ILP rolling photo quarantine 2

"Oh, is that my former favorite breakfast, scrambled eggs with cheese and peanut butter toast? I think I would prefer to put this (slaps everything away) on the floor and eat a pint of blueberries instead. Enjoy my subsequent diapers!"

Two days later:

What are these? Blueberries? Are you fucking trying to KILL ME??? *cries inconsolably*

For real though, last night she very vocally rejected homemade posole (or at least hominy, pork, and avocado, which are things that she has liked in the past) and instead ate four radish slices that she took out of my soup. And half a pint of blueberries.

joygoat, your boy is utterly adorable.

Thanks! i feel I can brag objectively about this as my DNA had nothing to do with it.

That smile is a total winner.

also the NA family looks like a crime-fighting team

That was the day Evie wanted us to all wear headbands so that we could "do karate" so you aren't far off the mark.

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Camping with kids this young = no sleep

awesome kids though!

That's a great picture!

Camping = no sleep anyway, so you might as well add some F!U!N!

Yah totally it was a blast anyway. All about the mmries.

Thanks xps! Feel like that pic could become a family classic

"daddy, when is the bus coming?"

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hammin it up:
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haha they're so great!

bus stop pic is breaking my heart

lonely guy just thinkin bout things

I know rite

deep thoughts under that giant helmet

awesome pics

Truly.

Oh wow, that bus stop pic!

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Is that a crossing guard outfit? Nice pose.

It's safety gear for taking walks in the forest in rural Virginia during turkey-hunting season.

Man she looks like she's not going to take shit from anyone.

How old is your youngest? She looks about the same size as mine going by the Sophie scale

http://i.imgur.com/qxZ4jGK.jpg

She just turned 5 months old.

the ubiquity of sophie is nuts it's like some platonic ideal of baby toy

wait what is sophie? that giraffe?

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progeny cuteness killing it itt

Hey can I ask you guys a question? One of my oldest friends is having her first baby! :D Despite being in the other side of 35 nearly none of my friends have kids so I don't have a lot of experience with this. I want to send her a present for the shower. I already got an adorable outfit but I want to send something else too. I figure that she'll get mostly stuff for the baby but she lives in AZ and it's going to be 100 degress by the time she's in her last month. Would it be really weird if I sent a gift certificate for pre-natal massage or some sort of mama pampering thing? Do you think she'd rather just want baby stuff?

Oh! She's having a girl I also got her this alphabet book http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0872866831/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0872866831&linkCode=as2&tag=openculture-20&linkId=CBY52NKUMALWLTHS also totally bought one for myself because HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!

I think a prenatal massage gift certificate would be great if you know she would like that. If you're not sure, Target or Amazon gift cards are always going to work.

Or you could get her a Sophie.

I'm not a parent but I bet she would be very, very happy to get something that lets her know you're thinking of her as her and not just as New Mom. I've bought things like that for pregnant friends. Or after the birth, nice bath stuff for the baby and even nicer bath stuff NOT for the baby but for the parent(s).

Depending on what their needs are, I don't think a mama-pampering thing is inappropriate - it's sort of a cruel truism that once the baby comes nobody gives a shit about the mother anymore. That being said, baby accoutrements can get quite expensive and if there's a registry or they've specifically asked for certain things then I would say respect their priorities.

xp

Throw back Wednesday picture of Ivy and her Soph:

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^^^^ Yeah! That was my thought process! I do think she'd like the massage and I know her sister who lives out there so I could even ask her for a recommendation for a spa. I like Sophie and I LOVE Ivy :D.

Thanks for the tips, guys. ― Οὖτις - I emailed her earlier about a registry but her sister didn't mention on on the shower invite so I'm guessing there isn't one.

I think she was about seven months in that picture and it's blowing my mind a little because she still makes that same exact face, with the wistful knowing smile.

It's a good face. Her arms though :D!

I think Carl's OTM.

Opinions may vary, but I know sunny's thinking when given a certificate for a massage was, "oh right, I've got plenty of time to do things like that now. I'll just pencil in a time for after my acceptance speech in Oslo."

Isolde has a Sophie too, she loves it

may I present my granddaughter at age 8 months

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dammit

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ok now just stop it right now

she's too much!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :D

i love her

hahaha oh man teh cuet

it's like a Johnson's Baby Shampoo ad!