I hope you get the corner office. I hope you get the first class seat. I hope you plant the flag at the top of the mountain. I hope you reach for your place amongst the stars. I hope you write the book. I hope you direct the play. I hope you score the winning […]
Dear Babygirl, We bought you a balloon yesterday, and you kinda hated it. You squint by raising your upper lip and scrunching your nose in addition to narrowing your eyes, so when it’s bright outside we can’t stop giggling. We now have 5022 overexposed photos taken in our back yard of primarily your front teeth. […]
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 […]
I’m 9 weeks in so far. Here’s what I’ve got: 1) When your front-facing iPhone camera is used less as a camera and more as a Is The Child on My Chest Actually Sleeping? mirror. 2) When venturing out to Target to pick up a part for your breast pump turns a regular day into […]
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, […]
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