Sunday, February 20, 2011
What a cutie
Sunday, February 13, 2011
How Dad spends his weekends
A group of family and friends (including Ruby's Uncle Jake) recently competed in the Tough Mudder, which bills itself as the "toughest one day endurance race on the planet." We had a blast. Below is the video I put together to commemorate the event. Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Very important question
Anyone know how to change the URL on a blogspot account? Because it looks like we're going to have to expand ours from just rubyalbina ...
Emilia, Ruby, and I are proud to announce the August 2011 arrival of the newest member of our family: baby 2.0!
Emilia officially hit the end of the first trimester today, and oh what a trying trimester it has been so far. As many of you know, Emilia was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidum during Ruby's pregnancy. Hyperemesis caused Emilia to actually lose weight during the pregnancy - a net of negative 5 pounds from her pre-preggo days to when they admitted her seven hours before giving birth (i.e., with Ruby and everything else still in her belly). We thought it was bad then. It was.
But this is worse. Emilia's been extremely sick since Christmas, at times unable to even keep down water for days at a time. She's been on IV fluids at least three times that I can recall and currently has to wear an infusion pump that provides her a constant source of medicine. She and Ruby have been staying in Houston with Giga and Baba for the last few weeks. They've been wonderful and, while it's cliche, we honestly don't know what we'd do without their help and support. So we hope this explains the extremely light posting on the blog for the past two months.
Ruby is very excited at the prospect of a baby being around. We practice with her on how to touch a baby, leading her to give the entire family gentle strokes on the face. She also enjoys burying her face in Emilia's stomach, introducing herself as the "big sister," and trying to catch a glimpse through Emilia's bellybutton. So far no luck, though, much to her disappointment.
Emilia, Ruby, and I are proud to announce the August 2011 arrival of the newest member of our family: baby 2.0!
Emilia officially hit the end of the first trimester today, and oh what a trying trimester it has been so far. As many of you know, Emilia was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidum during Ruby's pregnancy. Hyperemesis caused Emilia to actually lose weight during the pregnancy - a net of negative 5 pounds from her pre-preggo days to when they admitted her seven hours before giving birth (i.e., with Ruby and everything else still in her belly). We thought it was bad then. It was.
But this is worse. Emilia's been extremely sick since Christmas, at times unable to even keep down water for days at a time. She's been on IV fluids at least three times that I can recall and currently has to wear an infusion pump that provides her a constant source of medicine. She and Ruby have been staying in Houston with Giga and Baba for the last few weeks. They've been wonderful and, while it's cliche, we honestly don't know what we'd do without their help and support. So we hope this explains the extremely light posting on the blog for the past two months.
Ruby is very excited at the prospect of a baby being around. We practice with her on how to touch a baby, leading her to give the entire family gentle strokes on the face. She also enjoys burying her face in Emilia's stomach, introducing herself as the "big sister," and trying to catch a glimpse through Emilia's bellybutton. So far no luck, though, much to her disappointment.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
2 Years, 1 Month and 1 Week
My baby girl drank my milk for 2 years, 1 month and 1 week. It was the greatest gift I could give her and I still get emotional when I think about the ending of our breastfeeding relationship. Even now, over a month later, Ruby continues to ask to nurse. She's easily distracted when I tell her no, but I can't help but wonder how long she's going to continue to ask for it. I had wanted to breastfeed her until she was ready to be done, but the physical and emotional drain just became too much for my body and spirit.
To lighten the mood of this post, I will share two recent stories that demonstrate just how much Ruby loves her milky. The first is a conversation between my mother and Ruby at bedtime.
Gigi: Ruby, it's time for bed now. Do you want me to read you a book or sing you a song?
Ruby: Tell me a story, Gigi.
Gigi: Ok, what kind of a story do you want to hear? Do you want to hear about the day you were born?
Ruby: No. Tell me a story about mommy's boobies.
The second conversation was one between me and Ruby while cuddling in bed one recent morning.
Ruby: Milky, Momma?
Me: No, Rubes. Mommy doesn't make milky anymore.
Ruby: I just wanna touch 'em.
Me: No.
Ruby: I just want to smell 'em.
Me: (trying not to laugh) Smell them?!?
Ruby: Yes, they smell like flowers.
Girlfriend loves her some milky :)
To lighten the mood of this post, I will share two recent stories that demonstrate just how much Ruby loves her milky. The first is a conversation between my mother and Ruby at bedtime.
Gigi: Ruby, it's time for bed now. Do you want me to read you a book or sing you a song?
Ruby: Tell me a story, Gigi.
Gigi: Ok, what kind of a story do you want to hear? Do you want to hear about the day you were born?
Ruby: No. Tell me a story about mommy's boobies.
The second conversation was one between me and Ruby while cuddling in bed one recent morning.
Ruby: Milky, Momma?
Me: No, Rubes. Mommy doesn't make milky anymore.
Ruby: I just wanna touch 'em.
Me: No.
Ruby: I just want to smell 'em.
Me: (trying not to laugh) Smell them?!?
Ruby: Yes, they smell like flowers.
Girlfriend loves her some milky :)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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