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One Year

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This avocado supermodel is one year old today.

I’ve been wrestling with what to say about that. A poem? An essay about motherhood and all the wonderful things about Lucy? A list of that enumerates and explains this experience so far?

Nothing feels quite right.

Probably because nothing quite captures how I feel.

I’ve never loved this big. I’ve never worked this hard. I’ve never felt this tired. I’ve never been this happy.

One year of absolute, complete and all-encompassing joy with my beautiful, strong, smart, spunky, funny, fearless girl.

One year with my Lucy.

I’ve often said that perfection doesn’t exist in this universe. As it turns out, I was wrong. Because this –

This is perfection.

What are your favorite children’s books?

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I’m stocking up! We’ve got a few already, including some of my favorites from when I was little. But give me all your recommendations!

Short post today – it’s Graham’s first day back at work and things are crazy. But they’re also wonderful and fulfilling and everything just feels so new and special. How lucky we are to be parents to our beautiful Lucy Lady. 😊

Six Weeks of Lucy

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Y’all. This baby.

She’s incredible.

Wednesday marked six weeks since my sweet Lady Lucy’s arrival, and we are in love and elated and tired and busy and just so, so happy.

And tired. So tired. Very tired.

But she’s worth it. Every exhausted minute of it.

Honestly, it’s so much more easy than I worried it would be. And also more challenging. And just amazing.

One of these days, I will sit down and write about this whole experience – birth and postpartum, being a new mom, learning how to care for a tiny, perfect human. But right now, I’m all about the baby snuggles.

She’s growing and changing every day. She’s making eye contact, lifting her head, grasping at our fingers, staring at Merlin (who is patiently trying to teach her exactly what human hands are for, which is petting him, of course!), listening, watching, stretching, wiggling, and just being the most fascinating little creature I have ever encountered.

I won’t overshare about her here, because I’m sure you’d all get tired of it and wonder where all the poems and short stories went. And I will get back to writing those! Soon, I hope.

But for now, more snuggles. And coffee.

This is the life.