3 Months

What I meant to say was how bizarre it is that I have a 3-month-old baby, a baby who sometimes seems to understand what I'm saying to her. A baby who looks like an angel when she sleeps, a baby who is too smart for her own good. A baby that doesn't know English but talks all the time anyway.What I meant to say is how these last three months have been the best of my life. How I wouldn't change them...

Diaper Changing & Bonding

Changing diapers doesn't sound like a glamorous task. It sounds stinky and dirty. Gross, even.What no one talks about is how intimate it is.Maya loves being changed. She is always happy on the changing table and she talks and laughs and smiles freely while watching you do the dirty work.When I say, "Hey! I think I found an awesome way for you to bond with her!" People just think I'm trying to pass...

She Needs Me (I Need Her)

Baby girl, take it one day at a time...Maya looks up at me and a tear escapes her eye and rolls down the side of her face. I wipe it away as I sing to her. The frown on her face fades a little as her eyes slowly close. If she were able to talk, I'm sure she'd tell me how tired she is and how much she hates it....you can't just grow up overnight...It breaks my heart to see her so upset, to hear her...