little butterfly

Oct 2, 2014 | Sesame, Uncategorized | 5 comments

No one should be surprised I had a butterfly dress hanging in the closet waiting for the day we’d go to a butterfly festival.
I’ve always been one for attending events in themed clothing.
*bonus picture*
Three seconds later she fell on her nose.
Balance isn’t one of her strong points.

six month Annabelle

Sep 29, 2014 | Sesame, Uncategorized | 6 comments

At the exact moment I turned 6 months old we were leaving the Cracker Barrel parking lot.
Daddy always makes me smile!

Vital statistics: I weigh 12 lbs. 9 oz. Mom said she thought I was around 13 or 14lbs. Do I look like a chubby baby?


I dislike: bananas and sleeping for more than 6 hours in a row


My favorite toys are: paper, plastic medicine droppers, hair, eating mail, my rubber ducky


Milestones of my young life this month:
* I roll all over the place. Once Mom wasn’t paying attention to me and when Dad asked where I was, she said I was playing on the rug. Except I wasn’t. I rolled myself into the corner and nobody knew.
* I just learned how to sit up!

* I tried a lot of food this month. I like carrots, kale, limes, cantaloupe, peppers and apples.
* I hung out with Mom all week while Dad was in the field. I was so glad when he came back.
* I like to wave at everyone and everything with both arms.
* I went to the pet store. Mom was more excited than I was.  

Editorial comments- Five months was not my favorite age so far. She’s so fun to play with, but she spent most of the month whining, pulling at her ears, boycotting naps and not sleeping through the night. The fact that she went a week without a dirty diaper didn’t help. If she ends up in therapy later in life it will be from the day the doctor told us to use a suppository. I might end up in therapy for that too. 
As fun as it will be to have her first birthday party, I am in NO RUSH. I can’t handle how fast she’s growing. 
I’m sorry your baby isn’t as cute as mine.

Contrary to how it appears, this is not a pregnancy announcement. I repeat. This is NOT an announcement.

Sep 4, 2014 | Sesame, Uncategorized | 8 comments

 One year ago today we saw Sesame for the first time.

If I’m being completely honest, the best parts about today were not the moments when she finally stopped crying from teething pain when I took a super cute baby wearing a giant flower bow to story time, when we went for a swim in her pool, or even when she laughed when I kissed her neck. The very best part was that unlike this day last year, I didn’t throw up once.  


She’s a sweet baby now, but there were many a dark day getting her here.

five month Annabelle

Aug 28, 2014 | Sesame, Uncategorized | 5 comments

At the exact moment I turned 5 months I was sitting with Mom and refusing to take a nap.

Vital Statistics: I had packed on the pounds and made it all the way to 12lbs 13 oz but I lost some (I blame the heat and all the sweating) so now I’m down to 12.3. I’m around 24 inches. I’m 72nd percentile for height and 9th for weight. I don’t even know what that means.


What’s up with my wardrobe: I mostly wear 0-3 month clothes but occasionally my wardrobe consultant will bring out something a little bigger. Mama put me in a size 2 diaper and not to go into all the details, but we discovered size 2 is too big.   

Sometimes I only wear one shoe. I’m a trend setter.

I dislike: a wet diaper, cloth diapers, when 30 minutes have gone by and no one has talked to me

I enjoy/am mildly amused at: my rubber ducky, swimming in my pool, playing Fly Baby, when Dad sings the special song he wrote for me

Milestones of my young life this month:
* I go to story time at the library. I’m the youngest child there so sometimes I get stepped on or tripped over. It doesn’t faze me much.
* This week I learned how to roll from my back to my belly.
* I’ve decided to start boycotting bottles. This is not a popular decision.
* I had been sleeping through the night for months but recently decided to start walking up for a snack every morning at 3-3:30. Again, my parents (especially my mom) do not support such behavior.
* The nap schedule my mother worked so hard to establish is a joke these days. I sleep when I feel like it. 

* I like to touch the face of the person talking to me.

* Mama let me lick a banana and I was not a fan.

* I’m trying so hard to sit up by myself.
* I’ve started to get a little attitude.
* Once in a great while I’ll give a hug.
Editorial comment- This was the fastest month yet. She’s growing too fast. Someone make it stop. ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE.  

sweaty is not one of my best looks

Aug 26, 2014 | Sesame, Uncategorized, What's going on | 6 comments

It’s hot here. Really, really hot. Like, 184* with humidity of 1200%.

Have I mentioned that our air conditioning has a mind of its own and only works half the time?

Sometimes all we can do is sit in a mini lawn chair in the middle of the living room and look out the window, longing for a day when we will live in a state where no one melts .6 seconds after walking out the door.
The heat has lead to lots of naked time for the baby. “Heeeeeeey, Mom!!!!”

“I’M PEERING INTO YOUR SOUL. Do you have any food hidden there? When’s my next meal? Do you like my eyes? I’m hungry.”

Yesterday it was so hot I couldn’t even take her swimming in our hot tub on the face of the sun kiddie pool on the deck. The next best activity was entertaining herself by putting Honeypot on her head. 

I prefer that activity over her latest development- rolling from her back to her stomach, OMG I cannot handle it. I’m not sure whether to curl up the fetal position because she’s growing too fast or because I’m dying from heat stroke.
“Did somebody say lunchtime?”

Sweet Sesame

Aug 21, 2014 | Sesame, Uncategorized | 8 comments

I’m not just saying it because she’s my baby or because I want to publicly compliment my people making skilz, but Sesame is the sweetest baby.

She has recently decided to boycott bottles and she’s started a whine that gets VERY annoying VERY quickly so it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but other than that she’s the bee knees. (Come back when she’s in the terrible twos and we’ll see how chipper I am.)

Annabelle and Mr. Lion still sleep in our room at night. 
She takes naps in her crib and I have no doubt she could sleep in her crib through the night, but how will I hold her hand in the middle of the night if she’s in another room? She loves having her hand held. 
I was all geared up to move her to her crib when I started listening to a biography of Charles Lindburg’s wife. I got to the point where their son was kidnapped FROM HIS BEDROOM and decided that she’s never going to sleep anywhere that’s not within three feet of me. Bonus- she’ll never want to sneak boys into a room she’s sharing with her parents.
She LOVES to be held but hasn’t been very into a lot of cuddling until lately. I am not complaining. 
We’ve been reading to her since she was born, but she’s starting to pay more attention to the pictures. 
She’s our favorite child.