Ruthie and the Oobleck

Ruth is eating all kinds of new foods every day now, with mixed results.

There and Back Again

Tomorrow, I start teaching photography at Park Camps. It’s a day camp, and the session I teach will last for three weeks. While I’m teaching, I have to leave Ruth behind.

The Paschal Weekend

This year was our first year toting a kid to church for the whirlwind that is Orthodox Easter, or Pascha. Holy Week was daunting; services every night from 7pm on, and activities during the day in preparation for Pascha that kept us running around crazy!

It’s a Long Road

So I’m slowly but surely working on training Ruu (or Roux, as my french-loving friend Emily likes to spell it) to actually take naps. It makes her a much happier baby overall, although it can sometimes take as much as 20 minutes for her to give in to sleep. I don’t let her scream and wail the whole time, of course… I set a timer for five minutes so that I *make* myself give her the chance to settle down on her own. If she’s not settled after five minutes, I go in, check her diaper, see if her swaddling has come undone, pat her, comfort her as needed, and start the process again.

Beautiful Ruu

I can’t stop taking pictures of Ruthie!

She’s so beautiful.