I am so excited that our big girl is seven months old! Giana is such an expressive girl. Usually, this mean she smiles, laughs, coos, squeals, sings and talks to express her happiness. On the flip side, this expressiveness comes out when she is angry and she lets us know with her signature scream! Giana loves to get on her hands and knees to try and crawl, but she hasn’t.. Read More
First night away
We had a big event this past week – the first night Giana and I were apart. In a word, it was sad. Giana and Rafael dropped me off at the airport at 8 a.m. They went on to drop-in daycare and work, respectively. I jumped on planes and made my way to Philly for a work conference and social event. I brought a battery pack adapter and pumped in.. Read More
A crunchy momma
So here I am, almost seven months into this parenting thing, and I find that I am much more crunchy than I expected to be. I always thought of crunchy moms as hippie, yoga-pants wearing, anti-everything pediatrician suggests. When I was pregnant, I thought I would be a mom who took advantage of every possible modern convenience. I am much closer to crunchy now! We mostly cloth diaper, which I never expected to do… Read More