The Lederman Kitchen

Brian thought I took a lot of photos last year on all our Europe trips.  That was before we had a baby.  Let's just say, Sydney's first month is very well documented.  She is just so cute, I can't resist.  I'm sure all new parents can relate.  Oh, she's asleep, let's take a photo.  She is awake, photo! Her first bath, photo. First car trip, photo.  First time wearing a new outfit, photo! We have so many photos, I completely overlooked this one that should have been in my last post.  I love it.  It's all Sydney's Aunt's and Uncles on Brian's side and her 3 cousins, visiting us at the hospital! The first month with Sydney flew by.  I say that now, but there were definitely moments that it didn't seem like it was flying by at the time.  It's crazy to look back at the photos from the hospital and compare them to her at 1 month - what a difference.  She weighed 8 pounds on her 1 month birthday, which is 2 pounds more than whe...

If you're reading this, I'm pretty sure you know we left Ireland and are back stateside these days. We moved home to the Bay Area in February, and just 4 short months later, everything was new.  Literally.  New city, new house, all new furniture, new baby. Just under 1 month before she arrived In short, after being in a 1 bedroom furnished apartment in San Francisco for almost 4 months, we bought a house in the suburbs, and moved over Memorial Day weekend - just 2 weeks before our new little peanut arrived. Our house - 1 week before Sydney's arrival! I won't go into all the details, but what I can tell you is that I have one amazing husband.  He did an incredible job of moving us (packing and unpacking all our stuff), getting us settled (furnishing an entire house, down to the mattresses - and building a lot of that furniture), and doing all the things around that house that come with new home ownership.  Oh, and let's not forget about taking care of his...