We have a pod first for this episode: a real life author! Isabel Galupo joins us to chat about her book, Maiden and Princess, and more. We also discuss Hannah's favorite books and some of past time favorites.

Back in the winter, Lilly interviewed two people at her school about, you guessed it, traditions! Simone was on the cusp of entering motherhood, and Leneta was on the cusp of retirement. What traditions do you do, leave us a message! No one has ever emailed us...

Also, this might get taken down because we infringed on many copyright laws.

Today we have three segments. First we discuss the best and worst places to bring a baby. Spoiler, we don't recommend Discount Tire and we do recommend restaurants. Second we touch base on where we're at in the 1001 albums to listen to project. And we round out the episode discussing  all things Fall and pumpkin spice. 

What do keys, a guitar tuner and suntan lotion have in common? No idea, but Hannah loves them all. Listen to today's episode to hear some funny moments from the last few weeks since Hannah's birthday. We transitioned back to school and are super tired, and we're glad we can laugh through it. 

Hello! Today's show is in three parts. First, we tell the story of how Hannah got her name, and what she would have been had she been a boy. In part two (around 7:15 min in) Lilly sits down with friend of the pod, Melissa, to hear how she named her son. Part three (about 23:30 min in) includes three voice memos from Hannah, Anya and Molly on naming their children. 

Do you have an interesting way that you chose your last name? We wanna hear! 

Today we do a brief catch up about the start to our summer with an exploring Bear. Then Chris made his own "partners" episode with Carole and Dan, inspired by the podcast Partners. 

The bulk of the episode is an interview with Carole and Dan that Chris recorded over dinner on the second to last day of their stint watching Hannah Bear. We're really grateful to Carole, Dan and Ruth for their help watching Hannah in the first year of her life! 

Today we chat with Nicole about her food blog, learning to cook from her dad, and all things ice cream. We also call in her parents, Mike and Carol, for a rapid fire and very serious conversation about fries, condiments, and recipes. Also we do a quick checkin about Bear's vampire garlic tendencies, tooth, and eczema. 

Check out Nicole's blog at: https://nicstancooks.food.blog/

Check out the Green Goo eczema product at: https://greengoo.com/products/baby-balm  

Lilly sits down with her co-worker, Julie, who shares some amazing stories about her experience growing up as an adopted child. Check out our previous episode — the Grandparent Chronicles: Part I — for some additional content on this topic. 

Well, it's been quiteeee a week... in this episode Chris and Lilly talk through some of the highs and lows of a week with covid-19.