Here's Arlo's three-month video! And don't worry, Future Arlo, I pixelated out your baby parts during the bath scene, so this video will be slightly less embarrassing when I show it to your prom date ...

Arlo turned 13 weeks old this past Sunday, and Monday was his three-month birthday! We celebrated by going out to dinner at the Farm Cafe with Jon and Katie, who just happened to be passing through to...

No 13-week pictures quite yet, but in the meantime I wanted to mention a few ideas and products that have been useful to us so far in our baby adventures. Hopefully any parents-to-be out there will fi...

Arlo is twelve weeks old! The most exciting news this week is that we weighed him on Monday, and he's gained 13 ounces in the past week! It looks like our lots-of-milk plan is working. I'm so...

Arlo had a very productive cooing session this morning! Arlo Practices Cooing from Caitlin D on Vimeo....

Remember how we were worried about Arlo being 10th percentile in weight at his 2-month checkup (compared to being 90th+ percentile at 2 weeks)? Even though our pediatrician wasn't worried, we couldn't...

Arlo is eleven weeks old! We're having more and more luck each Sunday catching him when he's bright-eyed and in a good mood. With the hot weather we've been having for the last few days, he has...

Patrick recently got a fancy new iPhone for work (and for fun), and we're planning on using its video camera function to document Arlo's growth each month. Here are some snippets from around his 2-mon...

Arlo is ten weeks old! We celebrated with a picnic in Piccolo Park and waffles with Andrew, who was in town for the weekend (yay!). Arlo is doing well. Of course, after finding out that h...

Arlo is nine weeks old! He was feeling kind of slouchy this week. We had some excitement this week--we flew to Minnesota for the weekend to see our college friend Erin get married! Arlo was s...

Arlo is eight weeks old and coming up on his 2-month birthday on Friday! Within the last week, he has discovered his feet (which he finds especially interesting when they're inside his new st...

We've got baby smiles! So great :) Arlo has become alert for longer stretches of time in the last few weeks, which is so fun! There's still plenty of crying, but at least it's balanced out by l...

Seven week picture! Arlo didn't feel like staying propped up on the pillow this week--he kept bobbing his head around and slumping down as soon as I let go. A little neck strength is a dangerous thing...

Arlo is six weeks old and gaining some neck strength! The pillow is holding up his head in this picture, but when he's on his tummy, he can hold his head up at a 45 degree angle for almost 30 seconds....

Patches has been so sweet with Arlo lately. She seems very protective of him. Most of the time, when he's crying, she'll come up to us and put her paw on our arm, meow, and look concerned. And last ni...

Five weeks old! It's hard to believe that Arlo has been in our lives (outside the tummy) for only a little over a month. It has been quite the emotional roller coaster compared to our pre-baby lives, ...

Arlo is four weeks old! We celebrated with a cinnamon roll at Grand Central Bakery and a trip to Mink for a new summer dress for mama. Hey, he can choose the birthday destinations when he can talk :) ...

Arlo has gone on some fun neighborhood adventures this week. He went to his first farmers' market on Wednesday (the People's Co-op summer street party, no less!). The same night, he went out to dinner...

We had another lactation consultation yesterday, this time with Adrienne at Beyond Birth. In the past, Arlo has done a pretty good job of nursing in the presence of a lactation consultant, but we have...

Arlo didn't feel like waking up for his orange chair photo this week, which is fair, since he took an exciting trip to Little T for father's day lunch earlier in the day. He stayed asleep in the sling...

It seems like it's time for a baby update, but there's not a whole lot to report. The big news of the week is that Arlo's umbilical cord stump fell off on Thursday! Now he can take baths in the baby t...

Happy two-week birthday, Arlo! In addition to the orange chair photo, we took a family portrait in the backyard, which was kind of tough, since our camera seems to only have a 2-second timer op...

Oh my, it is an absolutely beautiful day outside. It would be a perfect day for taking a walk to get frozen yogurt, but my C-section incision has been acting up for the past day, so I'm staying in bed...

Not much new to report around here. Arlo is still wonderful and adorable, and we're still having breastfeeding issues. Our lactation consultant came over yesterday afternoon, and we spent two hours tr...

Hey, it's Arlo's one week birthday today! We celebrated by feeding him breakfast in bed. Okay, so it wasn't that special, since he takes all his meals in bed :) Inspired by Susan, I'm hoping to tak...

Our visit to the pediatrician yesterday went well. She agreed that Arlo was somewhat tongue-tied and that a frenotomy could help him with nursing. Our totally awesome lactation consultant managed to g...

I had three goals for today: (1) take a shower, (2) reset the thermostat so our house isn't freezing at night (too cold for babies whose hats won't stay on), (3) meet with a lactation consultant about...

(To any pregnant women out there--especially those of you doing hypnobirthing--you might want to wait until after you've given birth to read this. My situation turned out not to be what is considered ...

Introducing Arthur Stanley Vinograd! Baby Arlo was born Sunday, May 30 at 7:08 am, weighing in at 8 pounds, 15 ounces, and measuring 22.5 inches long. Everybody is doing great; I ended up havin...

No baby yet! Although my contractions were nice and close together right after my water broke on Wednesday, they slowed down to about one every 20 minutes that night, and they've been up and down sinc...

