Author Archives: Mama
More from LA
Just a few more from our big trip to California! (Thanks, Grandma Nikki!)
LA, baby!
Very late Saturday evening, Ada & co. returned from her biggest baby adventure yet: 2 weeks in Los Angeles! We had such a wonderful vacation with Grandma Nikki and Grandpa T. We also got to spend lots of time with Grandma Barb, Lisa and Matt, and Madeleine and Thomas. Wowza! What a full house we … Continue reading
A full summer social calendar
Daddy has been working hard this week, so we needed to call up a few friends and arrange some summer playdates. Each day this week we’ve been visiting with mama & baby friends. On Tuesday, our mama circle came over to play. We filled the living room and imagined what life would have been like… … Continue reading
Toes and tummies and bottles, oh my!
In the past couple days Ada has mastered some seriously big girl skills. Last night she flipped from her back to her tummy not once but twice! We were tickled, but Ada – not so much. She was sleeping when she turned over and twice woke up only to find herself in tummy time. Bah! … Continue reading
Any given Tuesday
Just a day in the life of a New Jersey baby: we visit with friends, play with our toes, take a dip in the baby hot tub, put on a pretty dress and take a stab at crawling. Whew! Who’s ready for a nap?
4.5 months: new fun and games
All the time it seems that Ada is either coming upon or mastering a new skill. It’s so much fun to see her move and develop so quickly! Some of her most recent accomplishments include rolling to her back and to her side, passing toys from hand to hand, reaching and grabbing for what she … Continue reading
A day for Daddy
We are so excited to have a day specifically to celebrate daddy! From the first minutes of Ada’s life, Eric has made the transition into fatherhood with deep devotion, playfulness, and spectacular love. It’s so obvious how much this father and daughter adore one another. Could there be anything more powerful for a new mama … Continue reading
Daddy calls it ‘baby brain probe.’
To be clear, there is no brain probing going on. But Ada is part of a research study at Rutgers that’s looking at how babies learn to communicate. Specifically, it’s investigating how early passive and active response to sound correlates with later language development. They use special cameras to track her eye movement while she’s … Continue reading
Baby dance class
Every now and then we like to go into the city with our friends Lucie and Benito for a baby dance class. “Dance” might be a bit of an overstatement; mostly we play on our tummies and on balls with toys, scarves, and rattles. Sometimes mommies and babies stand up and dance together, and we … Continue reading