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Melina and her daddy
October 31, 2005Happy Halloween!
Piggy in the parade
October 31, 2005Melina participated in the parade with her Grandma, who ironically, dressed up like a Grandma for Halloween. Bill and I stood behind her for about 10 minutes looking for her before we heard someone say Mrs. Merritt and she turned around. It was funny.
Tired little piggy
October 31, 2005Someone missed her morning nap today. We went to the Halloween parade at mom's school. Check out our little piggy.
I'm a little pumpkin,short and stout
October 25, 2005 Melina at the pumpkin patch. She made us take off her pumpkin costume... only the lid remains.
It's the great pumpkin Charles W Johnston
October 25, 2005"It's the great pumpkin charlie brown" is on...
I forgot how much I loved this. Our little btb (beautiful tulip bulb) is out like a light, so she won't be able to enjoy Linus' despair in the pumpkin patch this year.
When did they stop making zingers? Did they have those on the west coast, or was that a midwest thing?
ANyway, back to the action...
A day in the life of. . .
October 23, 2005Melina and I seem to have settled into a routine. We aim for an outing a day. I am trying to maintain a balance between not over stimulating her and not going stir crazy from lack of interaction with other adults! So, Mondays we do mommy and me yoga, Tuesday is mom’s group baby hiking club day, Wednesdays Gymboree, Thursdays is our “visiting day”, and Fridays I get together with girlfriends who I went to school with and their little ones. I might also add another mom’s group on Thursdays in San Anselmo, but that is still TBD. Busy, busy. Of course all of this is intertwined with walks around town since little Melina likes motion so much. How is it that she knows the second my feet stop moving? Bright little one and an exhausted mom. I realized the other day that I have become one of “those people.” You know the ones, the people who are always looking for someone to talk to and when you ask them a question (to be polite) they go on and on just so thrilled that someone is actually speaking to them. Yes, I am now one of those people. Nothing makes me happier than when Melina and I are out walking and there are people working on a house in the neighborhood. They are chatters. I have learned all about the local remodeling in the area and a ton about the people who live in these houses. Amazing how much construction people are willing to share about the people who hired them. I’ll have to remember that. Well, for today’s photo, here is a shot of Melina on her Gymbo mat from Gymboree.
Our little pumpkin
October 22, 2005
Melina is going to be a pig this year for Halloween, but we couldn't resist this little pumpkin outfit. She wore it to the p'patch but wasn't feeling particularly photogenic that day, so we took some pics at home instead. Check back after Halloween and we'll post some pictures of her in her pig costume at the Fairfax Parade.
Portrait of an annoyed child
October 08, 2005A couple of shots from our regular Satruday morning photo shoot.
Melina's morning nap
October 04, 2005 I'm working from home this AM becuase I have a dentist appointment.
I got to spend some time with tiny Mel today becuase I was home. We busted out her overalls for the first time, and I got to put her down for her morning nap.
Not a bad way to start the day.
Tummy Time
October 02, 2005 Saturday morning means tummy time with daddy. Actually, it usually means daddy putting Melina down on her tummy for about 5 seconds and then Melina getting PO'd and starting to cry. She lasted for 20 seconds this week.
Life at 2 Inyo, 11 weeks
October 01, 2005Melina continues to sleep through the night and Clyde is home. Life is good at 2 Inyo these days. It is Saturday morning and the house is quite, everyone is still sleeping. I thought I would take a moment and write a little update since I have been neglecting my entries the last few weeks. I spoke to a friend this past week who just got home from the hospital after giving birth to a beautiful baby boy. I was very quickly reminded how difficult that first week was. She has a breastfeeding sleeper like Melina which makes feeding time somewhat frustrating. I can still picture Melina’s little 6lb 11oz body stripped down to a diaper and the lactation consultant standing over us tickling her toes and drenching her with a wet rag to wake her up. After an hour and a half feeding, half hour break while Bill changed her and burped her, it was time to do it all over again. Is it bad to say that I am glad those days have passed? All I could offer my friend was support and encouragement that she is doing beautifully, is feeling exactly how she is supposed to (tired, frustrated, happy, etc) and the best advice that I was given---hang in there, breathe, it gets a little easier every day.
Life has become a little easier each day. Easier being the key word—not easy. I must say though that life greatly improved once she began sleeping through the night—about 4 weeks ago (thank you Babywise). Amazing how you are so much more capable of taking on the day when you have had some sleep! Melina and I are also beginning to understand each other which helps immensely. I am able to somewhat distinguish hunger cries from wet diaper cries from boredom cries. She can interact now and is able to play with some of her activity sets. She sure is cute. I can’t wait for Halloween—so far she has three costumes so we will be going to a lot of Halloween parties! She has a cow, a pig and of course, a pumpkin. Perhaps we can dress her up when we take her to the pumpkin patch as well. Stay tuned for some new pictures. . .
