So Coo.

Baby is cooing like crazy now! It is the most adorable thing! He can carry the best conversation, definitely much more interesting than other conversations I've had with others, if you know what I mean. And he gets LOOOOUUUD! Totally my son. =)

It's so cool!

I can't begin to explain how much joy it brings me to hear him coo, caah, goo goo, ga-ga, and the best of all - smile and laugh! It's seriously a new thing every single day. He has a surprise in store for us every morning. He's developing so fast nowadays!

So cool!

Since we see him everyday, its hard to really notice how big he's gotten! But every now and then, we stop and stare and revel in all his glory. He's a big boy now! Too fast, this is all going much too fast. Where's that little baby we brought home just a little over 2 months ago?

He's literally growing up before my eyes! So I can't blink, or I might miss something. I can't wait to hear what else he has to say.

So coo...

Wait Listed

Hoping for a really good, reputable daycare establishment in the Burbank area?

Well if you are planning to start a family and have your baby in about 2-3 years from now, then you are good to go and all set. However, if you are like me, and have a 2 1/2 month old and looking around now, you're too late...very late.

I mean what was I thinking really? I should've gotten myself on these daycare waiting lists 3 years ago while I only had travel, career, restaurants, and the latest pair of citizens of humanity jeans on my mind, right? I should've predicted and planned the conception and birth of our son around daycare wait lists, right?

WRONG! What is happening here? So I happen to work for the big mouse, and I hear great, amazing things about their daycare, and whattayaknow, it's a 3 year waiting list. So when baby is just about ready to go to prom, we can finally get into the Disney Daycare Program.

So I'm touring around the daycares now, in hopes of having a place locked down for baby to attend at around his 9 month - 1 year mark. And while I'm in these tours, I'm actually one of the few who HAVE given birth already. Most of the women touring still have their baby in utero! Though I did have the ever so pleasant experience of a woman asking me when I was due...(Why I oughtta $%#!*...)

So I'm on the waiting lists now, and on average I'm looking at a year's wait, with no guarantees.

Moral of the story? If you plan on daycare, and are planning to meet your soulmate, get married, conceive and deliver around 3 years from now? You're in a good spot. Get on the lists now.

Otherwise, I'll see you at prom!

Binkie Envy

Let's start at the beginning...

...Our son is circumcised. So I am sorry that we did not join the "Save the foreskin" campaign. We made the decision to do it, and that's that. Anyhow on with my story. Our son was circumcised at just one day old, and believe it or not, he did not cry one bit!
And we can attest that bravery, that audacity, that valor to one thing, and one thing alone...the almighty BINKIE.

Dr. Dwight gave him the hospital grade Soothie Binkie to get him through his circumcision, and since then, it's been our savior. No other binkie will do, it has to be the Soothie Binkie. Baby won't take any other.

So fast forward to present day, about 2 1/2 months later, and yes the binkie is still there. We don't mind it, it helps any and every situation, and it really soothes and calms baby. Baby is fussy, give him the binkie, baby is getting his dreaded vaccinations shots, give him the binkie, baby can't go to sleep, give him the binkie. I see no harm in this.

So why is it that when baby and I attend our Gymboree classes, and baby needs his binkie to get through the class, all the other moms whose babies seem to be binkie-less (at least for the duration of the class - I bet as soon as they are out the door and in the car, in their binkies go.), why do these moms give me the evil eye? You'd think I've committed some crime!

First of all, he happens to be the youngest member of our Gymboree class, so he's not as social or in tune with his body as all the other babies are, so let the poor guy have his binkie in peace. I'm telling you, I know there are some closet binkie addicts there, just waiting to get in the car or get home to bring on the binkie.

I'm not ashamed! Me and baby wear his binkie with pride! Power to the binkie!

Watch out, we may just start flossing our Bling-kie!

Happy Mother's Day!

Damn that JC Penney's commercial! The mother's day one. Ugh I get all teary-eyed =) Plus I love that Josh Radin song. We put it on our baby shower favor CD, go figure!

It's my first mother's day as a mommy! I've come full circle.

See it here.

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

Jelly Belly

No, not the jellybeans.

What is this? Seriously. I can't even touch my own tummy cause it feels too weird. Yes, I'm referring to the squishy post partum tummy, the post stretched out, deflated tummy that used to house a baby tummy, also known as the jelly belly.

You know those popular little microbead pillows, that's sorta what it feels like. Attractive, right?

Please tell me this can get toned again. I've asked different girlfriends, who are mommies, whether or not we can get rid of the jelly, and the answers are mixed. I'd like to think we can definitely get rid of it with some hard core ab workouts to tone it up again. That's what I'd like to think. I mean Heidi Klum did it, right? But of course, we're not all Heidi.

I'm determined to do something about this. This is just too weird for me. Crunches? Gosh, it's not enough to just work out to melt away all the added pounds, now I've got to work out to tone this odd textured belly of mine.

Like Beyonce said, "I don't think you're ready...for this jelly..."

Photo Finish

Ok, so before I really didn't understand the reason why parents are so inclined to share photos of their kids, babies in particular. I mean, it takes a while anyways for a baby to grow into their face, so those early pictures, they all looked the same to me. Fine, some were indeed cute, but overall, I couldn't grasp the inclination to inundate everyone with what seemed to be more like frame by frame animated stills.

...As I said, that was BEFORE.

NOW, bring it on! Oh how much joy do I find in taking a photo of every second of every day of my little one! I would send it all out to you if I thought you all would still talk to me afterwards. And, now I get it! I mean every pose, every smile, every semi-smile, every yawn, every new outfit, every sleeping pose...it's all different and worth capturing! I see it now! AND I share it now haha! The hubby questions why I would send out five photos from the same shoot, he claims they all look the same and will bore the viewers. But really, come on now, in this one, his smile is bigger and happier, and in this one his smile is more subdued, and in this one - he has a look of mischief, in this one his finger is up, and in this one his bangs moved, oh I could go on and on...

And I'm a more curious, receptive and inquisitive viewer. I enjoy seeing other baby pictures now. I guess cause now I am looking with a new set of eyes, a mom's eyes! I appreciate the development and the growth being captured. I can relate to the pride behind the camera.

So to all the other proud mommies and daddies out there, keep clicking away, keep capturing and continue sharing!

And to all the non-mommies and daddies out there, please be patient with us. One day, you'll be us, and you'll appreciate having friends and family to share it all with. Just humor us for now.

And finally, to everyone...It's baby's 2 month birthday this Friday, so expect another chapter to be shared.