Milestones

I’m not ready for this next milestone

May 30, 2011

I started quasi potty training Chessa last week.  Sort of.  Not really.  Maybe. For the past few days, every time I changed her she would look at me and say “POT-TEE” or “POT-TEE TWAIN”.  I kept brushing it off because I didn’t think she was ready.  Not more than two months ago when I was [...]

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First Birthday Party

October 4, 2010

Um… guys?!  I may have gone a wee bit overboard with the birthday party.  The guest list was long, the decorations were a plenty and the amount of sugar offered out of control.  I should also remind you all that I’m not crafty or stylish, so while, yes, there were handmade decorations they came from wonderful [...]

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Almost a year

September 20, 2010

We started practicing for C’s birthday this week.  Meaning when you say to her, “How old are you going to be?”  She answers by holding up a finger and flashing you a cheesy grin.  And, when you start singing the first few words of Happy Birthday she starts bouncing and waving her arms like an [...]

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Another milestone down…

August 9, 2010

As time sprints forward towards C’s first birthday, I’ve been thinking about all the things I have to take from in the coming weeks or months.  Her bottles.  Her pacifier. My sanity.  It’s not just that I want her to stay a cute snuggly baby who babbles and sits in my arms instead of a [...]

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The countdown to walking has begun

June 21, 2010

Friday morning, I was home from work, sipping a cup of tea on the couch.  Minding my own business as C crawled on the floor at my feet.  The next thing I knew, I saw her place her tiny little hand on the couch.  I reached down, brushed her hair to the side and kissed [...]

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You know what’s slower than watching grass grow?

June 10, 2010

Teeth.  Add this to the list of things I never realized.  Because teeth?  They take a damn long time to grow.  I have thought that maybe, possibly, could it be, my child was teething since the beginning of March.  With every slightly warm forehead, every time she woke up through the night and every time [...]

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Ready? Set. Go!

May 23, 2010

She’s learning to crawl.  She lays down on the floor, pushes her upper body up and looks around.  Once she sets her eyes on her destination, she lays her chest back to the floor, stretches out her arm and slides her hip forward.  She moves quickly, dragging her belly across the carpet as she moves [...]

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Remember when….

May 3, 2010

Remember when my daughter laid still for a diaper change or after her bath and all I wanted was for her to roll over?  Remember that?  Remember how for weeks she would get oh, so close to rolling over and I’d get all excited and then she would fall to her back with a big [...]

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Peek A Boo

April 25, 2010

Lately every time I tell someone how old C is, the person lets out a little squeal and says “Oh, that’s such a fun age.”  And I smile and say, “yeah, it really is” or “yep, she’s growing so fast.”  I was being polite.  Not because C isn’t fun, but well, she’s still just a [...]

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What if I forget?

February 20, 2010

At just a week shy of five months old, C has clearly left her newborn stage in the dust.  Gone is the teeny tiny human that would lay on my chest in the afternoon and sleep for hours.  No longer can I cradle carry her in the sling.  She needs to be up, facing out, [...]

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