First, gong xi fa cai! This is the year of the pig (and if you don’t enunciate, it sounds like, “you’re a pig!”), and we celebrated by inviting a ton of people over to eat a hell of a lot of food. Josh’s parents were in town for the festive events and Matthew celebrated by looking particularly yummy. See all of the pictures I took in the Chinese New Year set.

My favorite:

Today was a fabulous day. I got off to a late start, so at the train station, I decided to take a cab to where I needed to go. The cab driver was a fool and had no idea where he was going and I didn’t realize he didn’t have any idea where he was going until we were going in the wrong direction. Blah. I love wasting money.

Then, I left the breast pump horns at home so I didn’t pump until 3:30, when one of my colleagues was kind enough to bring me to Target to pick up some new horns in a jiffy. My supply is totally going to tank because of this - it did the last time I forgot my horns at home. After I went back to work from maternity leave, it was really easy for me to get 9-10 ounces during my first pump, and another 6-7 during my second. Now, I’m pushing my luck at 11 or 12 and that’s not counting the pumping I do early in the morning or in the middle of the night. Alas.

But the day ended pleasantly; I got Matthew a bathtub today while I was at Target and I think he really likes it - he kicked up a lot of water and splashed quite awhile - and fussed when I pulled him out.

I wish I had a bathtub for me that was inflatable and looked like a rubber duck.