I've Been Waiting For This Day

Seven months ago we could feel your presence. Shifting and moving under the surface. Causing pain and biting and drool, lots and lots of drool. Finally you have graced us with your presence, and we are so excited to see you.

Welcome Cordelia's first tooth! Down there on the bottom! In this picture it's only a tiny white blob, in real life it's pearly white and super sharp, and perfect, truly perfect :)

Eight!

Cordelia is now eight months old. I am amazed with how fast time goes by, I'm hoping it slows down soon but I wont hold my breath. She is crawling and pulling herself up to stand. She says "Mama" and "Dada". She LOVES to play with the cats (when they let her) and she eats a lot! Cordelia is a busy bee, she loves to play with her books:

and the wonderful toys she got for Christmas, including her elephant:

I love every moment I get to spend with her. Even now when she is dripping drool and snot by the bucketful because she is teething AND experiencing her first cold, let's hope the cold doesn't last long! 

PH: Smoo

Ma, Watch me Stand!

One...

Two...

Three!

Ta Da!

It is so amazing to watch Cordelia learn new things, when you think about how many things we as human beings lean in our first year of life it's really mind boggling. These pictures were taken on her seven month "birthday" so they are a little late to the blog. These days Cordelia is so mobile I can't turn around for a second and expect her to be in the same place I left her! Thankfully now she can sit back down just as well as she can stand, for a short while there she would stand up and be so proud of herself and then she would get board of standing and become distressed because she didn't know how to get back down! 

PH: Smoo 

It's been awhile. . . again

Hello readers, I hope you are still there! I took a little break from the blog, life was more than a bit hectic and I had some personal things going on that left me little energy for anything. I hope to turn this blog into a regular thing again, I love blogging and I really have missed it. Now to catch you up! (well on the big things at least)

Cordelia has gotten A LOT bigger: 

 Three months

Four Months

 

Five Months

 

Six Months

 

Seven Months

She can crawl, eat mushy foods, sit up by herself, pull herself up to stand and says "mama" and "dada"! It's amazing, and the time has gone by so fast it's a blur. 

We attended two absolutely beautiful weddings. The first was for one of my old time friends and her prince charming. The wedding was at Bordeleau Winery, such a beautiful venue! The amazing photos below are  care of their photographer. It was Brendon and my first night away from Cordelia, but we had such a great time, and Ashley and Brandon are such fun people (as I'm sure you can see from the picture below! ).

The second wedding was for our mutual friends Tuan and Camila. I was honored to be in the wedding party. They had such beautiful weather and the people at their venue, Bretton Woods, were wonderful.  These beautiful photos were taken by an awesome photographer I know- check him out here. There will probably be a longer post about this wedding later :)

 We wore super cool shoes

Camila's Brother married them, it was very heartfelt 

Cordelia Hung out with Daddy

 

We played in the photo booth :)

We were able to rejoice in our third anniversary of this day:

We celebrated our first Halloween! As a Rainbow, a leprechaun, and a pot of gold. 

Well... those were the biggest things, I have a ton of other little things to catch you up with later, but for now I will leave you and go back to my horrible holiday to do list! Yikes 

Mommy and Me

Photos by Hubby

Mommy and me love: 

Whirling and twirling,

Sunshine and laughter

Crinoline and petticoats

Shinny new shoes and pretty new dresses

Singing songs and making faces

Snuggles and kisses 

Nap-time and story-time

Mommy and me love many things, 

But most of all we love daddy and we love our happy little family. 

Something to Remember

I found this on Pintrest (my new obsession) and I found it to be very beautiful, and I wanted to share it with you all. If you cannot read the words they say:

"A mark for every breath you took, every blink, every sleepy yawn. One for every time you sucked your thumb, waved hello, closed your eyes and slept in the most perfect darkness. One for every time you had the hiccups. One for every dream you dreamed within me. It isn't very pretty anymore. Some may even think it ugly. That's OK. It was your home. It's where I first grew to love you, where I lay my hand as I dreamed about who you were and who you would be. It held you until my arms could, and for that, I will always find something beautiful in it."

Baby Girl Loves To Dance

Photos By Sarah Yvonne

These were taken when Cordelia was seventeen days old, and I love them because she looks like she is dancing, and baby girl loves to dance.

Two Months

Photos by Smoo

Dear Cordelia,

Baby Girl I can hardly believe it's been two months already!  You are growing so much, you are now 24 inches long and weigh 13 pounds 4 ounces. With time flying like this, next thing I know you will be asking to borrow the car.

I enjoy each and every day with you, and every day I become more and more confident about being a mom! I love to watch you sleep, I love to read you books, I love to give you baths, and I love to watch you eat- I don't really love changing your stinky diapers but I love how happy you are afterwards. Most of all, I love to see you smile! You just started smiling and it's magical. It's better then ice cream, pedicures, new shoes and the smell of fresh spring rain combined. 

Your personality is coming out more and more every day. You love when your daddy says silly things, and when I sing and dance with you. Your favorite toys to play with are your giraffe Sophie and your purple Heffalump because they both make fun noises. You like to have "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" read to you, and your eyes always get big and wide when we turn to the page with the sun and the page with the butterfly.     

I can't wait to see what's next baby girl. 

Stella & Dot

Outfit

Onesie: Carters, Tutu:H&M, Headband: Stella & Dot 

Cordelia is a very stylish little girl, She has so many people who love her and who buy her pretty clothes. One of our friends is a stylist for Stella & Dot and gave her this super cute headband. Check out their website and think about hosting your own Stella & Dot trunk show! 

One Month

Better late then never. .. .

Photos by Smoo

Dear Cordelia,

Baby girl it has been a very long month, it feels like you have been part of our family forever and I cannot imagine life without you. I have learned many things this month and I have been amazed by many things this month. 

I have learned how amazing life is, and how crazy it is that your father and I created life when we created you. I truly know, without a shadow of doubt that all of the time I struggled while I was pregnant was worth it, 100% worth it.   

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 I have learned that a person does not know, or understand fear, until they become a parent. I learned this when you were exactly a week old and we had to take you to the emergency room. Nothing can describe the feelings your father and I felt as you lay on the hospital bed, and nothing can describe the feeling of relief when we found out you were ok. 

I have learned that holding a newborn baby can help people work through great grief and sadness, it can give new hope and help people understand the circle of life. Holding you has helped me understand this too. 

I have learned that breastfeeding is hard, but I am so happy that it is something I can do for you, and I love the moments I share with you because they are unique to you and I.

 I have learned that many people feel your birth erases their own nasty behavior, but I have also learned to never let their behavior sully my time with you. 

I am so amazed by you. You have grown so much! You weigh 11 lbs now and you grew a whole inch! You are so much more awake and I can see you seeing me. At first I had no idea what we should do when you were awake, and sometimes all we do is stare at each other. 

I am amazed by the peace and love that you fill me with, even when I can't figure out why you are crying ;) I hope that you will always know how special you are, and how much your father and I love you. 

Your father explains life and his emotions with song lyrics, I conclude this post with lyrics that express his feelings now.

Thank you for the branch you grew on this tree.

Your first breath wasn't easy to find.

So you signified the mountain you climbed,

By lettin' out a warriors cry and it sounded like mine.

Now everybody hold up the family sign.

-Something So, Atmosphere