a long time coming.

hi, my name is collette and i am happy. 


this is the first time i have felt so consistently happy in... ever.

it's not just the antidepressants.
it's not just that remy is sleeping through the night consistently.

i finally feel very at peace with my beliefs. i feel authentic.
yeah, that post is coming.

for now, here's what's going on.

we were doing this.

until the weather did this:

remington is a grown up baby. look at him with a sippy cup!

every month, i decide he is at my favorite age. but lately, this age really is great. remy sleeps all night. (as long as he isn't sick, which he has been way too much lately.) we put him to bed between 8 and 9 pm and he will sleep until 6 or 7. his personality has blossomed into a smiley, adventurous, albeit high maintenance little boy. we love him more every day it seems.


this was the three of us on thanksgiving day, after eating with trav's family and having dessert and volleyball with mine.

i got a pie making lesson from the master, my mom.

my pie was delicious! it's been great doing all the things i didn't get to do last year.



remy got a slew of viruses. first was that horrible vomiting one, then a cold, then another cold that had a cough, then croup. we had a lot of sleepless nights for a while there. phew! we feel like real bona fide parents who have survived the first pukes and blue bulb-y snot sucking.

the croup thing was a little freaky. remy was asleep one night and all the sudden started coughing a dry, barking sound. i picked him up and he was having trouble breathing. luckily my mom had talked to me about croup a few days before, and told me to take remy right outside in the cold air if it happened. we went to the kid care clinic a few late nights in a row getting a steroid for croup.

i was sure the doctor's wouldn't believe us, because rem was so friendly and smiley the whole time we were there. i hope he smiles like this all his life.



don't worry, it's not all smiles. he can throw some cute fits. but really, they aren't that cute when you are tired or just trying to change his diaper or get him to eat. he still refuses to eat in your lap, only his carseat. besides right before bed when he is sleepy.

also this was a pretty great moment.
we were hanging out on the floor, folding laundry one afternoon.
remy crawled over, ps he is crawling now, and went right for my pile of sexytimes underwear. got ahold of this lacy thing and waved it around for a good five minutes.

oh rem, if you only knew.

speaking of crawling, it's been hilarious to watch him get stuck underneath furniture.
mother of the year, right?

look at those darling curls!

he loves music and wants a turn with every instrument.

his favorite toy right now is this stuffed rat. he loves grabbing it and waving it around so the tail whips back and forth.

I WHIP MY TAIL BACK AND FORTH I WHIP MY TAIL BACK AND FORTH

day after thanksgiving shopping. remy is easy to take, and would actually prefer to get out of the house.
fine with me.

since thanksgiving is over, (ehem, all you yahoos who set up your tree before thanksgiving...) we put up our tree. remy loves to wreak havoc on the nativity scene, throwing baby Jesus around and scattering the wise men across the room.

boy in bed, trav at the station, me in my duck onsie enjoying an hour of peace and quiet.
funny how you just want to be alone and have it completely quiet after you have a child.


things are pretty great right now.

man, it's been a long time coming.


xo