While I am in yoga and Roman is at school, Marina stays in the kids care program at my gym. She has never been in daycare or stayed in any type of group care setting before, so I was very nervous about leaving her there for an hour or so while I was in class. The care givers there are so sweet and were so reassuring to me. Still, I…
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Marina Grace at Seven Months
Read moreI slept on the couch, with Roman in my arms, for his first three months of life. I always felt a pang of embarrassment when I explained that to people. Sharing it made me insecure. I failed at getting him to sleep on his own,…
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Six-Month-Old Marina Grace
Read moreThis month, we celebrated Marina’s half birthday. Some moments, I think, “Six months already?” and other times it feels like she’s been with us for an eternity. But that’s life. The days drag yet the year’s fly by. This month started out like many others,…
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Five-Month-Old Marina Grace
Read moreI know that Marina’s monthly updates have been sounding like the most terrible broken records. But guess what!? I’ve finally got some good news to share! I can’t report that everything has changed overnight and that it’s all sunshine & rainbows — but we have…
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Four-Month-Old Marina Grace
Read moreMarina Grace is four-months-old. She recently rolled over from her back to her belly. She’s been trying for awhile, but her arm always gets in the way. She hasn’t done it again since, but she’s getting close and growing stronger every day. Her favorite thing…
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Three-Month-Old Marina Grace
Read moreMost of the time these posts start off along the lines of — “I can’t believe my baby is three-months-old already!” — but that’s simply not the case this time around, friends. I can believe it. In fact, if I wrote that she was six-months-old,…
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Two-Month-Old Marina Grace
Read moreMy, how much has changed since last month. One day you have a reasonably normal newborn on your hands, and the next day you have a screaming banshee who’s shattering your nerves around the clock. In her second month, Marina presented a full-blown case of…
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One-Month-Old Marina Grace
Read moreI honestly can’t believe that this sweet face is one-month-old! My first month with Roman went by so slowly. Every day and night with him felt like an eternity. Matthew was working long, 14-hour days. My postpartum hormones were all over the place. I was…