Monday
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE MISS PEARL!
Sunday
15 Weeks and The New Year!
Grandma Di is here, and we were looking at Nana's baby pictures. She insisted that I post a picture of me at 3 months that she thought was you, Pearl. Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to get it in the right format to post it here. So, I am sending it to your Mom and Dad and maybe they can post it for me. I love you my little one. Posted by Mommy for Nana!
Thursday
Half Way Through 14 Weeks
It's almost 2008 and if you would have aked me 2 years ago if I thought I would have a family right now I would have said "Who me?". Now our little girl has been with us for almost 15 weeks and I have been married for 6 months. Anyway, Kim and I were about to leave to go to the store and I looked over at Pearl and saw a perfect picture op. I caught the little cutie sleeping and looking adorable, and thought I would share the pictures with you all. Also, A picture from last week as well to share...
Tuesday
14 Weeks Old & 1st Christmas
What a banner day for Miss Pearl, your first Christmas and 14 weeks since you were born!
Bumpa and I got to talk with you on web cam thanks to your Mom and Dad. I promise we will do our best to be with you next Christmas. We noticed today that you are able to hold your head up much longer and that you really want to look at everything. So curious, so strong, and so beautiful. We miss and love you very much.
Monday
PEARL'S FIRST CHRISTMAS EVE!
Tuesday
3 Months Old!
Today Pearl is 3 months old, and I think "Wow, has it really been 3 whole months since this little girl has come into my life?". She does so many wonderful and amazing things, but the most excellent thing is her just simply choosing me to be her Dad. Before Pearl joined us people told us of things to expect and what not, but I was not prepared for the ammount of love and joy this little girl brings into my life. Recently she has started to smile when she hears my voice, and will coo in response to me. I will hold her on my lap, her eyes get all big and she looks around with total amazement at everything she sees. Loud noises startle her, like when I cough or sneeze, and she does this cute little thing that I can't describe in words. She doesn't like it when I blow my nose either, she gets a very worried look on her face, but very cute in a wierd way too. There are so many things that are unexpectedly wonderful, I can't even begin to imagine my life without Pearl anymore. I often wonder if she knows how much I love her and how much she means to me, I plan on showing her how much everyday for the rest of my life though.
Three Months today!
Saturday
PPOTD: Pearl Loves to Shop!
Pearl went shopping with some of the Christmas money she has received. Two of the things she decided to get were this onesie stating her love for her Nana and her Mimsy! She also got a bebepod chair that helps her learn to sit up. Shopping is FUN!
Friday
PPOTD: You're In the Jungle Baby!
Pearl had some fun in her rainforest baby gym that Nana and Bumpa bought her. For the first while she was just fine. All of a sudden it was like someone hit a switch and she started screaming! I think it was sensory overload...poor little monkey.
Wednesday
PPOTD: The Grouch Series!
Pearl has been grumpy the last couple of days, not wanting to take naps, crying quite a bit, etc. Here she is after eating a good meal, then finally crashing and staying asleep! I love her little hands and feet, so I had to take a couple of shots of them. I hope our little munchkin wakes up in a better mood, she's too adorable to be such a grumpy puss! It's time for another manicure, her fingernails grow like mad!
Monday
PPOTD: Pearl Dares to Bare!
I'm sure you will all throw up soon from the amount of cuteness that is being posted the last couple of days. Barf bags are not supplied for you, you'll have to bring your own.
Sunday
PPOTD: Silly Sunday
How could we resist posting these super-sicky sweet photos of everyone's favorite baby, Miss Pearl of course! I was playing with her hair and made a "faux hawk" for our little rocker. Then we did a little brushing of the locks and took the "glamour" and sleepy shots below. Enjoy!
Saturday
PPOTD: Sleepy Saturday
Pearl, Mimsy, and I were lounging and watching a movie this afternoon. Pearl loves sleeping on her Boppy, so we had to capture a few shots of her for her Nana. Willow decided she wanted to join the cozy lump laying beside her, so she hopped right on top of Pearl. What a snuggle bunch!
