For her birthday weekend, BeeBee took in her first airshow. It looked like this: And she looked like this: Back at Nan’s, she managed to open some lightly wrapped presents pretty much on her own: And she politely handed over the wrapping paper, fighting her instinct to immediately stuff it into her craw: There was [...]
Nursing Buddha
Food, cats, and love.
7.22.10
Baby Buddha completed her first trip around the sun on July 22. Happy Birthday, Beebee. It’s been the longest, fastest year of my life. Crazy highs and lows. Harder than I ever anticipated, more gratifying than I could have ever hoped. I’m still so very tired…it’s taboo to even mention “at her age”, but she [...]
07.18.10
Proof that sleep deprivation eats your brain: not only did I pull this toy into the cart to keep Baby Buddha entertained in Tar-jay, I also totally demanded we purchase it “for her birthday” and probably like it more than her.
6.15.10-7.05.10
Happy belated birthday, America. I made this dinner plate sized cake for you! We’re just a few weeks away from Baby Buddha’s first birthday. Do you feel dizzy? Is the room spinning? I need to sit down. In the meantime, I’m reviewing our catalog of baby pictures and it turns out it doesn’t even take [...]
5.28.10-6.14.10
We went to a wedding. A grown-up wedding. A baby-free wedding. OH my! The bride wore red. I wish I had a picture of her dress. I’m not even a dress girl but this dress…wow. Speaking of red, The Man’s tomatoes have come in with a vengeance. So our meals have a running theme. Between [...]
05.27.10
Topic: Baby Buddha and the lemon experiment. Results: not nearly as dramatic as we expected.
05.23.10
Baby Buddha is now 10 months old. I’ll give you a moment to absorb that reality. Or myself. Oh, I feel dizzy. In other news, is there anything more fantastic than summer salads? The Man’s tomatoes and cucumbers are starting to come in and they are beautiful, fresh and nearly as sweet as candy. Except [...]
05.18.10
No one loves frozen bananas more than this kid. Also, those baby feed bags? Greatest invention ever.
04.28.10-05.09.10
Today is Mother’s Day. Sure the cynic in me may dismiss it as a Hallmark holiday but really, don’t mothers deserve a day? Not just mothers but fathers and grandparents and aunties and big brothers and all the other folks tasked by choice or not with the care of a child. Just 9 months into [...]
04.09.10-04.27.10
She is a crawling champ and pulls up brilliantly on any stationary object. If I get more than a few feet away, a look of glee and determination comes over her as she realizes not only could she be where I am but she could also be standing. And it looks a little like this… [...]