Cuteness Request

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I had a request this morning from Carole for some more baby pictures. Not wanting to disappoint, here ya go. I like to call this one “Momma gets to take a shower.”



Here is Ana’s signature facial expression when confronted with a camera. I assume she is thinking something along the lines of “Woman please. I am trying to enjoy sitting here and you keep flashing that thing in my face.” We are currently working on this.



And just to prove I can still take pictures of things other than my baby, here is my silly cat Frodo. I guess this was his way of helping me put the Christmas decorations away. Yeah.



And last but not least, Simeon, Ana, and I all went to Miss Lindsay’s Princess Birthday Party yesterday. I cannot believe she is already three years old. Wow. And is she not just the cutest thing ever?



There pictures I took are either in the Lindsay’s 3rd Birthday gallery or the Ana Misc gallery. Enjoy.

New Year, New Look

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Happy 2007! I wanted my first post of the year to be something special, but as the days passed and I still hadn’t come up with something, I just put more and more pressure on myself to write something fabulous. So Simeon and I decided it was time to update my site. What do you think of the new look? I wanted to point out some of the new features. Firstly (and the most obvious) I updated the photo header and background color. I am not totally sold on it, but I will have to give it a few days to grow on me before I change it. Sometimes I have a hard time with change. Then I added in little sprinklings of my favorite font-just to add a little whimsy and personalize my site at the same time. I also updated the “Blogs I Read” list; removed those who have stopped blogging, updated the links to those who have changed their URLs, and added a few more to the list. Oh and I got rid of the pregnancy script (the thought of being 43 weeks pregnant was just too much to handle!) over on the side bar and added in a Flickr badge, which is essentially a fancy little shortcut to the pictures I have over on Flickr. All the other changes are mostly administrative and things that shouldn’t change the site functionality. But bear with me in case things work a little differently than you are accustom. Other than that, I hope you all have a great year and I am really looking forward to 2007! Yea!!

Happy Math

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When I was pregnant with Ana, I got very accustom to stepping on the scale each week, but I haven’t weighed in since the Monday before she was born. I figured since Ana is three weeks old today, it was time I confronted the scale. I was very happy to see the numbers stop climbing a surprising 27 pounds below my last weigh in. That’s right: TWENTY-SEVEN POUNDS. So according to my math, that means I am officially 21 pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight. How freakin’ cool is that?! And I got an adorable little girl outta the whole ordeal to boot! Wahooo!!

Christmas Wrap-Up

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Well, Ana’s first Christmas was a success. I tell ya, this little girl has been to more parties and social gatherings in the 18 days since her birth than I could ever have imagined. I guess that’s a perk of being born during the holidays; there is always a party somewhere! She behaved like a complete angel and doesn’t even mind being passed around from one person to the next.

In true holiday spirit, I got to dress Ana in an adorable red velvet dress (complete with matching bloomers!) and the cutest “Mary Jane” tights. Come on, what good is a little girl if you can’t dress her up??

All in all, we had a wonderful holiday surrounded by family and friends. Who could ask for anything more? All the pictures we took are up in the Christmas Day gallery. Hope you all had a fabulous holiday as well!

2 Week Doctors Appt

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Ana had her two-week doctors appointment today. I can’t believe it has already been two weeks! It seems like she has always been with us. Anyway, here are her stats from the appt:

Height: 21 1/2″ (90th percentile)
Weight: 8 lbs 13 oz (70th percentile)
Head: 37 cm (50th percentile)

Ana had the routine PKU test, and the doctor told us she has a blocked tear duct (totally normal for infants, we just need to wipe it clean every once in awhile). Oh and a little dry skin from the combination of dry winter air and running the natural gas to heat the house. Other than that, there is nothing else to report. We have a healthy, happy little girl.

We Have a Title!!

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As a lovely little Christmas present to her fans, J.K. Rowling has opened the door on her site and announced the title for the final Harry Potter book. As more information about the last book is revealed, I am both happy and sad because it means the book is almost complete. Don’t get me wrong, I cannot wait to read HP7, see how the story comes together and have all my questions answered, but I am also very sad to see it all end. I guess for the time being, I will have to be happy knowing that one day I will get to share the completed series with Ana and teach her to love reading and using her imagination as much as her mama does.

Click “read more” to find out how to open the door and find out the title:

A Christmas First

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Not wanting Ana to miss out on any Christmas traditions, we took her to see Santa Claus the other day. She was very good and just gazed lovingly up at him. (I assume we can save the tears and screaming for next years picture!) She told him she has been a very good girl this year, but doesn’t really want much as she is quite happy with the boob she already has at home.



A few more pictures are here.

An Unexpected Triumph

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On a whim, I decided to try on a pair of my pre-pregnancy, non-maternity pants when I got dressed today. And you know what? THEY FIT! I was not expecting this to happen for several weeks. I am so excited. This totally made my day!!

What a Week!

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The concept of time has totally eluded me this week. I have no idea where all the days, hours and minutes have gone. All I know is that Ana is now a week old. A whole entire week. This just baffles me.


Not to brag, but Ana is the most amazing baby. When it comes to eating, she is a champ. This kid would eat 24-7 if I let her. But mostly we stick to every three hours or so. And then there is the sleeping. Now I don’t want to jinx myself here, but she is a fabulous sleeper. We go to bed around 10 or 11pm, get up to eat for an hour around 3am, then get up to face the day around 8am. I got nothin’ to complain about here. My daughter is an angel. And a cutie to boot!

There are more pictures in the Ana’s First Week gallery. I must admit I am ashamed of my lack of picture taking. I keep forgetting to grab my camera because I am just so damn busy staring into her gorgeous blue eyes. But how could you blame me?