Ordinary tomorrow.
on Nov 16, 2009 in Emotion Everyday Love Parenthood Motherhood Boobs Breastfeeding Family life Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months There is a certain drudgery in the work of motherhood.  It is a sort of dull and familiar repetition, a pattern of lackluster chores with no foreseeable end. Our day begins around six in the morning.  Charlotte wakes up and I nurse her. W...

Swing swing.
on Nov 13, 2009 in Daily photograph Photographs of Sarah Photography Outtakes Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months Donald and I decided that we wanted to visit a professional photographer twice a year while our family grows, so lately we’ve been looking at the work and prices of local photographers.  One of the photographers we found recently had a bab...

My not-so-guilty pleasure.
on Nov 13, 2009 in Love Parenthood Motherhood Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months You know what’s going to do me in?  Baby chub.  Neck rolls.  Foot fat.  Rubberband wrists.  Elbow dimples.  CHEEKS, OH MY WORD, THE CHEEKS.  Thigh rolls.  Chunky fingers.  Quadruple chins. When Charlo...

Still loving.
on Nov 13, 2009 in Momma's picks Design column Good design Going green Green baby Green hacks Parenting choices Cloth diapering Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months I think I’ve mentioned before a time or two or five hundred that we cloth diaper.  And I love it, I really do.  But here’s the thing.  Although our cloth diapers all seem to effectively contain explosive blowout diapers, we...

Amen.
on Nov 12, 2009 in Photographs of Sarah Parenthood Motherhood Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.-  Martin Fraquhar Tupper...

When Donald comes home.
on Nov 11, 2009 in Daily photograph Emotion Love Cats Donald Photographs of Donald Parenthood Fatherhood Family life Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months ...

Bow before me, for I ramble.
on Nov 11, 2009 in Photographs of Sarah Donald Photographs of Donald Pregnancy Parenthood Parenting choices Attachment parenting Babywearing Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months Donald and I carry our baby all the time.  Everywhere.  Always. Before I gave birth, I had a name for parents like us.  Weird-ass parents who bought into that whole newfangled baby-carrying nonsense and refused to use a stroller like...

That baby has changed everything.
on Nov 9, 2009 in Sarah Photographs of Sarah Motherhood Family life Family photographs Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months Every day that I spend with Charlotte is a day that we grow together.  Her growth is more visible – she memorizes sounds and parrots them back, she reaches for toys and gums cold teething rings, she stretches her legs farther and grasps tighte...

Playtime with Grandpa.
on Nov 9, 2009 in Daily photograph Donald Extended family Schlothan Family life Charlotte Photographs of Charlotte Babyhood; 3-12 months One of the benefits of living as close to my parents as I do is that my daughter has access to two strong family men: her father and her grandfather.  I absolutely believe that part of the reason I married Donald, a man who has tremendous respec...

Pajama feet.
on Nov 9, 2009 in Momma's picks Design column Style The little feet on some of Charlotte’s pajamas are ridiculously cute.  We have teddy bear feet, flower feet, bunny feet, and then things like this which are slightly unidentifiable.  Is this a giraffe foot?