Hazel is in the Eye of the Beholder

Dear Hazel, This is hard for me to write. Today I'm 39 weeks into this terrible pregnancy and it may be ending today and you will have ...

At 21 months old, some of Hazels words these days, though she adds more every day. cup flies (any bug, always plural) moie (more) cai (car...

"Your toddler will do what they need to do and it's not necessarily what you say. If you're patient then they will be patient. ...

I know that I am very behind on blogging.  After Hazel's birthday, I slurped this whole blog into a book that I'm going to get publi...

i carry your heart with me i carry your heart with me  (i carry it in my heart)  i am never without it  (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and ...

At this moment I was pushing your body out into the world one year earlier. You are such a blessing. I love every moment of your life, every...

Oh, this child. The moment she turned ten months old, the toddler came out, and the baby receded into the background. But this birthday tomo...

I'm thinking back to one year ago tonight, eating the pumpkin tortellini at Chianti's in Beverly that is rumored to put women into l...

I have never been as happy as I am when I'm rocking my baby to sleep at night.  The weight of her in my arms and her soft breath is wort...

Oh, and by the way, honey- in case you're interested someday, this is a picture of mama when she was 18 and living in San Miguel de Alle...

I had to come back to blogging really quickly to just say that today is a melancholy day. I noticed for the first time Hazel's body cha...

Finally, home is home again. We are still pretty traumatized by all that went down, and glimmers of how close we came pop up frequently. J...

Baby, I'm watching history and you are sleeping upstairs on your belly. In an amazing moment for our country, we have just elected the f...

I love her laugh because it's this shrimpy little midget laugh and I'm addicted to it. I will juggle flaming knives just to hear it...

OK, enough of that. It is time to be on with it. I had my lumbar puncture on Thursday and, yes it was horrible. I'll hear from my n...

I hate writing these updates, especially since it is all going downhill for me. But I cannot stop writing, and I cannot stop this blog, as ...

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth Empty the dustpan, poison the moth, Hang out the washing and butter the bread, Sew on a button ...

Today is Hazel's half-birthday! I can't stand how big my heart is for her! I've loved the past six months so much, she has been ...

Finally National Breastfeeding Week is over and the judgement-fest can end. It's a topic that I have not blogged about because frankly,...

prunes can be sticky so can my hungry baby keep them in your mouth a lot of spit up the dogs like to fight for it im going to barf splash sp...