These ages that both of you are in are now what I would describe as easy, but they are so much fun. There are many many days when I take notice of the fact that we will likely look back on these days with fond memories as well as a question as to how we were juggling it all. One thing is for certain, regardless of the craziness of it all, being your parents is the coolest gig yet.
Growing up, I was a gymnast. Mary Lou Retton was my idol and each week I spent hours in a stale warehouse turned gym by its fixtures of vault, bars, beam, floor trying to immitate her score of a perfect 10. I am reliving my gymnastics days a lot lately as I take Belén to [...]
Our final day in Switzerland was spent driving back to Zurich where Elisa showed us a great time walking around the gorgeous city. I have a vivid picture in my mind of the vantage point above the Limmat River as well as tasting macaroons for the first time but unfortunately my iPhone’s battery was dead [...]
For our last full day in Grindelwald, we decide to take a page from the hang-gliders constantly passing through our view of the Eiger and be adventurous. We walked through town to find the gondola which would take us up the mountain to an alpine playground we had read about in the tourist brochures. This [...]
Eloise started sleeping through the night somewhere between two and three months of age. Sometimes with teething and colds and such this wonderful milestone can get undone as it did for awhile in October and then again in December. With Andy in China for ten days in December, the last possible thing I wanted, especially [...]
I have a confession to make. Today when you were waiting for me to extract your new “fairy princess” wings out of the bag they came in, I was not moving as quickly as I could have. It is true. As you anxiously willed their liberation, I was taking my time, watching your face lit with excitement and anticipation. It took everything you had to contain your desire to have the new wings in your hands and more importantly secured proudly to your back. Like usual, your face exposed your emotions and it was too cute not to stop and take the time to savor.
Christmas Eve, an hour past Belén’s bedtime, I knelt next to her bed. I finished the shortest book in her bookshelf, “Bubbles Bubbles float on top. Bubbles Bubbles pop pop pop…” a party favor from a little friend’s birthday party earlier in the year. As the book closed she requested a song, like she does [...]
Things really have gone relatively well though, especially considering Andy does the majority of the heavy lifting when he is in town. When he is gone, I realize all of these kid-related chores are not nearly as big of a deal as I make them out to be when he is doing them. Not to minimize what he constantly provides because it is A LOT but it is doable. You just have to be more organized and committed to being places on time’ish and such. It has been really nice that most people are out of the office this week so if I don’t make it into the office until oh you know, 9:35 am, it’s okay. I make up for it by the late nights I have been putting in anyway. Enough about that.
Luckily I had helped her write down the items on her list so she could very carefully give it to Santa. Without getting too close she happily took a pinwheel in return and was quite anxious to exit the premises.
