Check out Moxie’s new winter hat!
Author: jesslee
Many of you have commented on the craziness that is Moxie’s mop. Well, we thought we would treat you all to an especially stand up performance by those sweet brown locks.
Last night was bath night. She really needed it. She had full on cheese neck, dirty finger nails, troll toe nails and her hair was out of control. As we were drying her off I thought it would be funny to comb her hair into a little mohawk. Here’s how that looked:
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| She’s very serious about her look. Her parents aren’t. |
When she went to bed she played with her hair while nursing, as she always does, and went to bed. She didn’t sleep super well (we are thinking a growth spurt/teething combo) but, what the photo below indicates, she definitely didn’t touch any electrical outlets.
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| This isn’t static. It’s an anti-gravity field around her dome. |
Anyway, her hair has been the topic of many a conversation and we would like to keep it that way. Anything to divert attention to her monster feet.
Homegirl has hit two major milestones. Did she roll over? No. Did she sit up all by herself? No. Did she eat solid food? Nope. BUT she did double her body weight–born 8 lbs and weighed in this morning at a hefty 16 lbs! Also, she is 4 months old! Technically she is 17 weeks but we are just going by the date. For those of you uncomfortable with that kind of inaccuracy–suck it.
Here’s some pictures! Hardcore Moxie followers will notice that we chose different pictures for months 0-3–we want to keep our fans happy.
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| Again, clear bassinets–brilliant. |
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| She’s trying to wink. |
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| You’ll notice these pants make several appearances. |
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| Told you so. |
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| Big 4 Months! |
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| Her hair couldn’t be contained. |
We spent New Year’s Day with Hannah and Ruby at the aquarium. We saw a puffin feeding, fish feeding, a skink, and lots of other awesomeness. We even saw a dolphin show–though no one got wet (despite Ruby and Strider sitting in the “splash zone”). Ruby and Hannah were both amazing. Ruby was a super trooper and changed all three of Moxie’s diapers, carried her around and showed her the fish and took being puked on like a champ. Hannah was super fun and cheerful even though she got a max of 3 hours sleep the night before. Oh–also–if you ever need a good friend–Hannah’s it. Ask all those cats who got home safe on New Year’s Eve.
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| These two don’t like each other at all. |
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| Ruby got initiated into the club with a huge load of Moxie spit up. |
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| Us versus Sharks |
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| Hmmm |
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| She grabbed all the essentials: gummy snake, slinky, and a shocked expression |
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| Bring on the fish! |
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| Taking in the sights. |
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| Coral is so dumb. We are so glad it is dying all over the world. |
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| Puffin feeding. Try to find Ruby. |
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| Yay for fish! |
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| Sharks! |
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| Reading the fun facts. |
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| Moxie said what?! |
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| documenting the adventure |
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| Moxie is good at communicating with dolphins. |
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| Jelly Fish! |
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| French fry break waiting for the dolphin show. |
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| beautiful! |
This New Year’s we spent the occasion with our darling super friends Tracy, Josh, Ari, and Noa. Moxie was only up for a couple hours–actually only 1.5 hours–then she went to bed. The grown ups ate wings, drank bourbon, and played poker. It was really great. Here’s the poker winnings: 1. Strider, 2. Tracy, 3. Josh, and, finally, 4. me.
Everyone knows that Strider and I moved away from our parents, friends, and home just a few months after I found out I was pregnant. Brilliant right? Right. However, we had the good fortune of moving to a town full of people who love us. We have family AND friends. We are so lucky that those friends treat us like family. Jacque and Doug have been excited about Moxie, very giving of their time and attention, and have just been wonderful. We appreciate them so much.
On the topic of Jacque and Doug being good to us… Moxie has finally moved to her own room, into her crib and out of her bassinet. Well, I shouldn’t say “her” bassinet. The bassinet that Moxie spent her first 14 weeks of life in is a family bassinet lent to us by Jacque and Doug. The bassinet has a long history and we are happy to have been a part of it. I can’t believe she’s outgrown it. I will miss all her weird sleeping sounds but I admit–I am sleeping much better these days.
