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My husband Mark and I live in the southeast U.S. with our lovely daughters, Amelia and Florence. We also share our lives with a lab(ish) goofball of a dog named Shelby.
About a week ago, Amelia found her hands. It has been amazing to see her make the connection and realize Yes! These are MY hands! After looking at these pictures, I hope her eyes aren’t going to get stuck – she does this every chance she gets. Last night was pretty awful. Amelia normally goes [...]
Dear Amelia, Today you are three months old! I find it hard to wrap my brain around that sentence. Three months – have you really only been here that long? It seems so much longer. You have grown and changed so much from the tiny orange glowworm you once were, that you surely must have [...]
Whenever I am getting Amelia ready for bed, Shelby brings one of her favorite toys into Amelia’s room and stays with me until Amelia is asleep – it’s like she feels it’s her duty to put Amelia to bed! After we have put Amelia down in the evenings, Shelby has started sneaking into her room. [...]
I have been growing my hair out for the past six or seven months. I thought it would be easier to have long hair that I could just pull back into a ponytail while I was busy dealing with a baby. As it turns out, all having long hair did for me was make me [...]
Miss Amelia had quite a day yesterday. As we were doing our morning Tummy Time she rolled over for the first time! She scared herself – “How in the world did I end up on my back?” – and started crying. I rolled her back onto her tummy, she calmed down, and then she rolled [...]
I absolutely LOVE when she smiles at me. It melts my heart! I’m pretty sure, though, that she’s already turned into a Daddy’s Girl. As soon as Mark comes home from work, she is all smiles for him! When he cuddles her, she smiles and coos – she’s had him wrapped around her tiny finger [...]