Oh My!

Okay- is this wrong?

I just couldnt' help myself!

In case you're wondering that is my ponytail on Maya's head- not a wig : )

Happy Birthday to Me!

On October 15th I celebrated my 36th birthday. This was by far the most special birthday because my wish finally came true. I got to hold my 6 month old baby girl in my arms while I blew out my birthday candles. Something I have been wishing for long time...

I have so much love for this baby it's indescribable. She has the best smile and when her eyes light up when I walk in the room, I melt. Everywhere I go people stop me and tell me how beautiful she is. I still can't believe that we (and G-d) created this child. The other day the cashier in Banana Republic told me that my baby had made her day. What a compliment that is! To make some one's day?!? Amazing.

I am full of gratitude. Every night when I go to sleep I stare at her in her crib with her tiny toes curled in and her red lips forming the perfect little heart. I pray that she should be protected always and have a long and happy life. I look at her and all I want if for her to be happy. When she is upset I do everything I can to make her better. At least for now she needs me and this is exactly what I have been waiting for.

Thank you to the universe and to G-d for the most amazing birthday gift ever.

Happy 6 Months!

Maya is 6 months this week!!!!

I can't believe I was in that hospital bed, pushing this beautiful miracle out of my body 6 months ago! It feels like yesterday, although so much has happened in the last six months.

Maya is now 14 lbs. and 1 oz. and is measuring in at 25.5 inches! She has two adorable teeth on the bottom and loves to squeal and cackle like a chicken when she wants my attention. Her favorite toy is a cloth book, mainly because she loves to eat it. She eats everything from my shirt to her feet. She loves sweet potatoes. Tomorrow I'll introduce pears. I am having a blast with her--- this time is just so much fun, watching Maya's personality grow and change everyday.

Tomorrow night Dave and I are going to a friend's wedding and I plan on having my first alcoholic beverage since spring 2007. Yowza.

Next Wednesday is my birthday and I thought the perfect way to bring in another year of life was to start with getting my body back to normal. So I scheduled my first acupuncture session. The last time I went was when I was about 9 weeks pregnant. I figured it worked two times. Let's hope it does its magic again.

Catch Up

It's been a busy couple of weeks!

The biggest and most exciting news is that Maya and I are going to be on G.ood Morning America! We taped the segment last week and it will air next week! A friend of mine is friends with the producer and they needed a baby girl between 2-8 months for a segment on baby photography. They are interviewing Rachael Hale a baby photographer (her book is Baby.love) and the segment features her photographing Maya wearing little white shorts with roses around her neck -so precious! And then the segment features Rachael giving me advice on how to take good photos at home. It was SO much fun. Maya was a true model- smiling, and giving the most expressive faces. Everyone in the room was ooohing and aaahing. I was truly proud of her! The best part is that the photographer is sending us the prints and we will have these gorgeous professional shots of her to keep forever!

In other news Maya is now eating solids. We have tried rice cereal, oatmeal (she did not like this too much) and today was squash which she loves. She opens her mouth wide for me, it's so cute!

I am weaning her off breast milk and she now takes 4 bottles of formula a day. By next week, I will be completely done. It's very bittersweet- ending this chapter. But it's the right choice for me so I am trying to remember why I'm doing this.

In other news Maya now has 2 teeth- both on the bottom. So adorable. She is also standing(with help) and it seems like she wants to walk! She is so active and suddenly she has gone from this tiny, delicate infant to a bouncing baby girl! I can't believe she is almost six months!

Now that the weather is turning cool, it is reminding me of last year when I was about four months pregnant, feeling so excited and scared and never believing it would really happen.

And here we are with our beautiful miracle.....

The GMA segment airs Oct 20th. I hope we made it in there!