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| Date: September 17 Weight: 8 lbs 8 oz |
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| Date: November 25 Weight: 14 lbs 6 oz |
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| Date: December 31 Weight: 15 lbs 11.5 oz |
As you all know in the first trimester of my pregnancy Strider and I moved across the country–perfect timing. Before we were only 1.5 hours from my parents and 8 from his. We were close to our immediate family. Well, living out here in DC things are different. We appreciate the Mark Tuckers and our friends here on the East Coast but it is hard being away from our rents.
Technology is magic. We have been keeping in touch with family through the internets. Moxie is starting to look at the screen and really listen to voices. It isn’t the same as actually hanging out in person–but it is way better than smoke signals–Moxie is really terrible at both sending and reading the smoke. It is actually a little embarrassing.
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| It’s hard to pay attention to what I am saying with the big spit up stain on my shoulder. |
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| Grandma and Grandpa catch up with little Moxie on things like drool, poop, and eye contact. |
Also: notice Ron slyly giving his beautiful wife bunny ears. You should see what happens when Strider and Ron get into the special effects options in GoogleChat. Really, you should see it.
| This last week marks the third visit we have had from Bibi. She wins the award for most frequent traveler. She also wins the award for loudest late night returns from the bars (but I promised I wouldn’t talk about that in the blog). Bibi came to help with the transition from maternity leave back to full time employment. It wasn’t an easy week but having an extra set of hands was invaluable. We also chose that week (just two before Christmas) to begin making our hand made Christmas gifts. The distribution set is small (don’t get your hopes up) but Bibi jumped right in and helped. She’s pretty fab. Every morning she took Moxie after her morning feeding (somewhere between 3:30 and 6:30 am), dressed Mox, got her to Rita’s (usually via stroller), ran errands for us (grocery shopping, bear wrestling), and walked to go get Mox and bring her home. It was great and Moxie really enjoyed the walks.
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| Bibi made this hat. Turns out Moxie has a Hinky ear AND a Frankenstein head. |
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| This is Moxie’s “I’m so glad Bibi made it home from the bars.” face. |
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| Braving the cold cold streets. |
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| Pajama party! |
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| Bibi babysat for both of our holiday parties. |
Well folks, here we are just finishing our second Monday with everyone back at work. Postings will likely be a little less frequent but we will try to fill them with triple awesomeness.
After surviving our first full week of daycare and full time work we got to celebrate Hanukkah with family and friends. It was wonderful.
Bibi helped Karen as she wrapped up the latkes. Having never had them before–YUM. We had ours with homemade apple sauce from Tony.
Luckily, our first big week of everyone going their own way hasn’t driven the punk out of Strider. Tony and Karen spoil him by always having Strong Bow cider on hand.
You can tell by Ryan’s facial expression he believes everything I say–as he should. It was really great to have time to chat and catch up with everyone–we hadn’t seen people in a few weeks.
Moxie got time with Hannah (congrats for recently graduating college!!), Jacque (immediately below), Ruby (pictured above), Doug (not pictured), and Karen (way below). Moxie put on a show for everyone by standing on Jacque’s lap. Her balance is crap but she’s got some strong legs. In the first picture here you can really see Moxie’s hinky ear (her left).
Before we ate Ruby lit the candles and everyone said a prayer. during the candle lighting we all got to wear cool glasses that either showed Stars of David or “Shalom” in the candle light. See below where Strider attempts to capture the cool effects (also notice the bad ass salad Jacque and Hannah brought).
The meal was amazing: brisket, latkes, green beans (Strider’s fav), homemade apple sauce, and for dessert–donuts. These people know how to party.
Doug joined us a little late–he was a little sick–but, as you can see below, not too sick to make faces at Moxie and Karen.
Moxie takes her holiday seriously.
We went out to celebrate Ryan’s birthday on Sunday. He looked great and has some cool plans for his future. He also thought Moxie was, “Much more human.” Than the last time he saw her (at Thanksgiving).
