KATE AND GRAM

Well, another day in which I didn't go to the gym, or clean my bathroom, or make it to the grocery store, but at least this happened.

ON MOTHERHOOD

“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did — that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that — a parent’s heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.” —Debra Ginsberg

MOTHER'S DAY

My first Mother's Day was a dream...slept in, went to church, brunch at Blue Plate Diner, Matt cleaned the house, played at the park and dinner with Gram. I got a card from Matt and both my "girls", perfume and a hiking backpack. In short, I was spoiled rotten. I'm so glad that I get to be this little sweetie's mom. She's had my heart since the moment I met her. 

MOAB 2015 - BABY'S FIRST TRIP

Moab was the perfect getaway for Kate's first vacation. We had an "incident" on the way down that involved us walking into a gas station bathroom with serious stank and walking out with a baby dressed only in a diaper. (Our apologies to the folks at Papa Joe's Stop and Go. You're going to want to empty that trash, stat.) Oh, and we couldn't get in to the condo we rented the first night, so we had to camp at the Quality Inn, which was lovely, by the way. Wish we could have stayed there the entire time. Outside of those two small glitches, we had a great mini-trip. Kate was a champ in the car and the hiking backpack. Summer and Parx had fun too, and we did a great hike to Morning Glory Arch and visited Canyonlands. It made me want to go back sans-baby and do some more serious adventuring. We'll see what the summer holds!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Here are a few pics from one of my favorite holidays. Matt actually bought the little shark costume back in July, before the baby was even born. She humored us by wearing it for a few minutes, but it didn't last too long. Oh well. Happy Halloween!

PARX'S BABY BLESSING

Our little nephew Parx was blessed the week after Kate was born. She was too little to go to the service, but we did get her all dressed up in one of my old outfits for family pictures before the main event. Look at those long legs!

NEWBORN PHOTOS

Here's a glimpse of our beautiful baby when she was just 10 days old. Getting myself, Kate and the house ready for a photo shoot was a challenge to say the least, but luckily our photographer made it look like everything was under control.  You'd never know that the baby was crying between takes, eating about every 10 minutes, and that I was a sweaty mess. (You're supposed to crank the heat to 80 for a newborn shoot so the baby won't get chilled when she's hanging out in her birthday suit. Good for baby, not so good for mama's hair and makeup.) Kate is a mini version of her dad, right down to the long eyelashes and olive skin.

AND I'M BACK

A lot has changed since my last post...we remodeled our house, went to Switzerland, and oh yeah, we also had a baby. I obviously have some catching up to do, but in the meantime, here's a few pics of me and baby Kate enjoying this gorgeous fall weather.