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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Pre-Blog Entry

When I was home on maternity leave with Hailey, I started keeping a written journal of things I didn't want to forget about.

Here is an excerpt from an entry I made on September 17th. If you have been around babies, hopefully this sparks a good memory or two.


Things I like about Hailey at 3 weeks old...

  • Having her fall asleep on my chest.
  • 'Torpedo Poops' (sudden, loud, intense bowel movements that don't smell).
  • The faces she makes after a 'Torpedo Poop' (complete shock)
  • Her wild, uncontrolable arm movements that hubby and I call "Throwing Gang Signs"
  • Her toes - particularly her enormously fat, big toes (sometimes I call her "Big Fat Toe Girl"
  • How much she sleeps (just not when she sleeps)
  • Hubby likes it when she falls into a deep sleep and 'melts' into your arm.
  • I love it when she wakes up because she stretches and yawns like a little adult.

My all time most hated things about the newborn stage....
Spit-ups that come out of her nose. We only had a couple of those, but that was more than enough!! She is a baby, not a lawn fountain - oh my god, those were horrible!!

I know this stage is going to go by so quickly...I can't believe I am already back at work and the holidays are right around the corner! In the blink of an eye, suddenly she is going to be a year old.

"She was the tiniest thing I ever decided to put my whole life into".

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