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Where did our BABY Go?

Posted in Missing My Baby, Uncategorized, tagged , , on January 18, 2013| 3 Comments »

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Princess Bella is 19 months old.. Time Flies!

I know, I know it has been a VERY long time since I have written. I made a NYE resolution last year to be more consistent with my writing.. and well, that went the way of MOST NYE resolutions.. Ditched shortly after New Years (probably why my loving hubby says he never makes them). I’ve let “life get in the way”. I have been having so much fun bringing up this nugget of love, that I simply abandoned my writing to be in-the-moment.

But, what’s crazy is what has happened in the short course of 1 year.  Somehow my little blob that only ate, pooped and slept became this whole, fully functional human – with a larger than life attitude and an opinion.  WTF?  No one warned me these things would happen so quickly!

Bella is now 19 months old and the following are some of the amazing things she has accomplished already:  goes to school, climbs stairs and goes down slides at the playground (sometimes head first), has friends, swims, counts to 10, spells, met (and hated) Mickey Mouse, punches the dog in the nose, unlocks and swipes applications on “her” iPad, eats real food in real restaurants, opens doors, recognizes characters on TV and calls them by name, colors and paints, blows kisses – my personal favorite, fakes a Southern accent (hiiii maaaama!), squeals with delight at the sight of strawberries, rips toys out of the hands of innocent children if she wants them, steals watermelon from the plates of others, says “bless you” if someone sneezes and screams “bye bye” or “hiiii” to anyone and everyone no matter if they are coming or going.  AWESOME, right?  Ok, a couple we will have to work on…

I’m no expert, but I would say she is a child genius!  In addition to being smart (and incredibly adorable and photogenic), she is also TALL.  Which is why some people may be missing how genius-y she actually is, because they must think she is like 2 or 3.  Duh.

I would like this whole “advancing” thing to slow down.  This is our only time to this parenthood rodeo.  I don’t want to blink and all the sudden she’s leaving for college.  I am absolutely loving every day with my baby.  It brings new words, new adventures.  I love smelling her skin and holding her in my arms until she falls asleep at night.  Everyone says that it just keeps getting better, but I find that so hard to believe.  It really is so incredibly perfect exactly how it is right now.  Except for the toes she put in my mouth the other night while I was asleep…  Actually, that’s kinda perfect too!

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Can anyone find my HAIR ?

Posted in Uncategorized on November 11, 2011| 2 Comments »

I know this sounds like bragging, but I have to say, I’ve always loved my hair.  It’s stick-straight.  Brown, but not mousey.  And basically always looks the same, whether I blow dry it, let it air dry, or if I come straight out of the ocean.  Totally EASY hair.  If I had to pick one negative, it would be that it is very fine.  Like baby hair.

So when I got pregnant and was taking my prenatal vitamins, I was even more ecstatic, as it seemed like my pregnancy was a natural hair fertilizer and volumizer!  I rarely needed mousse and my hair grew like a weed. Literally inches each month.  Ok, maybe not inches, but it felt like it.  My hair was even thicker, too!  I was finally one of those two-twist scrunchie girls instead of three.  Little things thrill me, obviously.

Perception is Reality. I just LOOK like I have a lot of hair left.

That’s why my excitement came to a screeching halt about 3 months after Bella was born.  I began to shed.  A LOT!  Like a dog.  A shower-drain-clogging dog.  Or maybe even Sasquatch.  I’ve never seen such hair loss.  I would wash my hair, it would fall out.  I would brush my hair, it would fall out.  Basically, if I would even LOOK at my hair the wrong way, it would fall out.  It was brutal.  I could probably have made a cute wig with all that came out.

Of course, I worried.  Wondering when it would stop.  I definitely fear female baldness.  My head is shaped way too weird.  And, as-if recovering from having a baby doesn’t make you feel crappy enough, now this!  Nature’s cruel trick.  I guess this was payback for having an easy pregnancy, barely any weight gain, an easy delivery and an easy baby.  Whatever.  I don’t completely understand the reason it happened either, except “Dr. Internet” said that hair “rests” during pregnancy – apparently that made ONE of us!

The good news is that it has finally stopped falling out.  We are now at 5 months and the shedding seems to slowly be coming to an end.  Maybe molting season is over?  I guess it is yet another chapter in my journey of motherhood that I will survive gracefully.  For now, I will wear my temporarily thinner hair very proudly, as Bella was worth every last strand!

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