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For our anniversary this year and because I BEGGED, Matt and I got annual passes to Disneyland. Walking around the magic kingdom with my child is so fantastic. She points at all the exciting things, laughs at the fun rides, smiles big when she sees characters... SIKE. Her favorite things to do include pulling tissue paper out of tissue boxes and closing doors. Toddlers are simple people. The complexity of a magic kingdom is wasted on them. But that won't stop me from trying! Admission is free until she's three so we're gonna milk it for all it's worth. As you can see from this video, I am not lying about her meh. We made a Disneyland decor related purchase which was part of the big photo re-shuffling of 2015. More to come when I'm not super distracted by my new laptop (current laptop is dying). 

We survived another few stage jobs and we have a possible job coming up week after next which means next week I get to hang with this perfection in child form. Also happening next week is that Matthew and I will be celebrating the 8th anniversary of the founding of FredrichCorp, the nation's leading marriage between an Evelyn and Matthew. What can I say about being married to Matt for 8 years? I'll tell you on the 22nd after some overly verbose musing on marriage, my husband, being parents, and a photo of our wedding day. I have a system, I aim not to deviate from it. God willing there are a few things in the works that have put me in a ridiculously good mood. Tonight Matt has a Monsterpalooza. Saturday we have a pool date with a friend and her baby, then the LA County Fair, then a goodbye party for a friend's son who's off to the Navy. Sunday we have church and a small group. Monday we are heading down to drop our nougat off with her grandma to spend our first n...

This was fun. I wanna do it again. How about Christmas outfits?  Did you notice I put something cat related in each board? Cats are hot right now.

These boards are fun because I can pretend that I would buy Alice something from J. Crew.  A $59 backpack for my kid. Ha ha ha, get real J. Crew. Get real. I couldn't decide which iridescent sneaker I liked more but either would work.

I literally could make about 14 of these and not get tired of it. Hey, help me win an argument, Alice needs a pair of dress shoes for church and such right? Matt thinks she should just be in sneakers all the time.

I thought about how if I was going to dress a girl I would pretty much dress her in things I would wear and this outfit other than the puffy vest, is pretty on point.  If you didn't know it was toddler versions, you'd think it was just a regular outfit. Right?

Holy crap the little girl clothes nowadays are so cute. They are actually catering to modern moms like me with simple styles, great colors, and just the right amount of kitsch. So if my kid was starting school this week, some of these items might find themselves in her closet. I enjoyed doing this so much I might make another board. And then another. It will help prevent me from actually buying these things. However. That cat  backpack ? Don't care how, I want it now! (-Veruca Salt)

This summer we hosted people over our house three times on a Friday night. It was mostly the same setup where we'd set up the couch with an umbrella to shield us from the setting sun I'd put a cute tablecloth on the outdoor table and make the place generally appealing. For the first night we did s'mores and cocktails. I made montauk mules and some summer ale concoction. Due to lack of grill, I blowtorched the marshmallows. It was very effective. We had my family and some church friends over. I'd also made chocolate ice cream and put some coffee in it and topped it with whipped cream for a little bonus. It was pretty tasty. Alice was still not walking much so we just put her in the playpen and let her chill and she was pretty content. She would hate it now, what a difference a few months makes. Lookit my little niece Jarah. She's all, what you talkin' bout dad. The good thing about these gatherings is that since we're home...

Over the holiday weekend (and I don't know if I've mentioned how important they are but to a working mother, forget it, three days is just the right amount of weekend, two days is really not long enough) I got to spend some time with my #1 and got to experience some interesting firsts.  I had to go into the office on Friday for a few hours so she went with me and in order to entertain her I handed her an unzipped bag of cables to play with. I think she sat quietly for about 5-7 minutes taking them out and putting them back in. It was the longest I've ever seen her sit quietly at an activity other than sleeping as she has indeed inherited my attention span.  She's also getting really close to getting the fact that "mamamama" is me. It's pretty exciting to hear that she does like me and notices when I leave and return from a room or into our house. She does still want me around even though she can live apart from me! I witnessed my first tantrum ...

Been in the mood to talk about motherhood and kid business as a sort of state of the union type thing. So here's the state of our union aka Fredrich Corp.  I was home with Alice for four months after which I went back to work full-time as a freelance production coordinator. My work was mostly steady with a few days and some weeks off here and there. While I went to work, Matt was home with Alice and has remained her primary caregiver since. Which is really strange to write because for 9 months of gestation and 9 months after that I was her primary source of comfort and food. Now daddy makes the bottles. When I'm home for extended stays Matt takes freelance work but by and large we're depending on my income. I'm very blessed to have a job that supports us and allows one of us to be home with her. Sometimes I wish it were me that was taking her on weekly outings but I'm happy that she gets one of us at least and I get to be the example of working woman in her...