Watching little minds learn is fascinating. Even when you try your best to stay impartial and unprejudiced, you can’t help but notice the vast differences between each and every person. Take Aerin, for instance. Now that she has officially conquered infancy and is starting to really soak in, process, react, and regurgitate what she learns, we have […]
Aerin was only 4 months old when I first wrote about her eczema. We had been hoping that she would grow out of the condition by 6 months old, or even 1 year old, but that has not been the case. 🙁 However, we have tried new products and changed her skin routine somewhat, so I […]
A few days ago, Claire told her first lie. She and Aerin were playing together when Claire got angry over something, grabbed the toy in Aerin’s hand, and threw it. And when J approached her to remind her that she shouldn’t throw things, she outright told him that it was Aerin who threw the toy! […]
Ever since Aerin got sick last week, she has been super SUPER clingy to me. Before her illness, she was a pretty independent little girl. Now she needs to be held all the time — only by me, no less, and starts screaming her head off if she can’t see me. Even her two favorite […]
Yesterday was a cool yet pleasant day. With temperatures in the low 50s and the sun shining overhead, I decided to take Aerin for a walk despite my lingering cold. (Claire was with her grandparents.) We walked the 22 blocks to my favorite children’s park and I sat Aerin down on a swing. She hadn’t […]
When I had written a short update on the morning of Aerin’s dol, I had been worried about Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the party. But while we could not hold my younger daughter’s first birthday at a banquet hall as we had originally planned… And more than half of our guests could not make it […]
One year ago today — at 9:20am, to be exact — our Aerin Isabel entered this world. You have taken me through laughter and tears. You have encouraged me to take life less seriously. But most of all, you have taught me that while there is no way to be a perfect mother, there are […]
The house is clean, the decorations are up, the food is ready, and I’m about to go wash up and put on my hanbok. But the emails and text messages have been arriving since last night. “Our neighborhood has been evacuated…we’re so sorry but we won’t be able to make it to the party.” “They’re […]
So remember how we were planning on throwing a big celebration for Aerin’s dol? And how we had even booked a fancy schmancy banquet room for the party? Well, that went out the window…just ONE WEEK before the event. 👿 Allow me to explain. I had contacted numerous restaurants, caterers, and such in order to […]
Claire’s 2nd Birthday: We celebrated Claire’s second birthday with a medium-sized bash at our place. The theme of the party? Kai-Lan, of course! And since I don’t have the time to do DIY projects these days, I enlisted the help of the lovely Miriam of LimoncelloSTYLE to create this fantastic banner: More pictures of the party to […]
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