De Luxe

Nevermind, totally walking now!!

emilyplus1 — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:03:20 +0000

Talkin, walkin

emilyplus1 — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:02:09 +0000

10 unsupported steps!!! And Rocket added ‘ball’ to his repertoire a couple weeks ago. Ball, mama, mum-mum, fish.

Woo hoo!

knees!

emilyplus1 — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:22:19 +0000

Guess who crawled 2 feet last night? Rocket! No belly dragging…just hands and knees. He’s so excited about his new mobility, so instead of say, falling asleep he waits until I think he’s almost there and then he pops up an scampers over to me. Big, bright eyes and giggling the whole way. love love love.

pearl

emilyplus1 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:13:41 +0000

Rocket has been a fountain of drool for some weeks now. Also has been frequently overwhelmed with an intense need to grab my face and yank it toward him so that he can bite down on my nose. The combination results in a swift injection of baby saliva up my nostrils.

Last night was the worst night of sleep by far–waking up hourly and crying with lots of tears. It’s such an unusual circumstance for him I vaguely suspected something new but…we were both home sick with colds (no fever) and his first nap of the day had been interrupted by some aspiring young burglars and subsequent police activity. The excitement of his first undercover cop car ride and the perpetrator lineup must have killed the possibility of a good nap that day. Pretty key to a good night’s sleep. In any event, I was disappointed in my calming skills through the night and prepared to phone the doc in the morning. But morning rolled around and he woke up cheerful and happy as usual, so the call was put off. After Greg treated to Thursday night diablo wraps at Aqui (awesome), Rocket started crying just a little bit. I gave him my pinky finger to suck on and boom, there was a tooth. Tooth O, but I’m calling it Pearl.

Nights are going to be a little rough for a bit. More opportunities to write superstar cover letters.

:o

emilyplus1 — Mon, 31 May 2010 05:08:05 +0000

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Rocket’s first pacifier

emilyplus1 — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:47:37 +0000

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more mother’s day

emilyplus1 — Mon, 31 May 2010 04:39:42 +0000

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fromageses

emilyplus1 — Sun, 09 May 2010 02:45:45 +0000

Rocket and Mitt Mitt have sojourned twice to Mill Valley/Muir Woods now thanks to my sibs. We spent Derby weekend and the following extended weekend trekking and relaxing on the deck with plenty of soft cheeses.

attempting to compare Rocket's size to the growth rings in this redwood cross-section but it wasn't quite visible...

Dragon eye. Derby weekend.

Mother's Day weekend:)

baby love

emilyplus1 — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:39:08 +0000

Got a summary from one of Rocket’s Docs at Stanford today in the mail. And I quote: “Gabriel looks like an outstanding healthy young 8-day-old boy”

awww…

Outstanding…just for using that word we have developed a lifelong crush on Doc Stanford. But actually, we got almost as excited reading phrases like “There is no scleral icterus. Mucous membranes are moist.”

sweetest baby.

three weeks!

emilyplus1 — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:24:59 +0000