I started to blog about Brussel's attacks today and it sent me down a negative spiral. How could it not? But I erased the two paragraphs and decided to start over because while we all mourn these horrors, that's not what this blog is about.
This blog is fundamentally about Elle and the journey of trying to be a good mom while also being a well-rounded 30 something individual.
The week has passed in a whirl, again.
A mostly wonderful whirl for us personally with a continued visit from Elle's cousin, aunt, and uncle.
More adventures including beach time, a tennis club party and a get together with friends tonight.
Our week was only mostly wonderful because we also had a serious event this past week. Elle's grandmother ("Neny") had neck surgery on Friday. Happily, Neny is recovering well but our fragility, especially someone so cherished in our lives, is scary and we want her to continue to recover well. Elle loves her Neny and we really hope that Neny will be able to fully play with Elle by the time she come back to the Bahamas for Elle's first birthday.
Elle is starting to make a few crawling strides but it is hard when you are so big for your age. Elle is 90-95 percentile in everything -- height, weight, and head circumference. It is a lot to move around for still-developing muscles. Especially her head, her head has taken a few bumps as she has lost her balance trying to crawl and collided with the floor. I hate those bumps. Wilson hates those bumps. But they are sadly a necessary part of learning and moving.
But what she isn't doing in crawling, she is making up for in motor skills -- trying to screw the tops on old peanut butter jars, stacking her rings happily, taking balls in and out of cups, and placing toys on top of one another, and of course eating sand by the mouthful.
She is fascinated with the relationships between things -- maybe she will be a mechanical engineer one day.
I would love to see my daughter in the STEM fields but whatever she chooses, I hope that her adult world has better career balance for men and women as well as much greater understanding between cultures in order to prevent today's horror.
This blog is fundamentally about Elle and the journey of trying to be a good mom while also being a well-rounded 30 something individual.
The week has passed in a whirl, again.
A mostly wonderful whirl for us personally with a continued visit from Elle's cousin, aunt, and uncle.
More adventures including beach time, a tennis club party and a get together with friends tonight.
Our week was only mostly wonderful because we also had a serious event this past week. Elle's grandmother ("Neny") had neck surgery on Friday. Happily, Neny is recovering well but our fragility, especially someone so cherished in our lives, is scary and we want her to continue to recover well. Elle loves her Neny and we really hope that Neny will be able to fully play with Elle by the time she come back to the Bahamas for Elle's first birthday.
Elle is starting to make a few crawling strides but it is hard when you are so big for your age. Elle is 90-95 percentile in everything -- height, weight, and head circumference. It is a lot to move around for still-developing muscles. Especially her head, her head has taken a few bumps as she has lost her balance trying to crawl and collided with the floor. I hate those bumps. Wilson hates those bumps. But they are sadly a necessary part of learning and moving.
But what she isn't doing in crawling, she is making up for in motor skills -- trying to screw the tops on old peanut butter jars, stacking her rings happily, taking balls in and out of cups, and placing toys on top of one another, and of course eating sand by the mouthful.
She is fascinated with the relationships between things -- maybe she will be a mechanical engineer one day.
I would love to see my daughter in the STEM fields but whatever she chooses, I hope that her adult world has better career balance for men and women as well as much greater understanding between cultures in order to prevent today's horror.
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