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Thu, Sep 19, 2002 5:57 PM
she used to wake up crying. but lately, as the sun streams into her room, kaya's waking up to smiles. looking around, chewing on a hand (and, on rare ocassion, a thumb), and generally enjoying 6:35AM, just like all the rest of us do. (ha)

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Tue, Sep 10, 2002 5:57 PM
the voice i use in this blog is so unlike me...it's warm and sensitive and caring...so unlike my crass, pessimistic, always-go-for-the-quick-joke normal personality. is it me getting older, getting sentimental around my 13-pound progeny, or what?

i'm finding myself regressing to kaya's first days as a baby, when just staring at her got me all teary-eyed. to this day, i've never figured out exactly what caused it - i believe my subconcious brain may just be smarter than my concious side, and it realized the enormity of an event that i couldn't fully grasp. regardless, i'm standing at the edge of the crib most nights, torn between being a neurotic parent (is she breathing? did she poop? is it too warm in here?) and just wanting to stare at her all night. i shuffle with anticipation into her room throughout the night, excited to see this incredible science project, this mini-me...

i've grown used to getting up at all hours of the night. with the small exception of major circles under my eyes, it ain't so bad to be up at 3:52AM...the world is quiet, backyard whitewashed by the quarter-moon, cars drift by. i stretch out and sometimes do pushups while mom feeds daughter...when food time is over, we wrap her back up in the swaddle and she's out again for a few hours. it's worth getting up for...and i miss it when i don't.

so 3 months have passed, and i have to squint to see back to my pre-baby days. do i miss em? nah...this is just too fun.

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Thu, Sep 5, 2002 5:59 PM
6.5 hour sleep last night!!! smiling!!! life is good.

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Mon, Sep 2, 2002 6:00 PM
The changes are coming fast and furious...and they're just oh so beautiful.

My little daughter now laughs, cries (with real tears!), grimaces, watches, semi-smiles, and responds. It's the last one that really gets me - she'll be crying in her crib, and i'll walk in, simply place my hand on her chest for a minute, and she stops crying and settles into a peaceful sleep. Now, if that don't make you feel important, I don't know what could.

They say 3 months is where you start to turn a corner - colicky babies learn not to cry, babies start to be awake and alert for most of the day, and they really become, well, 'babies'. We're just about there - at our 12 week birthday today - and we're already seeing so much.

My favorite thing is the talking. She'll just go on and on - usually when you're talking around her or singing to her or just changing her diaper - and suddenly a mumbling/wondering/warbling syllable emits from her as she stares at you. Just yesterday she seemed to add an extra decibel, and now she's really a blabbermouth. Definitely got that from mom. That and the sweaty feet.

We're in a major heat wave (90 degrees for 4 days straight) and she's doing alot of sleeping, and generally being chill. Makes me feel content.

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