I know I've been a little quiet. Please excuse my absence. You see, I was celebrating Yom Kippur. I was mourning the end of my maternity leave. I was going back to work. But, it's all good. And I will share more about it. But, I have a baby to squeeze. I missed out on, approximately, 2,398 kisses today, and I must make up ...
looking through my old vacation photos…
...from Maui, in June of 2009, and wondering, if I'll ever be able to feel this relaxed, or squeeze my way into a bandeau bikini, ever again. I'm thinking, probably not. But, I'm also thinking, totally, totally worth it.
5 months
Tomorrow, my daughter will turn 5 months old-- which is really weird, considering she was just born 25 minutes ago. I don't know why, but earlier today, I tried wrapping her up in the soft, worn blankets given to us from the hospital. In those first days, she would be swaddled in two of these blankets, as ...
Today,
I felt sleepy. I also felt loved. Today, I made a friend, made banana bread, forgot to add the bananas, forgot my own name, had a pedicure, had the hiccups, had the occasion to discuss "existentialism", had the occasion to discuss "diaper cream", made baby food carrots, (orange-ya glad I didn't say banana?) talked to myself, answered myself, introduced my dad as "Zayde", introduced my Mommom as a great-grandmother, introduced my daughter ...
I’ll take the jeans–hold the elastic waist.
I just received an email from my favorite maternity shop, alerting me of a sale on great, new maternity items for the Fall. And in that instant, for just a fleeting moment, I missed being pregnant. And then, I looked over at my baby, my precious, smiling little joy, and I looked down at my skinny jeans, my tight, belted sheets of dark ...
long night’s journey into day
The reason why I haven't written yet today, has a little something to do with my baby's decision to have a party last night. I should have suspected that something was up when I overheard her, speaking in hushed tones into her mobile phone, after her evening bath. I thought I heard her saying, "yeah, party over at ...
there’s magic in the night
Last night, after my hot date, I lapped up some vanilla ice cream with hot caramel sauce, got into my pjs, and announced to my family that I was ready for bed. My dad implored me to stay downstairs for a few minutes, so that he could play me a song that he wanted me to hear. So began an ...
wink wink
Tonight, I went out on a date. A real, Saturday night, out-to-a-nice-dinner-at-a-nice-restaurant date. So what if it was at 6pm? We were out, we were about, get used to it. We left the baby in the capable, trusted hands of my parents and grandparents, and set off for a romantic evening meal, that just so happened to be at the scene ...
happy challahdaze
It's the new year! Sound the shofar, 5771 is here! We were on a mini mommyeverafter hiatus, to honor the High Holiday of Rosh Hashana, or, the Jewish New Year. As I sat in services yesterday, with a magenta flower clad baby snuggled up to my chest, I couldn't help but to feel an overwhelming sense of loveadorationpridebeingsoblessed. Did you catch that? There are some ...
I’ve known my best friend for 20 weeks now,
and in those 20 weeks, she has gone through, approximately, 1,680 diapers, she's been to 2 different states, she's had exactly 1 bottle of formula and nursed 2,000 times, she has kissed one boy (or, licked his hand. that's 1st base in baby.), and received a grillion kisses from her mommy and daddy, she's slept in her own room twice, (with her mommy ...
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