Archive for June, 2008

Kisses

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

When a baby is born, you start giving and for a while, you don't receive anything back. Which I guess is why the first smile and the first giggle stay etched in our memory, since they are the first proofs that this little bundle of joy (or rather poop, spit-up ...

Baby Bedtime Bliss

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Not so long ago I would have laughed at the thought of associating the three words of this title. Not anymore. Thanks mostly to Zak on that one... About a couple months ago, we decided that we really needed to try putting Elliot to bed awake. Actually, he sometimes went to ...

Gotta love Keen Shoes

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

I own a pair of Keen sandals. I love them. I have been wearing them for 4 years and they are still in pretty good shape, but recently the lace broke on my left foot. For those who don't know that brand, they're not your usual shoe laces, more like ...

What’s up with the weather (again)?

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Last night, I had to turn the heat back on in our baby's room. It was chilly and his hands were quite cold when I went to feed him at 3 am. Not sure exactly how low the temperature was outside, but it barely went over 10 during the day, ...

Only two months left

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

In two months, I will be going back to work. My son, who just yesterday was only a shrimp-shaped shadow on an ultrasound photo, will be a year old on August 6. I know that I have been very lucky to be able to take that year of maternity leave while ...

The laughter of a child

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Many parents feel some sort of epiphany when their baby smiles at them for the first time. I don't even remember that first time; our son had been doing involuntary smiles for a while, so I didn't differentiate his first "real" smile from the earlier ones. His first giggle, however, ...