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Best Baby Barrettes Ever
Just a quick share…I found Giddy Giddy barrettes in a store in La Jolla while visiting my in-laws. Sugarpie has always had a whole mess of hair. It not only needs to controlled, but it needs to be...
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Early Voting with Mommy and Daddy!
Doing our civic doodie Sugarpie, her daddy, and I headed down to do some early voting on Friday. She was having an I-want-my-mommy moment in this pic, but you get the idea. I am now adding voting to...
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Letter for Sugarpie, 11 Months
That’s you today on your 11 month birthday! I cannot believe that you left your hat on. Dear Sugarpie, Baby Girl! You are almost one year old! That means in one month you will make the transition from...
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Great Stuff: Personalized Baby Stool
I’ll let you in on a secret if you promise not to tell Sugarpie! For her birthday (coming up Dec 12th) we bought her a little stool with her name on it. I’ve been buying these for almost 15 years from...
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Letter for My Sugarpie, 1 Year!
My beautiful little girl! Dear Sugarpie, Oh my goodness, baby girl, you are ONE WHOLE YEAR OLD today!! I simply cannot believe it. Our 68 hour labor seems like yesterday, but some of it seems light...
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Sugarpie’s gonna be a big sister!
See, she loves it already! And I am already showing. Well that was a long break. I guess I’ve been procrastinating posting because I am not good at keeping my own secrets. And Sugarpie is just dying...
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And the gender goes to…
Baby Girl apparently was not camera-ready It’s official, Sugarpie’s Daddy is going to be outnumbered. We’re having another baby girl! I am beyond thrilled as I’ve always seen myself as a girl Mommy. We...
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8 Months Pregnant!
T.M.I.? I figured that this belly isn’t getting any smaller, so I might as well document it as is, right? Here’s to puttin’ it out there… (By the way, I am living in leggings right now, my apologies.)
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35 Weeks Pregnant: “Still” Breastfeeding, Getting Close, Advice Welcome
Well here we go again, TMI Tuesday. Bullet point blogging: *As of last week, I am officially already at the weight I was when Georgia was born. Oops! *I thought I had life-threatening tumors in my...
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Happy Father’s Day, These Ladies Adore You
Dear husband/Daddy, Happy Father’s Day! It’s such a pleasure to be able to celebrate the most important man in our lives. You and Sugarpie have such a strong bond that you continue to conscientiously...
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Turning a Breech Baby? It Worked for Me
Is it possible? At 34 weeks, the doctor told me that baby girl was heads-up. This wasn’t a surprise because I can feel her episodes of hiccups down low, up high and on the side. She is a little small,...
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38 weeks Pregnant and Sugarpie is working a shiny new Toddlertude
The space in that belly has quickly become prime real estate. Bullet pointing, again: *We are 2 cm dilated and 60% effaced. (I guess pregnancy is the only time in which it is acceptable to speak so...
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39 Weeks and 4 Days (Still) Pregnant
Why is it so shiny? *So I had acupuncture for the pubic bone pain, worked wonders! And I had a massage where the therapist did a pelvic floor release. I highly recommend it if you’re in the same boat....
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She’s Here! Lila Jane Parzen, Our New Love!
6 lbs, 12 oz, 19 inches long AND a week overdue! Glad she could cook a little longer, she’s a little bitty one! One week ago today at 7:23 pm we met our new baby girl, Lila Jane Parzen. I was induced...
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Letter for Little Sugar, 1 Month: Big Love, Tiny Baby!
Dear Little Sugar, Welcome to our family! I hope you like us, because we are undeniably smitten with you (yes, including your big sister Sugarpie, though she doesn’t know it yet). Your birth was quite...
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Letter for Little Sugar, 2 Months
You’re growing so fast! And you kinda have hair like Keith Richards. Dear Little Sugar, (Mommy’s computer isn’t happy and she hasn’t been able to upload photos ’til now. Sorry your letter is late!) 2...
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Letter for Little Sugar, 3 Months
Now you’re bigger than Teddy! And that hair…I had just washed it so it was really fluffy. Dear Little Sugar, You, my little sweet muffin, were 3 months old yesterday and I am already feeling nostalgic...
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Letter for Little Sugar, 4 Months
You are outpacing teddy! This was the one shot I was able to without your toes in your mouth. Dear Little Sugar, Hi! You turned 4 months old on Friday! And you are such a little love muffin, let’s just...
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Letter for Little Sugar, 5 Months
It is just you. Dear Little Sugar, You are 5 months old! You are really interacting with the world more than ever now. Patience is your virtue as I continue to badger you with snuggles and kisses every...
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Letter for Little Sugar, 6 months
Smiley boo-ba-roo!! Dear Little Sugar, I’m late again, but that’s only because I would rather kiss your face than type on my computer. You, my dear, have sparkles inside. You are a living, breathing,...
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