Perfect pickles. These are really good pickles. My mom remarked on them during her last visit.

Strange infant space suits for sleeping. First, the baby looks hilarious. Second, he just seems kind of content in it—much more than in the swaddles we were using. He had become truly adept at wrenching his arms out of those swaddles.

Two nights in a row of five hours of sleep, and regular 2-hour naps. Was it because of the sleeping suit??

New-green leaves. This time of year makes our apartment feel like a treehouse.

A roomy but not too big backpack, with lots of pockets. This works infinitely better as a diaper bag than my old fjallraven.

Genmaicha tea.