September 2011

two

September 30, 2011

Happy birthday, sweet girl! Sometimes I try to imagine the you that you will be when you read these letters.  Will you be twelve, knowing everything and roll your eyes at my emotion? Will you be seventeen and try to use my loving words here to convince me to buy you a car? Or will [...]

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Two years, 40 weeks and six days

September 29, 2011

“It’s your last day of being one, ” I teased her.  “Tomorrow you’ll be TWO!” “TWO! Tomorrow Chessa happy birfday!” she answered back, eyes gleaming.  I kept dressing her.  Pants go on like this, shirt over your head, give me your arms…  And then, she looked up at me and said, “Chessa still young, Mommy.”  [...]

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I’m back… but not really

September 28, 2011

So, I’m back.  If you read yesterday’s post and you’re wondering about the meeting… I think it went well.  I never know where the line is between talking about me and talking about my job. One one side of the line there’s a paycheck and on the other there’s raised eyebrows and a cardboard box.  [...]

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It’s not home

September 27, 2011

The room is big and nice. Nothing fancy. A big bed with a two-inch-thick comforter.  The kind that almost makes you want to run across the room and bounce on it.  The adjoining bathroom has sample-sized shampoos and lotions, which makes me happy because mine are still sitting on bathroom counter, at home.  I sigh [...]

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An open letter to mothers of babies: I didn’t know.

September 26, 2011

disclosure: I’m not the first person to write about this.  In fact, Law-Momma wrote two posts that do way more service to it than I could.  Grab your tissues then read this and this.  Sometimes I think the worst part of being a parent is not the sleepless nights spent walking a teething baby. Nor [...]

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thirty-one

September 23, 2011

In an attempt to celebrate turning 31 today I tried to put together a list of 31 random things about me.  I got to #6 before I got bored.  Let’s just say it’s been…  a WEEK.  You know the kind that deserves use of ALL CAPS EMPHASIS.  It starts with a pinched nerve in your [...]

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Naming humans is hard

September 22, 2011

Both times I was pregnant we had thousands, no really, thousands, of conversations about names.  While driving, while shopping, while eating dinner, while getting dressed in the morning, while watching TV… you get the idea. The conversations went something like this… Him:  How about … Me:  I don’t hate it. Me:  Oh, I like … [...]

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Ahem.

September 21, 2011

Perhaps you’ve noticed a few new things around this space.  New header up there. New stuff over there.  I got a blog facelift. It’s akin to a shopping spree after having a baby. You love the baby more than anything in the world, but the therapy that comes from sprucing up your wardrobe that doesn’t quite [...]

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You can close your eyes

September 20, 2011

Well the sun is surely sinking down. But the moon is slowly rising. So this old world must still be spinning around. And I still love you.  I shift his weight in my arms, press his body to my chest, and graze my nose along his cheek as I sing softly with the song that’s [...]

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Nighttime routines were easier when she was a baby

September 19, 2011

After we brush her teeth and dry her hair she looks up at me.  “Talk about FAVWATE things?” “OK, sweetheart. Let’s go talk about favorite things.” On my bed, she places “her” pillow and my pillow on the middle of the bed. As directed by my two-year-old, I lay my head down and look at her.  [...]

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