I'm reading (yes, me, reading!) this book that is basically a journal that this woman kept during her son's first year of life. Some entries are just a few sentences, others a few pages. It's nice to read while nursing to pass the time. It's making me want to record a lot more of this beautiful crazy experience -- what it's like to be a new mom, to experience all the firsts, to jot down the little things that make me laugh or cry or want to rip my hair out (as if I weren't losing enough already), and all the little snapshots during these precious days that just melt my heart.
Like yesterday... Christian and I were sitting in the living room together (well, he was standing on my lap, as that is the only position he is happy in lately...standing...) and I just started making silly faces and talking baby talk to him (you know, that embarrassing gutchy-gutchy-goo-goo kind of stuff). With his open-mouthed grin he suddenly let out this loud and genuine giggle. He's kinda half-chuckled before, but nothing like this... it was like a miniature belly laugh :). Then late last night he got his second wind while getting ready for bed. This time Dave got to see/hear it, and he started making Christian laugh over and over-- we looked at each other each time with so much joy and laughter ourselves, and it was like a Hallmark card... funny, beautiful, sweet and perfect. It totally made up for the fact that he's not sleeping through the night anymore!
Sooo... just because I haven't been recording every second of his almost 4 months of life doesn't mean i can't start jotting things down now. Hopefully this will become a place to keep track of it all, when i have the time and energy and the stars collide. A place to reflect and remember the preciousness of little life. I don't wanna miss a thing.
he's awake-- gotta go.........
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Indian Lake 08
We had a wonderful time at our favorite place! It was my 30th summer in a row, and it never grows dull. It is so beautiful! Despite the mostly rainy and cold days (and nights), Christian and Willa managed to capture everyone's hearts and keep us laughing with delight. It was so amazing to watch them together, realizing this could become a yearly tradition of photoshoots-- it will be so fun to watch them grow, side by side.
Dave put together a little video to the "Indian Lake" song (above). It captures a little bit of the magic. (it's also on YouTube)
Christian and I decided to stay with Gramsy and Poppy for a second week-- which was great, considering they could take him for walks and entertain him while I caught up on much needed rest (he didn't sleep very well at all during the cold nights, and thus, neither did i). By the end of the second week, the sun decided to show itself, and we had some great days on the beach and in the water. As you can see from the slideshow, we took advantage of every second of sunshine.
By the end of our time it was amazing to see how much Christian had grown in just 2 weeks-- both physically and socially. He is engaging, smiling, giggling and talking up a storm. He loves to kick his feet, and has a much longer attention span (he is sooo into looking at books). . . and he's grown at least an inch and a few pounds!
It's good to be back-- and strange-- for the first time in my life I am not "going back to school" in one form or another. I love the feeling of peace that that thought brings. No "back to school" anxiety!!! I wonder how these months will unfold... if I will get lonely and bored, or grow more in love with my new job... most likely a little of both... right now i am loving it all! (even those wee hours of the morning)
Dave put together a little video to the "Indian Lake" song (above). It captures a little bit of the magic. (it's also on YouTube)
Christian and I decided to stay with Gramsy and Poppy for a second week-- which was great, considering they could take him for walks and entertain him while I caught up on much needed rest (he didn't sleep very well at all during the cold nights, and thus, neither did i). By the end of the second week, the sun decided to show itself, and we had some great days on the beach and in the water. As you can see from the slideshow, we took advantage of every second of sunshine.
By the end of our time it was amazing to see how much Christian had grown in just 2 weeks-- both physically and socially. He is engaging, smiling, giggling and talking up a storm. He loves to kick his feet, and has a much longer attention span (he is sooo into looking at books). . . and he's grown at least an inch and a few pounds!
It's good to be back-- and strange-- for the first time in my life I am not "going back to school" in one form or another. I love the feeling of peace that that thought brings. No "back to school" anxiety!!! I wonder how these months will unfold... if I will get lonely and bored, or grow more in love with my new job... most likely a little of both... right now i am loving it all! (even those wee hours of the morning)
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
3 Months with Maddy
Christian has a lot of adoring fans-- but only one has crossed the ocean just to meet him! Maddy arrived a week ago, just in time to ring in his 3 month birthday-- with her new Nikon camera. . . with which we've had more than a few hours of photo phun! (as you can see from the slideshow)
It has been such a joy to watch these two bond. Maddy has been teaching him Dutch, and Christian is more than enamoured with her. The last time she was here was for our wedding 2 years ago-- and my, how much has happened since then!
As we reach the 3 month mark, Christian has suddenly achieved 3 monumental developmental tasks-- grabbing his toes, sucking his thumb, and sleeping through the night (woo hoo!!!) . The thumb sucking, granted, is a result of the thumb sucking lessons that i've been conducting since soon after his arrival into the world ... and am very proud to say , are finally paying off ! :) everyone says i'll regret teaching him to do so-- but i sucked my thumb till 4th grade, and don't regret one day of it! i loved my thumb, and it brought many hours of comfort to my life. i have a feeling that even now, if i were to put it in my mouth it would feel perfectly at home.
But more than anything, we are enjoying the long awaited 6 - 7 hour stretches at night-- not totally consistent yet, but just in time for our trip to Indian Lake next week!
Christian's first trip to the Lake will be so fun-- Willa will be there for the first time too, and we'll be sure to capture as many moments as possible on film.
Poppy's already got him prepped for water skiing :)
It has been such a joy to watch these two bond. Maddy has been teaching him Dutch, and Christian is more than enamoured with her. The last time she was here was for our wedding 2 years ago-- and my, how much has happened since then!
As we reach the 3 month mark, Christian has suddenly achieved 3 monumental developmental tasks-- grabbing his toes, sucking his thumb, and sleeping through the night (woo hoo!!!) . The thumb sucking, granted, is a result of the thumb sucking lessons that i've been conducting since soon after his arrival into the world ... and am very proud to say , are finally paying off ! :) everyone says i'll regret teaching him to do so-- but i sucked my thumb till 4th grade, and don't regret one day of it! i loved my thumb, and it brought many hours of comfort to my life. i have a feeling that even now, if i were to put it in my mouth it would feel perfectly at home.
But more than anything, we are enjoying the long awaited 6 - 7 hour stretches at night-- not totally consistent yet, but just in time for our trip to Indian Lake next week!
Christian's first trip to the Lake will be so fun-- Willa will be there for the first time too, and we'll be sure to capture as many moments as possible on film.
Poppy's already got him prepped for water skiing :)
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
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