Tuesday
For The Love Of Pearl.....
For Pearl on her Eleventh Week
This Child
This child must face out. She is drawn
by lights and a sun
carved into the mirror’s frame.
This child flexes her fingers,
a ballerina in her tiny hands. When she cries
there is always someone to reach out.
She coaxes everyone in
to love. She is new to traffic and wind
and restaurants where rude people appraise her parents
for the way they ornament their bodies
thousands of years older
than the way such eye-rollers worship
their gods. This child could never belong
to those who worship such a shallow god,
she is so safe, so unfettered
by concerns of the petty or the stunted.
This child is passed from arms to arms,
she demands to be involved,
to see. Egrets fall
like parachutes from the sky,
little stuffed giraffes parade in circles
over her bed.
This child suckles with an abandon
known only those willing to be sated,
milk-drunk, while we sit in an old circle
all around the bed, a circle as old
as stories of the parents of our parents of
their parents, as old as tattoos;
as necessary as family and laughter. This child
starts to remember dreams and flops
into slumber after a short, good cry.
She curls over my legs
as she goes limp into sleep and dreams new
faces or passages from the body
of her mother. Her eyelids flutter.
Best not to move her then. Just feel
her little breaths, watch her face
wrinkle and ease, feel
the little papump
papump papump of her holy heart.
-- Bob Vance
Saturday
Pearl and her parents
Friday
Our Visit
Monday
A Week Of Firsts
On Tuesday Pearl calebrated 9 weeks of life, since then she has had a whirlwind of excitement. On Thursday Pearl's Nana and Bumpa Bob arrived for their week long visit. So now she only needs to meet her Grandpa Bowman and her Opa. Yesterday Pearl had her first visit to the beach, and even got her feet wet in the ocean. The water was a little cold so she didn't like it too much, but she looked quite snazzy in her little beach outfit. Anyway, enjoy the video and pictures...
Sunday
Two Months Old!
Today, my beautiful Pearl, you are two months old. I am not sure when we will stop counting weeks and months, but for now, we get excited over each new week and month. I can not imagine what one year will bring as yet. You have brought such beauty and joy into all our lives!
I will see you in 4 days, little lady.
Saturday
PPOTD: Just some good ones from today!
Just wanted to share a few good pictures of Pearl and her Daddy from today. Isn't my family the cutest? These show that Pearl is getting quite a bit more red in her hair, she's so beautiful!
Wednesday
8 Weeks Old
I can't beleive it's been 8 weeks since this amazingly wonderfull little girl has entered my life. I look at her sometimes when she is laying in bed with Mommy and me and realize that "oh my god, I really am a dadddy". I have been on some really great adventures in my life, some really crazy and some sort of dangerous but all quite wonderful in their own way. So far in my life, having my Wife and Daughter is the most woderful and exciting adventure yet. I never thought this level of happiness was possible.
Anyway, here are some pictures for you all to enjoy. Sorry for the big blue dot on the changing table one, but I don't think posting my daughter's hoo hoo on the internet would be a good idea.
Saturday
PPOTD: Phone Home!
Pearl and I have noticed that quite a number of her outfits have pockets in them. We were trying to figure out what a baby would carry around in their pocket. She told me she wanted to be like a "grown up" and have a phone in case her Daddy or her Nana called her. What Pearl wants Pearl gets...at least for a photo opportunity anyway.
Tuesday
7 Weeks Old!!!
Today Pearl has been with us for 7 weeks, and everything is going quite well. She's focusing on faces better and her neck muscles continue to strengthen. We should be getting close to her first laugh, we've seen smiles so a little laugh would be cool. Last night we went to Babies-R-Us and got her a new outfit (very soft, mmmmm) and some more wipes (jesus we go through a lot of those). Pearl does this thing with her mouth sometimes that sounds like a kiss almost, last night she did it right on my cheek. My daughter kissed me on the cheek and I cried right in the middle of babies-r-us. Anyway, enjoy this picture of Pearl sleeping on my arm all snuggled up with daddy!!!