several times in seattle, and again last night and tonight, henry wakes up in hysterics and is inconsolable. he bats away all attempts for comfort. even being held and rocked, sang to, pacifier…all of it is dead to him when he is beyond himself like that. it’s really hard to see. and he just winds …

salmon on the fish ladder, ballard locks monday, i ran in a nearby park and around a lake (so beautiful! but SO hilly! but so pretty! but so hilly! but kind of want to just sit down and look and stop this stupid running!) we explored the neighborhoods- fremont, capitol hill, and ballard and saw …

seattle was amazing. but there are a lot of hills.  first, after all my anxiety about flying with a baby, henry traveled like a total boss. on both flights (non-stop, late night, 1 dose of benadryl), he slept the whole way and the few minutes before take-off when he was awake, he was charming and …

well, monkey hit 15 mos on the 8th. he’s been going through a lot of changes lately. he has become SO verbal! he has tons of new words and seems to really be exploring his language. he copies a lot of what we say and comes up with new vocab seemingly out of the blue. …

sorry it’s been ages since i blogged. busy summer with lots of super fun small trips and lots of crazy busy days at work, etc, etc. but i cannot blame a lack of sleep! monkey butt sleeps like a champ now! has for about a month. and i don’t want to curse anything (could just …