baby

  • 8 Months

    It’s hard to believe when I think about it, but Skyler is 8 months old now! And, she is two months post-surgery. Two months was the “surgical” recovery time the doctors estimated, even though her heart function still has a lot of recovery time left to go. But her incision and anything else that got…

  • The latest random photos…

    Here are some new cute photos of Skyler. She keeps getting more and more fun. She’s waving bye-bye now, which is absolutely adorable. She is in love with Bruno. Whenever she sees him in the room she yells/laughs and flaps her arms in excitement (sometime soon I hope to post a video of one of…

  • Mealtime Memories

    Teaching Skyler new things is always so much fun. She fascinated with almost everything, and she surprises me how much she does naturally. I guess eating is such a basic need, a lot of our skills are instinctual! Here are a few fun pics snapped at different mealtimes. Skyler makes it very clear when she’s…

  • The Difference Between Mommy & Daddy

    By Skyler Daddy dresses me in onesies. It doesn’t matter which onesies, if they are nice ones or sleep ones. He typically avoids the Winnie the Pooh onesies, and if he puts socks on my feet, they don’t always match my onesie. Same goes with pants. He even put the pants on my head at…

  • Playing outside

    Yesterday was so pretty outside that we took Skyler out to play. I took a blanket and some toys so she could lay on the ground, but the sun was so bright, she couldn’t keep her eyes open! I even found a sun hat to put on her. Skyler in that hat has got to…

  • Natural Light

    I love photography. My good friend Rebecca is a professional photographer and I love following along her photo blog. Her work is inspiring to me, and makes me want to pick up a camera. In high school I took photo classes and continued with it my first year in college as part of an art…

  • On a happy note

    I’ve got lots of cute pictures and videos to post, but I’ve got to find time to do it this week. In the meantime, here is one – it is currently the wallpaper on our computer. She is such a goofball!

  • Long road ahead

    Skyler had another appointment with the cardiologist today, and it didn’t go nearly as well as I had hoped. She said her aorta looks good, but her heart function has just not improved at all since surgery. She said it could be a long time before it gets to “normal” but yet she would liked…

  • Shame on me!

    How many days ago did I write about my impatience with Skyler’s development and my worries that she would always be behind? Was it two? Today she did several “new” things, all in a matter of hours. First, she was playing with my cell phone on my lap, which she loves to do. I decided…

  • Meeting milestones?

    Lately I’ve been kind of down about Skyler’s development. I know she has an acceptable excuse, but it’s still kind of frustrating when I see other babies younger than her that can do so much more physically than her. I’ve seen a few lately, and they seem so much older than Skyler in the way…