Penny's first dance class

These pics are from Penny's dance class on Saturday. She loved it! This is her first formal introduction to "dance" (for now, its more like body movement and following instructions) and also her first class with no parent participation...which means, a 40 minute break for mommy and daddy.

Maxwell is growing

Max is 8 weeks old today. He is getting big and eating a lot, and often. This morning, I (mom) woke up bleary-eyed after another rough night and decided to drag myself to the breastfeeding support group for some answers. I feel like I'm at the end of my rope with night wakings every two hours. Basically this means that I'm almost never horizontal in my bed because he wakes me up at 1 a.m., we stay in the chair nursing, fall asleep sitting until 3 a.m. and then I put him in the crib, but he wakes me up again at 3:15! :( According to the lactation consultant, this should be the worst of it and this phase will pass soon. His cluster feeding in the evenings (when he nurses every hour) is a good sign that the sleep will stretch out to longer blocks. This better be true!

I feel sorry for Penny who is cheerful at 7:15 a.m. and is greeted by zombie mom. She is very understanding and gets her dose of T.V. while I try to wake up...

It was good to go to the group and hear that other moms have similar struggles and to have my experience normalized. I also learned that it is normal and okay for baby to only sleep well while being held at this stage. It was a good reminder to listen to instinct rather than thinking too much about what we "should" do.

Happy 3rd Birthday Penny!

Princess Belle from Beauty and the Beast

Birthday party balloons

Grandma's extravagant cake

Montara in March

It was beach weather today, so we decided to go to Montara. See more pics here

"ara-best"!

I don't know if it is related to watching too many Disney princess movies, but Penny often wants to wear dresses and dance now. She also learned the name of some dance moves. The one where her back is turned is her arabesque, which she calls, "arabest"