Flying through September

I reviewed our September photos on September 28 and thought, “21 photos. That’s a nice number for our September gallery.” I went out the next night and left Matt home alone for two hours. I came home to 41 new photos of Eva, plus a video. Sigh.

I still managed to keep our numbers low, though [...]

Baby’s first book fest

It’s that time of year again – last Saturday, Matt, Eva, and I attended the 2009 National Book Festival. I have to say it was a much better experience this year. What you didn’t read in last year’s blog entry was that I was still in the midst of morning sickness (which should be called [...]

California: a very important playdate

I’ve been friends with Marissa since fourth grade – that’s twenty years as of right now. I can’t think very hard about that. We got pregnant around the same time – she was three months ahead of me – but since we’re both new moms, we haven’t been able to fly for months, and just [...]

California: Cousins galore

Sunday was a great day. Matt spent most of the day reading his school book, but how hard is that when studying looks like this?

We spent time with Grandma and Grandpa (my parents) and Uncle Austin. Eva can only hope she inherited these eyes:

Eva had a great time meeting her cousins. By my count, she [...]

California: Four generations

Four generations of Mootharts with two Louises!

California: Eva’s first trip

We flew out to the LA area Labor Day weekend. It was Eva’s first trip and the first step toward our goal of having a travel baby. I think it went well – Eva hardly cried on the first flight, and didn’t cry at all on our return. She had a meltdown or two on [...]

August update

I must be tired. I cannot think of a remotely clever title for this post. I already posted a warning about our August gallery, so here are the highlights for those that aren’t brave enough to face all 75 photos.

This photo was taken at the beginning of the month, but that’s still about as well [...]

The first-time parent picture problem

Matt and I used to have a good photo system. When we went on vacation, he would take hundreds of photos, and I would comb through them and post the good ones. After a standard trip, I would put up one photo for every five he took, keeping the repetition to a minimum.

With the arrival [...]

Happy baby

Southern girl

By my calculations, Eva’s heritage is more than 50% southern, with roots ranging from North Carolina to Alabama. It is therefore fitting that her first trip was to Princeton, North Carolina last weekend for the annual Hartley reunion.

Overall, we couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to traveling with a baby. The drive is normally [...]