Miss Short Stuff is finally tall enough to touch the floor and jump in her jumperoo!
Posts under ‘Baby’
by air and by sea, to see a newly minted 4-year-old
Wednesday afternoon, I rode in a Cessna Skyhawk from Honolulu, over Molokai, and onto Maui. After we landed, I learned my new friend had never landed at Maui before, because his instructor told him it was the most difficult runway in the U.S. to land a private plane, since the winds come off the ocean [...]
6 months!
I know what you’re thinking … “Um, is this thing on?” I’ve been busy, y’all. BUSY I tell you! Doing, er… stuff! Yeah, raising a kid and all. Mmmhmm. It’s sort of the predicament when one of my non-parent friends asks what I’ve been up to – you know. Stuff.
But the big news is we’ve [...]
real estate fail
This is where our 2-month-old sleeps. Because we can’t sell our house.
I’m thinking this will turn out well for her in later years, however. Besides the obvious character building she’ll get from staying in a closet for the first several months years of her life, I can see the following scenarios down the road, too:
Tween [...]
the importance of staying small
Maddie: Why do you want me to stay a little girl, Daddy?
Me: What? What makes you think that?
Maddie: Mommy told me.
Me: Oh. Well then it must be true, right?
Maddie: Mmm hmm. But I can’t stay a little girl, because I’m already a BIG GIRL!
Me: Well, you are bigger now than you used to be, that’s [...]
The Story of the Avocado
Okay baby, let’s do this!
Sure, I’ll give it a try.
Gah! Wait, no no…
No, seriously. Do not want.
WOMAN, get that crap away from me!
Now THIS is what I’m talking about.
Awww yeahhh
Breastfeeding 101, the “duh” and “duh-er” version
As a new mom, breastfeeding was the single most daunting task to me. You can prepare and practice other things all you want with a (borrowed) baby, but you don’t exactly lactate until the real deal happens. Luckily for me, she latched on perfectly and we never had any problems.
Traveling around with a breastfed baby [...]
An Underestimation
Lately I feel like I’ve been caught off guard with the baby, as if I haven’t been paying attention or something. I can’t help but see (or, rather, miss) that she is learning new stuff at the speed of light. When she started rolling over, it was really just one roll in one direction. Yet [...]
i’ve never been happier to be wrong
The unexpected baby I announced in November before telling any friends or family came Saturday. The one whose gender I publicly lamented. The one for whom I lay awake every night last week wondering if she’d come or not and worrying if she’d interrupt my life too much.
Then, when the contractions got 5 [...]
4 months
We hit a bunch of milestones this month with the little pumpkin.
The good:
Push ups
Rolling over
Sitting up (assisted)
First solid food
First LOL – yes, literally
The not-so-good:
Pinching & beard pulling
First ear infection & croup
Rolling over and getting appendages stuck in the crib slats
Dish
I don’t know what people were talking about (the loads and loads of laundry after having a baby).
All I’ve noticed is that we do a lot more dishes.
pride (in the name of adoration)
Like many Friday mornings, I woke up with fewer than 4 hours sleep from my weekly “networking” event with some of Atlanta’s finest litigators who like to go out for drinks with me.
Me at 0630: I don’t think I can safely take Emilie to school.
Pretty Bride: Well, I can take her on my way to [...]
First Day
Mia’s first day at daycare was a great success. And believe it or not, I didn’t cry! I was a little mopey and whiney, but I didn’t want to make her anxious by crying.
The Mr. and I both went to drop her off in the morning. She is such a sweetheart during the morning anyway, [...]
Back to the grind
Yesterday was my first day back at work in 3.5 months. It was … fine. The little one spent the day at home with the Mr., so it wasn’t like she was at daycare and me crying at my desk screaming “MAH BAYYYYBEEEE!” She does start at the end of this week, but will spend [...]
