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Um, oh crap. I have not been around online at all. It's been like a million years since I last posted. I won't even try to bring you up to speed since there's not that much to say about maternity leave. I'm having a great time and I'm also bored. I go places. I've started running again and that's been good. It's been an intense family month with a bar mitzvah coming right after the holidays and Pita's grandfather getting sick again. He had a small stroke and is expected to make a good recovery, but he is 80 and we are all worried. I went into the office once and it was so great to see everyone that I stayed an embarrasingly long time.  I've been hanging out with my friend Indigo who has a baby 1 month younger than Lilah. We go into the city and shop and go to museums and have elaborate lunches.  My house is clean on a pretty regular basis.

Lilah is still pretty easygoing. She cries when she is tired and sometimes she cries a lot when she is tired. She is very social and has been really enjoying all of the parties and family events. She is extremely cute.  She eats well, still sleeps well and seems to be healthy so far. She coos, reaches for things and puts them in her mouth. She is swaddled for sleeping and naps on her tummy. I think she weighs about 13 lbs now. She goes to sleep at 7-8 and sleep about 12 hours with one or two wakings, the first one at about 3-4.

She has a beautiful smile



She's a remarkably beautiful child. Here she is after a bath:





On a typical day she wakes up in our bed. I don't usually put her back in her cradle after feeding her unless she is very very wiggly.



Mommy makes coffee and Aba snuggles her and then changes her.



Then she sits with Mommy and reads her book about babies and their faces while Mommy reads the paper.



Then Aba leaves for work - Bye Aba!



Then it's time to eat this rattle until she gets tired. I shower, do dishes and laundry.  Sometimes I wear her in the Moby around the house. Yesterday the cat took a massive crap in the middle of the dog's bed. That was exciting.



Naptime!



In the afternoon we got for a walk in the Ergo. Sometimes we just go to the park, sometimes we take the bus to Bart and run errands. Sometimes we have the car.



Then in the afternoon are more naps of differing lengths and then Mommy starts dinner. Eventually Aba comes home! Yay!

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Date: 2009-10-15 12:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] goldfish-totem.livejournal.com
Good to read your post! Sounds like all of you are doing well. I really enjoyed the adorable photos and it was neat that you posted them as a way to explain your day. Sorry about the cat crap.

Date: 2009-10-15 12:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tarheel-born.livejournal.com
I love Lilah's day!

I wanna go shopping and to museums and have long lunches. Wahhhhh.

(Beautiful pics.gorgeous baby)

Date: 2009-10-15 12:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] beachlvr.livejournal.com
She is a beautiful little girl!

Date: 2009-10-15 12:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] juneypie.livejournal.com
I love this! She is beautiful, and I love the way you talk about her. Do you know any other people with babies who are home during the day? It would probably be too much trouble to really go out and meet them since you are about to not be home during the day, but I like having babies around a lot more when I have coworkers. Not that you don't like it. It just makes it less boring.

Date: 2009-10-15 01:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wendalah.livejournal.com
She really is cute, M. You aren't kidding. Maternity leave--it took me a while to get into it. You have to go with the zen aspect. I never understood being totally in the present until I had a baby. Once I figured out how to deal with it I kind of dug it.

Date: 2009-10-15 01:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anaferreira.livejournal.com
She is beautiful!
It feels like a million years since I heard from you...glad to read your post and to know all is well. ;-)

Date: 2009-10-15 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] conneals.livejournal.com
She is gorgeous. Maternity leave was hard for me...I never got a good groove.

Date: 2009-10-15 02:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mom2amelia.livejournal.com
I've been wondering about you guys. I'm so glad you're doing well. She is gorgeous. I love that you can Pocket, Aba. I wish we'd done that. I love it when I hear it. Do you go by mom or Ima?

So you like that bumbo thing? We never had one, but I was considering one for Micah. I guess he's ready for it now.

Date: 2009-10-15 02:47 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] whatwouldruthdo.livejournal.com
Holy cow, she is gorgeous! I'm glad things are good in your corner of the world. :)

Date: 2009-10-15 02:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bre-sarah.livejournal.com
oh she really is gorgeous, and I can't believe how old she looks, sitting up and reading her baby faces. Glad you guys are having fun together, she looks like a good companion.

Date: 2009-10-15 06:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandia212.livejournal.com
Wow, she's gotten so BIG! And she really IS an exceptionally beautiful child. I'm very impressed with you, too - sounds like you're getting things done, on the move, etc etc. When my babies were little all I could think about was sitting down or even better, lying down, and how exhausted I was all the time.

Date: 2009-10-15 09:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bellefior.livejournal.com
Beautiful pictures. I love the last one where she is looking at the camera and grabbing Pita's nose!

Date: 2009-10-15 11:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quartercentury.livejournal.com
She is a really beautiful child. I am glad you are enjoying her so much. When do you have to go back to work?

Date: 2009-10-15 01:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] prudies.livejournal.com
She looks beautiful! Glad you checked in.

Date: 2009-10-15 02:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] joplin1975.livejournal.com
She's just so gorgeous.

Date: 2009-10-15 03:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] foos6la.livejournal.com
Great post! I love seeing all the pix of Lilah. She is a beautiful baby. Seems like she eats and sleeps so well! Glad you are enjoying maternity leave - I know what you mean about loving it yet it's boring.

Date: 2009-10-15 06:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yaya-mama.livejournal.com
Yay, you posted!
I mean, really, what's the point of maternity leave if not to spend excessive time online?
Sheesh.

Your daughter is gorgeous.
Can't wait until she and Noa can kick it one day. :-)

Date: 2009-10-15 07:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] irish74.livejournal.com
She's just so gorgeous! I'm so happy you got a good sleeper, it makes all the difference in the world.

Maternity leave is funny like that. By the time you get it figured out and you are having fun and getting out and going places, it comes to an end. Enjoy the next month. The last month of my leave was great, lots of museums and lunches and walks, good times.

Date: 2009-10-15 07:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] polarama.livejournal.com
She is so gorgeous! I love her "WTF, why is that baby staring at me" expression in the pic of her reading.

I was cracking up at your description of your day. I've been home this week with Natalie and I feel like it's sort of the same--I alternate between being bored and loving it.

Date: 2009-10-15 08:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mama-gryphon.livejournal.com
She is just the most adorable baby!!

Date: 2009-10-16 08:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tokori.livejournal.com
ah you're lucky she is so easy going.. I can only hope :)

Date: 2009-10-16 01:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kamstill.livejournal.com
I'm so glad she's easygoing so you can really enjoy your time you're spending together! She's just gorgeous.

Date: 2009-10-17 04:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cricket-pg.livejournal.com
I'm glad you're doing well. She is just lovely. And it's true - sleep is everything. The only catch is that if you have a couple of bad nights in a row, you're totally not used to it and it's like torture.

Date: 2009-10-19 12:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mobox.livejournal.com
Nice to see family life is agreeing with you. You all three look so beautiful and happy. Cheers!

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