Dear Babygirl, Can you grow up a bit faster, please? There is so much that I want to teach you. That’s all I wanted to say for now. Love, Mama P.S. I was just kidding about that. Please don’t grow up. Like, ever. — For more in the Dear Babygirl series: Letters to My Daughter [...]
Dear Babygirl, We have been so busy lately. So very, very busy. It’s a good busy, this busy is. It’s not a stressful busy, in the sense of oh my gosh if I don’t get this done I won’t get paid and we won’t eat next week type of busy. Thankfully, blessedly, we have never [...]
Dear Babygirl, You are nine and a half months old now and my oh my, you are learning so much. It’s astonishing to watch. Every parent says this, of course. The whole “They change every day!” mantra. And I knew it would happen, but I didn’t expect it to be so.darn.cool. to experience. As with [...]
Dear Lovely Reader of my Lil Blog, Hi! I hope all seventeen of you had a wonderful 2012. I wanted to send you a note to say hello, and that I think of you often. I think of your goals and your dreams, what grade your kids are in, and what book is resting on [...]
Dear Babygirl, There are times when I open my eyes in the morning, during that momentary fuzzy period when you’re no longer asleep but you’re not quite awake, that I remember all over again. “Oh my gosh, I’m a Mom!” It’s not like I’ve forgotten, per se, it’s just that at eightish weeks in, it’s [...]
Dear Babygirl, You are 6 weeks and 1 day old today. A couple months ago I wrote you a letter about normal. I wrote about how you would be arriving soon, so soon, and how my very normal days would soon be totally different very normal days. Earlier today we went to the grocery store, [...]
Dear Babygirl, You have arrived. (!!!!!!!!!!!!) And it’s about time, girlfriend. Sunday, May 6th I stepped out of the shower around lunchtime and realized that your swimming pool had sprung a leak. You threw that water over the edge for several straight hours, until Daddy and I finally checked into the hospital late that afternoon. [...]
Dear Babygirl, You’re late. I’m trying not to obsess over it. Your lateness. I’m trying really, really hard. But everyone else is having their babies and darnit why won’t you come out and play! My birthday is in April. Your Daddy’s birthday is in April. Your birthday…will not be in April. You are gonna be [...]
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