A collection about my daughter. And probably my cat; he’s pretty cute himself.Tumblr (3.0; @falsedrow)http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dd10402fc1e332d69023a24d1c0be8af/tumblr_mlx0quvmEf1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/49003444294http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/49003444294Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:13:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a97acccc6722e94b09edd4604d9b08f5/tumblr_mlf975EHm91qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naomi is helping me with my Magic draft preparation.</p> <p>Just imagine, some day I’ll teach her to play. That’s terrifying on at least two levels.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/48231814241http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/48231814241Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:58:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a97acccc6722e94b09edd4604d9b08f5/tumblr_mlx0qqAUPT1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naomi is helping me with my Magic draft preparation.</p> <p>Just imagine, some day I’ll teach her to play. That’s terrifying on at least two levels.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/49003441183http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/49003441183Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:58:05 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/915a34c12e0b32dd6f0187f092ce1a4f/tumblr_mlf970fiQG1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naomi has tiny little fingers. This means that her parents are totally jealous. She can reach inside the the lamb osso bucco and pry out the marrow and lick her fingers! And grin for the camera at the same time.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/48231808915http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/48231808915Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:33:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/17c2565200400412f9e47b947a01b320/tumblr_ml7jgvv7ZI1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Conventional wisdom and norms are useless for children. I think they’re mostly there to make parents feel inadequate. Although often they are right and helpful too - it’s just that time of day.</p> <p>What time? Nap time, of course. Naomi “should” take a two hour nap. I guess she does. It’s got half an hour nursing to sleep, half an hour sleeping, half an hour screaming inconsolably no matter what, and half an hour playing manically. That’s like two hours sleeping, right?</p> <p>As you can tell from the picture we’re in the manic portion of today’s nap. I didn’t want to compete with Reasons My Son Is Crying.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/47884407112http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/47884407112Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:55:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5a8951b45ef2f28a59de4b96be0ec512/tumblr_mkwmuwjtan1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Next year’s stylish accessory had better be a GPS tracker; I already can’t keep up with her.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/47400979273http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/47400979273Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:39:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b0e9659515b74f73b1e6f01a0b974d15/tumblr_mkji5mm5ew1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful spring day to visit Phipps Conservatory.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/46780194321http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/46780194321Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:28:43 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/724c45cf3e6ce0f936ee70338be4d88f/tumblr_mkji2rwBlB1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A nontraditional family portrait.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/46780057804http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/46780057804Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:27:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/001f576dafdf417aac2ec19e4d31af9a/tumblr_mkcjq07oUW1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naomi playing with some rocks from the beach last year while we get ready for bed - an area in which the last month has seen great progress. Her current growing spurt is really not helping, though.</p> <p>In other news, I am currently training Naomi to pass the time by humming the Imperial March. I love this little girl.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/46468280443http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/46468280443Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:17:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0b8bdb25d6ae4b04b977438a3e26148c/tumblr_mjrqmgSEbK1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naomi loves the neighbor girls (seven and eight now) and they like her too! Some day they’ll be old enough to babysit, which will be fantastic.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/45520063744http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/45520063744Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:38:30 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed2d0b02102dc786f5cde30154e82c36/tumblr_mjrqgsX6BY1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Is planking still a thing that people do on the internet?</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/45519814687http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/45519814687Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:35:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/46d628bf522c6ded534c4e3c63f71498/tumblr_mj1o5rkEPC1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Want to put on some party clothes, Naomi?”</p> <p>“I want a dress, Mommy!”</p> <p>Language development continues to amaze me. She also understands “Go pose for the camera, Naomi!”</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/44382605009http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/44382605009Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:47:12 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1a316ebcaa82d53d7a771708df18d68f/tumblr_miakcvTJS51qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s a big night - Naomi is lying down in her own room in her big girl bed!  She is super excited about a bed that she can get not only in to, but also out of, on her own.  And about her brand new set of Perry the Platypus sheets and comforter.</p> <p>One awkwardly exciting detail: the master bedroom is a cat-free zone, because of my allergies and because of the crib and just because.  Naomi’s bedroom is not a cat-free zone because she can’t manage the doorknob on her own and half the point is to let her go in and out during the day.  Getting the cat out of there before shutting the door is clearly going to be a problem.  It wasn’t until she had been dozing for twenty minutes that we realized the cat was in there somewhere…</p> <p>Here’s fingers crossed for a lack of both panic attacks and cat poop come morning-time.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/43194111916http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/43194111916Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:31:43 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cbb1187054d8e6816da04fca059d9057/tumblr_mi0in3d52t1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Escaping from Seven Springs. Naomi only got to wander around in the snow but managed to have a great time anyway. Coming back here in a couple of years is going to be a blast!</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/42758644806http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/42758644806Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:16:43 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3d890059ef089892c1e67917d8a64fd4/tumblr_mhno9eOEB21qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My life has come full circle in the last decade: Happy Girl in Snow.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/42200065173http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/42200065173Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:50:30 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fcdb8c68f360ee031d79e3ae79cfd8b4/tumblr_mh04ywzdDj1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Naomi, are you eating bacon fat with a knife?</p> <p>(enthusiastic nod)</p> <p>Naomi, I’m not going to ask you any more yes/no questions while you have a knife in your mouth.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/41152535383http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/41152535383Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:48:03 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad57242570927200ce73ff29a32e0516/tumblr_mgyemnL9YK1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of Naomi’s new favorite things to say, especially when I try to pick her up, is “no, my baby!” I wonder where she got that from.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/41066477246http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/41066477246Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:22:02 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f2f640bb759d58de3a70b043a486da3f/tumblr_mgw3ztuLWR1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Took Naomi to the play area at the mall. There was so much crowding that she wouldn’t go down the slide; she just wanted to pick up books and put them back on the bookshelf.</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/40948357490http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/40948357490Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:36:58 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4968b431548068aee895f42b77ad5786/tumblr_mgl7jzTp0p1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A friend at work had one too many Little People sets, and seemed eerily confident that Naomi would like it. Sure enough…</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/40468886598http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/40468886598Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:20:31 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/44ce3b643260060769a35be9fcad6187/tumblr_mfp1uwK3JS1qf8r9so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m putting away dishes, Naomi is eating orange juice with a spoon. Hey, haven’t we been here before?</p> <p>Christmas pictures coming soon (hopefully)!</p>http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/38950219038http://falsedrow.tumblr.com/post/38950219038Thu, 27 Dec 2012 09:33:56 -0500