Family Photo Shoot

Kate's First Christmas

Somehow, I'm not sure what ninja-like stealth force is responsible, but somehow, having a baby makes time go faster. I'm serious. I have never been more aware of time in my entire life. It was October like two seconds ago.

Which means when Thanksgiving rolled around I was all, "What?" Which also means that I was caught completely off-guard when December hit just two short weeks ago. Christmas was coming. Very, very soon. It's not that we have lots of shopping to take care of--I shipped our last packages out yesterday--or that we have lots of parties and events to attend. It's just that this is Kate's first Christmas and I did not want to disappoint.

Last Monday, we introduced her to what is fast becoming a Hoybook family tradition--cutting down our Christmas tree at a little tree farm. We headed south toward West Linn on a sunny and chilly morning and got Kate's first Christmas tree. Tuesday night, with her guidance from the comfort of her bouncy chair, it was decorated.

Merry Christmas!

Finding her voice

Oregon the Beautiful

Check out this amazing time-lapse video shot in some of the most beautiful places in Oregon.

Life as we know it

Our new weekly schedule:

Sunday: B works. I stay home with Kate.

Monday: B works. I work from home and take care of Kate.

Tuesday: I work from 9am to 5pm. B stays home with Kate.

Wednesday: B works from 7am to 1pm, comes home. I hand Kate off to him and head to work, 2 to 9pm.

Thursday: B works from 7am to 1pm, comes home. I hand Kate off to him and head to work, 2 to 9pm.

Friday: I work from 8am to 1pm, come home. B hands Kate off to me and heads to work, 2 to 8:30pm.

Saturday: B works. I stay home with Kate.

Whew.