photo friday (11/9)...

this week's photo friday features karys "playing"...

tummy time (which she usually doesn't like)
looking in the mirror
-ty

doctors' appointments (for karys and mom)

yesterday karys and i both had doctor's appointments. mine was scheduled. it was supposed to be a "routine" 6 week postpartum visit. but it wasn't so routine. i found out i probably have (not one but) two hernias. one (an umbilical) hernia is probably the result of carrying such a big baby and the other (an incision) hernia is from the c-section. sadly, they may require surgery. that little (or not so little) baby did a number on my body. well the pregnancy went well it was just she was a big girl and i stomach got very big. it looked crazy. here's a photo in case you didn't see the original post...k's appointment wasn't scheduled. i took her in because what i thought was a heat rash was getting worse. come to find out it wasn't heat rash but probably infant seborrhoeic dermatitus (more commonly known as cradle cap) on her forehead, eyelids, ears, and neck. it doesn't see to bother her and the pediatrician said it was temporary and fairly common. he told us to use cetaphil body wash and cream. hopefully the cetaphil will help...

for mom-mom...

(karys') mom-mom wants me to post photos everyday. yesterday she asked me about "new photos". the conversation went like this...

mom-mom: "how's my granddaughter? i miss her. do you have any new photos?"
me: "she's great. she misses you too (and so do i). and no i don't have any new photos. not since the ones i posted on friday."
mom-mom: "why not?"
me: "why not? ummm, because i don't take photo of her all day/every day."
mom-mom: "really? what else do yo have to do..."

i tried to explain to her i was busy taking care of karys (i.e., entertaining her, changing diapers, nursing, burping, wiping spit-up, etc.) as well as doing household chores and attempting to work on my dissertation. so sorry mom-mom i don't take photos every day. but i did take some today (just for you) since she was wearing the jeans you got her. so here are the photos (with commentary from karys). enjoy!

"there she goes with the camera again..."
"i'll just look away. maybe she'll stop taking pictures...""that didn't work. well i just won't smile...""still taking pictures? why mommy? why?..."
"okay, maybe if i give her a little smile she'll leave me alone..."
"happy? now can you put the camera away and feed me..."
hope you like the pictures and we'll try to visit you soon...

“Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.”

-Welsh Proverb

-ty

p.s. thanks again for the jeans!

photo friday (11/2)...

this week's photos were actually taken by christie adams. she's the photographer who will be taking k's photos throughout her first year. she came to our house (on tuesday) right after k's dr. appointment (and k was hungry and a little cranky) so we weren't sure how well the photos would turn out. but we were very happy with the results. here's a preview...





p.s. i was telling my mom that k is gettg a reputation with photographers as being a "difficult subject". and, my mom's response was "it's not just photographers...didn't the nurse call her a 'piece of work '?". so my baby has "personality". dill & i knew that before she was born. wonder where she gets it from...
-ty

smiling...

karys has been smiling for awhile now but i couldn't catch it on film. i love it when she smiles (it makes me smile too)! the halloween photo below is the first photo where she was sorta smiling. in her other photos she's been sleeping, crying, looking annoyed or startled. but as you can see in the halloween photo she is actually a happy baby (at least some of the time)...

Smiling is infectious,
You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today,
And I started smiling too.
~Author Unknown

-ty