Noah’s Ark

We’ve been wanting to visit this exhibit for a while, but you have to buy tickets in advance and it kept falling off the “to do” list. I finally got around to getting tickets and it was well worth it. Taken from the Skirball Cultural Center site:
“Inside a floor-to-ceiling wooden ark, filled to the rafters [...]

no more Mrs. Nice Mommy…

For what seems like an eternity (but more like 2 weeks), Tyler has been waking up crying in the middle of the night. It happens anywhere from 1-4am and has become so routine that I instinctively wake up pre-cry around 3am and just wait for him to start crying. Initially we made the mistake of [...]

family trip and sleeping woes…

I realized that we had never gone on a “real” family trip that didn’t involve visiting relatives (mostly my parents in Seattle). So we decided to go on a road trip to San Francisco for the long Memorial day holiday weekend. I lived in SF from 99-2001, and it is still my favorite city. Our [...]

bye bye binky

After Tyler’s 2 year doctor appointment, we knew it was time to confiscate the pacifier from Tyler. He wasn’t attached to it during the day but definitely associated bed and nap time with binky. Last week as I was putting him to bed, we went through all the usual rituals (bath, read 5-6 books, turn [...]

daylight saving time already?

It really did seem just like yesterday we were trying to adjust tyler to moving the clock an hour backwards, now we have to do it all over again. Having to go to bed when it’s still light out is no fun for a 13 month old, that’s for sure. Especially when you have new [...]

bottomless pit

tyler has, and continues to be, a very good eater. in fact, he has never turned away from food, ever. even when we think he’s had enough, he’s still willing to eat more. when he’s not eating or sleeping, he’s constantly on the move burning calories which is a good thing or he’d weigh 50 [...]

I wish everyday was a holiday

After a sleepless week I experimented a little bit by winding Tyler down before bed a little earlier than usual. Friday was a short day because of the holiday/3 day weekend, so we got home an hour earlier. Instead of rushing through play-time/bath/book/bottle in 30 minutes, we had a whole 90 minutes. That night Tyler [...]

sleepless in glendale

tyler has always been a good sleeper and started sleeping through the night at 4 months. Even so, it’s not unusual for him to have the occasional bad night where he wakes up screaming and crying like a possessed devil baby at 4am. This has rarely happened and when it does we chalk it up [...]

sawing logs

Tom took these a while ago and they’re too good not to post.

no snooze on this alarm clock

I’m very grateful to report that there have been no crazy night wakings this week. However, I’m realizing that the more sleep I get, the more tired I am in the morning. When Tyler was first born and I was only sleeping 2 hours at a time, I felt more rested but it was probably [...]