(Due warning--this post involves mention of bodily fluids!) Things just got exciting--my water broke! We were finishing up dinner at Bread and Ink about an hour and a half ago when I felt a couple ...

With that pesky cloth wipe project finished, I had time to sew two changing pad covers yesterday. I followed this basic approach, but I modified the dimensions and added some shaping to accommodate th...

Thirty-eight (and a half) weeks! Sorry to keep you in suspense by being quiet for so long. The baby is still in the belly, though he did drop last night when I was getting ready for bed. I felt some b...

Hello! Not quite time yet for a belly picture this week, but I figured I might want to do more frequent posts now, since the baby could come at any time, and I'm sure I won't feel like writing a post ...

Thirty-seven weeks! The baby is at term now, so he should be able to function just fine whenever he's born. It's reassuring to have gotten to this point. It also suddenly feels like the baby might arr...

Thirty-six weeks! I'm in my ninth month of pregnancy now, and strangers are not shy about commenting on how pregnant I am (which I have no problem with--I think it's kind of cool!). Surprisingly, I ha...

Thirty-five weeks! As Patrick pointed out, the expiration date on his yogurt is now after our baby's due date. Not much longer now... Our pre-baby education continues. This weekend, we went...

We are now well stocked with burp cloths and hooded towels. I know it's not necessary to have nicely bound burp cloths, but I think they'll make me look forward to cleaning up baby spit-up a little mo...

Thirty-four weeks! We are definitely shifting into baby panic mode at this point, working hard to get everything ready before he shows up. We're making progress, which is satisfying. Regard...

We had a great weekend! Tree came up for a visit, and we lucked out and had really beautiful weather. On Saturday, we walked up to Jam for breakfast, then walked down Hawthorne, stopping at Cool Cotto...

Thirty-three weeks! Can you tell I was tired when I took this picture? I'm not too tired in general; this was just during a post-lunch slump. I took a quick walk in the sunshine a little later (with f...

So the ultrasound this morning was interesting. We learned three things: My placenta has moved higher, and it's not blocking the cervix anymore. Yay! The baby is currently in a frank breech ...

Thirty-two weeks! This marks the start of the eighth month--whoa! If I think in terms of months, two months still sounds like a decent amount of time to get ready, but 8 weeks, not so much. Babies are...

Thirty-one weeks! Actually we're at 31.5 at this point. Patrick was out of the house this weekend enjoying some pre-baby hang-out time with friends from college (they rented a condo downtown for the w...

It took a little work, but we have obtained a dresser for the nursery! Yesterday, we went to five consignment/vintage stores (Consigned Home Furnishings, Rerun, I Heart Retro, Shag, and Hawthorne V...

Wow, 30 weeks! Three-quarters of the way there. I'm definitely starting to feel a little unwieldy, but it's not too bad. I've been feeling fewer sharp kicks recently, which is consistent wi...

Twenty-nine weeks! This belly means business. I wasn't sure if I should mention this, because it might move me from the "slightly unorthodox pregnant lady" category to the "crazy new age pr...

Twenty-eight weeks! We've made it to the third trimester. Good job, baby! Here's a bonus family portrait to celebrate (we tried to get Patches in there too, but she wasn't interested). We had...

Twenty-seven weeks! We've got about three months left until the baby is due, which seems like a long time to wait, but I guess it takes a while to grow a human being from scratch. It's a good thing I'...

Twenty-six weeks! Assuming all is going according to plan in there, the baby weighs about 2 pounds, and he can open his eyes. Good job, baby! Hypnobirthing classes continue to go well. We've be...

Twenty-five weeks! Okay, twenty-five and a half--we've been having so much fun this weekend enjoying the beautiful early spring weather in Portland that this post got a little delayed. I'd forgotten h...

Twenty-four weeks! Can there really be only a few more weeks left in the second trimester? I'll be sad to see it go--it has been so fun! Increased energy and appetite, and tangible proof that there's ...

So, like I said, I was in California for work last week, so I had to find a substitute mirror for my weekly photo. Luckily, there's one in the womens locker room at work that did the job just fine. ...

Since I'm in California for work, Patrick was nice enough to pose for the belly picture this week. He makes me laugh :) Real post and picture to come in a few days when I'm back home......

I played around with Photoshop today, trying to find some good paint colors for the nursery. I think I'd like to get paint from Yolo Colorhouse (they're local! And environmentally friendly, but of cou...

Week 22! All is well. The baby book says the baby can hear at this point, and to celebrate, we took him to a Builders and the Butchers show at The Woods. Okay, so the timing was just a coinci...

Twenty-one weeks--the baby is allegedly as long as a (large) banana. That seems about right. His kicks are getting stronger, which is exciting! We can count on him to put on a little kicking show righ...

Twenty weeks--the halfway point (give or take)! The big news this week is that we had our 20-week ultrasound this morning, and it's a boy! Whoa! We actually had a little false start related to the ...

Today marks the start of week 19! Highlights for the coming week include the baby reaching 6 inches in length and the start of vernix production. Oh, and we find out if it's a boy or a girl on Wednesd...

Okay, where to begin with the baby post? I have 18 weeks' worth of pregnancy talk that I've been saving up! This is probably way more than anybody is interested to hear, but I want to get it all writt...

This past year has definitely had its ups and downs for friends and family and for the world in general, but we were lucky enough to have a pretty good year. Some highlights: We made new friends ...