frequently worry that I will have an existential crisis before I turn 30 resulting in a tattoo.
The thought of getting a tattoo used to be repellent to me. I never understood why people would put something so permanent on their skin, and inevitably end up regretting it. I have always been a rule follower. That’s why I did so well in school as a kid. I did exactly as the teachers…