Out and About

Yes, we do get out of the house!


I realized that most of our pictures have been taken in the house, while Molly & I actually do spend a fair amount of time out & about. Here you see us enjoying the sunshine (& if you squint you can see a notable landmark in the background). I have a nice little routine going where I manage to have something scheduled just about every day. One day I walk to Baby & Mom yoga (delicious!); one day I hit the mom's support group & we walk to lunch afterwards; one day the mom's group heads out on a stroller walk; and usually the other two days of the work week I have lunch with friends. It seems to be just the right amount of exercise for my 8 weeks post-partum.

What's missing?

See if you can you tell what's missing from this picture:



That's right! The dreaded cast is OFF!!! The prognosis is good for the finger, although Zach will be spending some time in finger rehab (aka physical therapy). Molly's pleased, as you can tell.

Dinner & a movie

That's our neighbors Paula & Nathaniel on the left. We enjoyed pizza & a movie (Ballad of Jack & Rose) with Paula, Nate, & Sean at the Parkway Theater's Baby Brigade. Here's a toast to wonderful neighbors!

connecting to the world

The lovely young woman is reaching out to the world (see above) and connecting with people (she loves looking at faces), toys, and, well, the world (she's very concerned about the goings on, but occasionally finds it funny).

To Grandmother's house we go!

Hi ho hi ho!

We took a trip down to visit Zach's parent's house this weekend (about 2hrs from here). Part of the reason for going was to "practice" traveling with Molly. Do we bring our cloth diapers? Or do we use the disposable? Are washcloths useful? Or are they extra weight? And what about the Pack'N'Play? Really. What about it?

Of course everything changes with her by the minute, but the trip gave me the confidence that it could be done. And it let me know that she has her evening "fussies" whether she's at home, at the grandparent's, or in the car. And that there are folks who love dancing her through her fusses.

Besides dancing, Molly had some hammock time with her grandpa, met her uncle Judd & Tybe, and in general had a grand ol' time. ( oh yes, and slept & slept)

(that is until Monday when Dwight tried to recruit her to work)

Funny Funny!

Hi There!

Molly's Mother

folks have noted that there is a lack of photos of me. Yes, I'm still here, and doing well. It's just much more fun to take pictures of her! :)

We spend a lot of time like this:


life feels like this (blurry, but happy):


and yes I really do have bags under my eyes, but we're happy:

she puts the tuchus in tuchus...

Click for lots more pictures...

(previously linked to http://www.tuchus.net/Galleries/April1/. Edited to include photos below.)

5 weeks, fish tanks, & feeding

With all the hullabo over the weekend I completely forgot that Monday marked Molly's first month! (but I haven't forgotten that this morning was her 5-week b-day) Congrats little one - you've done a great job. Like a champ she's making more and more baby sounds, growing faster than a fish (do fish grow fast?), and I even caught her sucking her thumb the other day! I swear she's gonna smile any day now. (Please?)

And I'm also growing as a mother - although not without some growing pains. But, as someone recently told me: as a fish grows to the size of its fish tank, so do people grow to meet their circumstances. So it was that last Friday evening I thought I could not take another diaper change or crying fit and on Saturday I found it in me to hang out in the ER while an orthopedic surgeon decided whether or not to put a pin in Zach's finger (they didn't, but they did immobilize his entire hand).

Yes, as Zach says, at a time in our life where we could use an extra hand, now we're down one. And usually a broken finger isn't such a big deal. But of course this one requires his entire hand in a cast! Luckily the doctor put on a new cast on Wednesday that allows Zach to use his thumb and forefinger.

So, you ask: How'd he break it? Well, we were having a lovely Saturday morning; Zach was playing flag football in the park, and I was watching from the sidelines with another mom & infant ... and then there was a broken finger.

Here's a shout-out to Tamara & Denise for their first aid, Robin & Betsy for dinner delivery, and Sarah for baby sitting me & Molly through a particularly fussy period this week. y'all are superstars.

In other very exciting news we introduced the bottle for the first time. After just a little cajoling, Molly drank right up. Here's to sharing feeding!

PS. Molly's perfect complexion has developed baby acne (yes, zits!) almost one month to the day after she was born. Apparently this is a rather common occurrence and has something to do with the hormones she got from me during the pregnancy. Go figure. I think it's funny to resisit the urge to pop the big one on her chin. tee-hee-hee.

Don't turn that dial!

We'll be riiight back.
(We've been a little busy with these two, but all is well and I'll try to post more tomorrow.)

(previously linked to photo below. Edited to include photo.)

How do you spell R-E-L-I-E-F ?

You can click on her face for more (!) pictures of the lovely lady & her visit with her Great Grandparents.

Yes, yes it's true, we've been overcome by the first-time parent syndrome (that is: photo-documentation of every moment of our first childs life - just be thankful that we don't have a video camera!!). But, in our defense, we do have several long-distance grandparents who are aching for more and more photos. If you're an innocent bystander (aka friend) who has stumbled accross this site, don't worry, we won't quiz you on these pictures! :)

(previously linked to http://www.tuchus.net/Galleries/GreatGrandVisit/. Edited to include photos below.)