happy halloween

week 1 - recap (bragfest)

Okay, so I know feeding little ones can be a tough job (speaking from from stories of others and now some experience of my own). Waking up in the middle of the night - three or four times. Not going back to sleep afterward. The potential for irritable tummies. Loads of dirty diapers. The soreness, the hormones, body changes, etc, etc. But I do have to say nothing is more rewarding than hearing your baby has put on weight and is growing stronger every day.

To beat just the simple news that he is growing, we received even greater news today when we took Andrew in to check on a potential infection near his circumcision. (All is well there, no worries!)

To date - he has put on 8 oz. since his last doctor visit on MONDAY! This is HUGE! Newborns typically put on 1 oz. per day. He's a champ for putting on 2 oz. per day. This brings him up to 9 pounds, folks!

This means - we are now safe to let him sleep up to 6 hours at night!!! After our 4 hour awake time with him last night (and only 3 hours of sleep), I could have hugged the doctor for such WONDERFUL news. I will still have to wake up in the middle of the night, but if he wants to sleep through he can!

Go team Connolly! We're so proud!

day 6

day 5

first things first

Here are some photos from his first days - the first UT game with Dad; first sleeps; and a new friend, Mckenna, even snuck him a first kiss. So far his nickname seems to be working in his favor. Daddy knows best! :)

love it!

capital vs talent - roger martin

On a sleepless night I chose some 'heavy' reading...okay, it's not that heavy, but it is interesting. Only part-way through it, it seemed worth sharing with my fellow designers. Essentially, I have so far learned that keeping fresh and unique in the design field is required. To me, that seems a given, but this is certainly motivating to keep up the efforts.

Happy midnight reading...

rotman.utoronto.ca

perfect ending to a busy weekend

AIA Homes Tour

One of our projects was selected to be included on this year's AIA Homes Tour. My job for the past few weeks has been coordinating the tour from our end...Which basically just meant gathering docents, going to AIA meetings, updating our portfolio and marketing materials, working with the designers from a high-end furniture company in town (these guys were a perfect cliche - they wear all black and love to design with only black and white objects...needless to say we added in some color of our own), arranged flowers, and just about exhausting myself the first day. The first day was great, just quite intense. Beginning the day at 8 am with a photo shoot, add to that my allergy attack, not to mention being pregnant...It was a trip. But it all came together and when I returned at the end of the day, it seemed to have been a success. One more day to go!

Taking Monday off is starting to sound like a good idea...

Photos were taken before the furniture was installed and then after/during the Tour. More photos of the project are on our website, www.alterstudio.net/, under Avenue G.

for the fam

More photos from the maternity shoot a few weeks ago.