Attachments

Within the last week or so Sailor has really begun to show interest in objects around her. She was fascinated by aunt mimi's necklace and reached out to grab it... again and again. She's smiling when she sees a toy she likes and gets excited when her pacifier is in view. But the sweetest of all is her love for her blankie. We actually have three blankies that we are rotating, hoping to always have a back up ready. She is suddenly calm when given one of the three and loves to have it by her face to snuggle. It's so fun to watch her get it, and it's so sweet to watch her fall in love with something.

Something New

Every day is a new adventure, a new milestone met. Sweet Sailor is easy to smile and the giggles are coming more often. She is showing great interest in certain toys and loves to be kissed (thank goodness because I do it constantly!) Today's big deal was her first real nap un-swaddled. Soon she'll no longer need to be wrapped up like a little burrito, and she'll be sleeping like a big girl. One more thing to say goodbye to on this all too quick journey.

Busy Busy

It was quite a week for this busy 10-week old. She attended (and rockd') baby yoga, participated in stroller boot camp, toured a construction site, had her first trip to Central Park and FAO Shwarz, and oh yeah... met with General McChrystal. She's been uptown, downtown, midtown and she did it all like a pro.

I am amazed at how good this little person is. Often my mommy guilt kicks in and I think we are doing too much. We'll be in the middle of something and I'll suddenly want to rush her home, swaddle her, and sing her to sleep. Then I will look at her and she's sound asleep, or gazing at the world with those big beautiful eyes, and I realize that she's doing better than I am. I am certain that this feeling only grows as a child gets older. I will always want to swoop her up and shield her from the world, and she will always want to explore it.

Enjoying the view from a cab, on my way to somewhere important



Getting zen in yoga class

Baby Yoga




Conducting important business with General McChrystal

Hee Hee

There are simply no words to describe how good it felt to hear Sailor laugh for the first time. It happened the other day and didn't come when I was making a funny face, or shaking a toy for her attention, it came when I was changing her clothes. I thought for sure it was a fluke but almost every time since she's given me the cutest little chuckle I've ever heard. Oh what a sweet sound! Here is a tiny laugh...

Go Navy!

It was a big weekend for us, Sailor's first Navy football game in Annapolis! To say that Sailor was the perfect baby-fan wouldn't do her justice, she was incredible. A four hour car ride, water taxis, tailgating, jet fly overs, cheering fans and cannons booming, she smiled or slept through all of it. Clad in her pink Navy SEAL hat and blankie, she did her daddy proud. And she must be Navy's new good luck charm because they won!

Just One Of Those Days

WHHHAAAAAAAAAA!!!

A Dream Realized

When I pictured being a mom it was in snapshots of random moments. I can't say that these moments were the hallmarks of life... birthdays, graduations, weddings. They were much smaller moments like riding Dumbo together at Disneyland, surprising her with ice cream for breakfast, bandaging a scraped knee, and the one reoccurring image... shopping with her at Nordstrom. No need to play therapist here, I know exactly where this vision came from, many a happy moment was spent at the Nordstrom children's department when I was a little one. It only makes sense that I would want to continue the tradition. I am aware of the shallowness this dream of mine holds but now that it has been realized I can let it go and focus on the more meaningful moments... like her first time at Saks. (kidding)

I couldn't have asked for a better shopping buddy. She slept peacefully the entire time except when I was trying something on, she would then open her big blue eyes and give me a little grin, like "your secret is safe with me mom". That day, in the New Jersey Nordstrom shoe department, she became my best pal.