18 posts tagged “parenthood”

I wrote an entry on Monday, but with too many browser windows open I managed to nuke it before it could be saved to drafts. It’s 1:30 AM and I am exhausted, but not enough to preclude me from posting a quick stream of consciousness recap: * Sammy is doing very well. You can follow his [...]

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Sammy is doing well and his folks are hanging in there. There are some post-op pics of Sammy up on Erika’s Flickr stream, all with him sitting up and noshing on goodies like juice and a popsicle. For the latest, as always, check Sammy’s HLHS blog and Erika’s Twitter feed. Keep up the good [...]

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Folks, please keep the good thoughts and prayers going. Eka posted this on Twitter but had no time and energy to post it here — [From http://www.twitter.com/erikarenee] “Exhausted. VERY hard seeing Sammy post-op. Harder than making it through surgery. Jay staying at hospital w/Sammy, I’m @ hotel for night.” So we need to keep the vibe [...]

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I do this occasionally so this shouldn’t come as any surprise. I’ve been a long-time reader of Eka’s (Erika’s) blog since even long before Samson (Sammy) was born in late February 2006; she, Sammy and Jay are my “virtual family” insofar as my family and close friends know them through my conversations. Anyway, Sammy’s heart [...]

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Sorry for the absence of posts. I’ve been busy, sick (since Friday) and just generally predisposed to do “micro-blogging” via my Twitter account lately. There you can find me chatting about motherhood, geekery, cycling, hybrid vehicles and who knows what else. Don’t forget my Flickr feed, as well; I generally send at least a [...]

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I’ve found that as my time gets stretched in more directions, it’s far easier to post short (maximum 140 characters) “tweets” on Twitter.com and avoid blogging altogether. I’m not saying it’s a good thing, but it is what it is. I’m making some great contacts, not just professionally but other moms and fellow geek [...]

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(Made this one public since I'm reposting it to GeekHabitat.com anyway.)

She said "Hi, Momma" (I had just said it, so she was mimicking me, but still... Awwwwwww!) It's not the first time she's said it, but it was just cute in the context of her sitting there "reading" her book.

Reading to Me

She is not yet walking, but she can stand up and balance for nearly a minute even when she's flailing her arms or "bopping" to music (which she loves--we need to buy her more musical toys!)  She doesn't need any help getting to a standing position or picking up objects she's dropped while standing, and she's starting to get the hang of a single step up/down in my folks' house, although without baby gates installed at our house I've not yet introduced her to our stairs at all.

Her vocabulary, that we recognize so far anyway, includes: Mom (Mom, Momma, Ma, MomMomMo...); Dad (Da, Dada, Pa, and most recently, PaPa); cat (which usually comes out as "dat" or "datdat" or "keykat" said really quickly and followed by a happy shrieking yell, which sends all cats within a two-mile radius fleeing for cover); dog (we don't have many dogs around, nice ones anyway, but she has said "deeee" when I say "doggy" about a toy or doggy in a book); and "Hello" (though this one is the least frequent of all; usually she just waves, vs. verbalizing it.)

There are of course many words she cannot say yet that she understands, like "more?" If you ask her, "Where is your table?" or "Where is the cat/kitty cat?" she will scan her environs, and if she's able she will head on over (crawling) to the table or nearest cat. She also will come to me sometimes when I ask her to "Come to Momma."

She's gotten really cuddly this past week, although she's also gotten more quick to cry. I suspect more teething (evidenced by redder cheeks, more drooling and more hand and toy munching than usual), but perhaps also just a new stage in her development/expression.

When I took this photo, I had only read a few pages of Rob's book (Schuyler's Monster: A Father's Journey with His Wordless Daughter) because Sara took awhile to drift to sleep. Nevermind my stern facial expression -- that's just an unfortunate byproduct of a headache (note the Thermacare pad on my neck) and trying to imagine where the Blackberry in my left hand is aiming.

If this book isn't on your radar, it should be. I preordered my copy, after having followed Rob's various blogs over the years...since before Schuyler was born.

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Schuyler's Monster by Robert Rummel-Hudson

After a week of short posts and URL sharing in lieu of entries, I thought it might be time to actually write an entry for a change. My bicycle trainer has not arrived yet, but the climbing block (goes under the bike’s front tire) arrived on Thursday. I’ll be buying a Garmin cadence sensor soon to [...]

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Sara was due April 1, 2007, but she arrived on March 15 due to pre-eclampsia. THEN: (pic) NOW: (pic)

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