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Jul 23 2012
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Friends, Then & Now

baby reunion

Right after I became a mother I began my quest of meeting other new moms in my area.  I lucked out early in my search and met other mommy, Michelle and her daughter Georgia at a Gymboree class when the girls were about 12 weeks old.  We hit it off from the start and continued to get together until I moved away from LA a year ago.

We have kept in contact and compared notes on the girls’ developments throughout this past year, despite not having the chance to get together face to face.  So when Michelle informed me that they were coming to SF to visit I was so excited to get the girls together again.

The last time the girls saw each other, they weren’t even walking.  Hell, Sadie wasn’t even crawling!  So seeing them interact now as big kids was so much fun.  Not that they remembered each other, but they really did enjoy their shared playtime.  A year may not be such a significant chunk of time to an adult, but to a baby it is literally a lifetime.  And it is just wonderful to see how much has changed and how vastly different even babies can be right from the start.  Georgia and Sadie were born literally days apart from each other but have completely different skill sets, abilities, likes, dislikes and personality traits.

This parenting thing never ceases to amaze me.  Watching a person grow from nothing and turn into fully functioning human is the most interesting and jaw dropping experience in the world.  I swear, even if Sadie someday becomes an Olympian, I will be sitting up in the bleachers watching her in amazement thinking, I can’t believe she is walking.  For me, even the smallest of a milestone is cause for celebration.  Every step of it is pure magic.

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May 03 2012
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Family, Love, Photos, Then & Now

18 months

Late! Like 3 weeks late, oops!  But, all the same, Sadie did turn 18 months last month.  She is steadily approaching her terrible twos.  She has been stretching those sea legs lately and giving those pesky tantrums a good college try.  And let me tell ya, she’s pretty darn good at em.  She’s conquered some of the great places, it’s like checking in on Foursquare for babies – instead of using a mobile device to do so, she checks in by screaming, kicking and rolling on the ground crying.  So far she’s become the Mayor of Ikea, Target, Trader Joe’s, the hardware store and the neighborhood beauty salon.

But in all sincerity, she is a joy.  She is the perfect little girl and more than I ever could have hoped for.

I often go back and think about life without her, and how much more she has filled my life with love and meaning since she arrived.  I think about how far we both have come, but really I think about her journey.  From a troubled pregnancy, to a 5 lb preemie, to this beautiful, energetic and courageous child.  You would never ever guess by looking at her all of the things the doctors told me she would be.  Because she isn’t anything less than perfect.

All of these beautiful photos were taken during a professional photo shoot by Bella Baby Photography, which was an amazing gift from my Mom & Dad.  Thanks Mom and Dad, we will always treasure these photos.

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Sep 19 2011
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Family, Then & Now

11 months

Ahhhh! The count down is here.  Very much alike the end of my pregnancy I find myself counting the days until Sadie is one year old.  Gosh, it has flown by so fast!  My sweet Sadie is 11 months old today.  And what a fun happy kid she is turning into.

She is beautiful, smart and very funny.  She is the life of the party.  And if there isn’t a party going on – she makes one.  She’s becoming so independent, which is kind of scary.  She obviously feels the desire to explore and do things on her own.  She doesn’t need mom and dad to feed her, or turn the pages in a book.  She doesn’t need us to put a binky in her mouth or put toys away in their bins.  She’s ready to not be a baby, and join the world of toddlers – but are we ready?? Yikes.

There’s not so many photos of lil lady’s face lately.  She’s always on the move, and apparently I’m always a step behind.

She’s not walking yet.  But it seems as if that is very near.  She is so fast and skilled at crawling and standing up seems to be her new job.  I’m hoping to have a walking birthday girl… we shall see!

Her newest thing is giving me tight grip hugs.  I melt.  She wraps her little arms so tight around my neck and hugs her head around mine and squeezes.  Bliss, I tell you, bliss.

I just can’t get over how much she and I have both grown since her birth 11 months ago.  It is such an honor to be a mother and such a joy to be hers.  I love you Sadie, happy 11 month birthday.

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Jun 15 2011
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Family

who’s this little kid?

Where did my newborn baby go?  And who is this little girl?  I swear, someone swapped out my baby in last few weeks for a real life kid!  People always say, it goes by so fast.  And man, they weren’t joking at all!  Today I met up with my girlfriend Melissa and her baby boy Ever, who was born less than two weeks after Sadie, and we were already talking 1st birthdays!!  Wowzers!! How did that happen?!

Somewhere between the first smile and starting solid food baby girl found her voice and her personality.  She is so entertaining!  She loves playing ‘monkey see, monkey do’ with us, and her new favorite thing to do is the ‘trust fall’.  When she’s on the bed or the couch surrounded by pillows she lifts her arms way up in the air, and throws her body back onto the soft surface and then looks to see our faces and starts cracking herself up!  She knows how hilarious she is being.  I can’t get enough of it.  I mean, this baby has got adult-sized attitude!

I got a picture to prove it…

Look at the way she’s looking at me.  Like… Mom, put away the camera! I’m trying to hang with Dad!!

In my head it’s hard for me to even grasp that she is 8 months old.  I still think of her as a newborn.  Seriously, when people ask how old she is I usually say, “oh, she’s brand new… just 8 months old.”  And they are like “whaaat?? that ain’t brand new.”  To me, she is just a little baby, so to have a little tiny baby with all that personality makes it all the more funny.

But I will admit that although in my head I might think of her as a newborn… I’m shaking all of the initial over-protective, do not let her touch anything, she’s  not bundled up enough, first time Mommy fears and feeling happy to let her explore.

Yesterday she accidentally drank a little too much bath water, today she ate some mud and tomorrow who knows… maybe I’ll let her run with the wolves.

Another thing that is growing along with her attitude are her captivating blue eyes.  Honestly, they are getting more and more intense by the day.  She even got a compliment on them from Andy Samberg!  Not too shabby if I say so myself!

I’m looking forward to what tomorrow brings, because everyday seems to be a new adventure these days.

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Feb 10 2011
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Family

Taking it one day at a time.

In just a little over a week my little girl will be 4 months old.  I have no idea how she got so old all of a sudden. Like every parent says, it really does go so fast.  In some ways, however, I can’t believe that she is at the point where she is learning how to use her body.  I watch in amazement at how she has discovered her hands and is now grasping the concept of using those hands to put toys into her mouth.  When she does grasp an object it’s a bit of a circus act trying to get it into her mouth.  She sort of wobbles her hands in the air for a while, very carefully trying to not drop the toy.  She’ll get it close to her mouth and incoherently circle it around her face, all while she opens her mouth trying to reel it in.  It’s sort of like she’s playing “here comes the airplane” with herself.

I know that in a matter of probably just a week she will have the hand-to-mouth excercise down, and we will begin to perhaps discover her feet or maybe attempt to sit up.  Who knows?  She has everything yet to learn and I will relish in watching her, and we will just take it one day at a time.

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