The school year has sort of dragged on but the end is now near. This Memorial Day will be our first holiday in 5 weeks. May not sound like much to you office-working folk but when your with 175 teenagers daily, you need your breaks. I sometimes wonder how many kids realize how teachers anticipate summer as much as them.
Juliet is big. Big. I never thought I could produce something so fat. She is simply chunky. Check out our Flickr link to see more photos.
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First off, I want to say that one of the reasons I rarely post is because I don’t know how to do something like this without being extremely personal and frank. So this is my blanket apology for any post that makes you uncomfortable.
Everyone says they grow so fast, but it seems an eternity ago that I was childless, or pregnant, or in that delivery room. Just put my baby girl down for the night. What a privledge…to be able to hold her and play with her and just be with her. Sometimes when I am done feeding her I prop her up on my lap and we just sit and snuggle for a few. And sometimes when I’m walking around with her I just smother her little cheek with kisses and I can’t stop and she just lets me. It’s all just so beautiful and precious. Yes…it is boring sometimes. But I will never forget when my dad was dying in the hospital (though I didn’t know it at the time) and I spent so much time there. I was itching to get a job, being just out of college, but nothing was working out. And when he died I realized how good it was that I didn’t work because it was just a short special last time I got to be with him. 
And now I have this beautiful little baby. And sure…I could work and leave her with someone, but I don’t want to. And not just for her, but for me too. This is such a special and rare part of my life right now. She won’t ever remember it…but I will. It is like the scripture says, “ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” So now is a slow, quiet, miraculous time that I am just enjoying for the short while it lasts. Because whenever we have baby#2….
Thanks to my sugar daddy for bringing home the bacon so we can party all day. I feel very lucky and blessed.
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My where has time gone. It seems like, I dunno, 3 months since I’ve posted to my blog. Hey look at that, it’s been 3 months.
It has been 3 months since our lovely little daughter was born and we’ve started to wonder: What has happened to our lives? Did I even have a life before that? some of my relatives are asking. All that ‘free time’ (whenever that is) has been absorbed by a host of tasks designed to keep this little organism going – changing diapers, feeding, getting her to sleep. Heck, half of my baby time is spent just holding her. We have become adept at passing off the baby just before one of us has to go the bathroom.
Not that I am complaining, mind you. Holding my daughter is my new addiction. I can’t wait to get home just to pick her up and look into those blue, wandering eyes and pretend she is communicating with me. Her favorite spot is the changing table – it’s like magic. We put her on it and she becomes active & alert. Juliet and I do lots of ‘talking’ there. The moment I pick her up, she goes back into ‘the zone’ – staring off at whatever space has absorbed her short attention span.
I loved my life before kids. We were so active and had so much freedom (as evidenced by our many travel posts). Now that we have a child, we’re not as ‘active’ in the same sense, but she has become our new activity. Different pleasures. I love my life with kids, too.
As for Juliet, she couldn’t be better. I think we got spoiled on this one. All looks, very few cries, and generally a good temper. The girl likes to get her diaper changed and can spend at least an hour in the car seat without much fuss. She only occasionally needs the pacifier. I can see why some people stop after one – the next one can only be trouble.
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