Author: jesslee
We have arrived. Last night marks the fourth night Moxie has slept 6+ hours straight! Last night she made it 9 hours! From 1030 to 730!! It all seems pretty magical.
Now we are going to start figuring out how to transition her to her own room. Mostly because she is out growing her beautiful borrowed bassinet. Truth be told, I love having her sleeping right next to us. She makes the coolest noises. But–I’m going back to work in a week so sleep will become even more important.
On Thanksgiving morning Grizzly, Strider, Moxie, and I went for a walk in the woods behind our house. Oh, we took the dogs too. Melanie, Griz’s wife, was also at the house but slept through the hike in preparation for the day’s festivities. Gyges and Pili hadn’t been back in the woods for a while so it was all very exciting. Lots of sniffing to do. We got to see the giant trees that fell during Super Duper Storm Sandy.
Grizzly and Moxie decided to wear fun hats during the walk: Moxie in a cupcake and Grizzly with wings. Jess stole the hat from Grizzly because she is a wuss. You will note that Strider and I are totally bundled up and Griz has only a long sleeve shirt. He spent much of his early life in Mongolia and thus is very comfortable in cold weather. He actually radiates heat.
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| They dressed like twins. |
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| Somehow Griz got stuck walking the dogs (heehee). |
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| They aren’t actually smiling–these are the facial expressions of men looking directly into the sun. |
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| These two had lots to discuss. Topics ranged from software to make movies to high jumping techniques. |
If I don’t say so myself. I think she’s the cutest pa-tootiest. Today she got all dressed in one outfit and then had an explosion that required a wardrobe change just 30 minutes into the day. She hasn’t messed with (in) this outfit yet so we got some pictures. No real point to this story–just sharing some pictures of Moxie. We think she’s the Bee’s Knees.
On the day after Thanksgiving we hung out with Helen. She is about to move to San Francisco to start a new exciting chapter in her life. Anyway she hung with the Dorsey-Lee’s for a bit and we farted around, saw a movie (this is the part where a house explodes), and ate pho. It was pretty cool.
The movie going experience could have been a disaster but instead Moxie slept through most of it, nursed, and then looked at the back lit star on the wall of the theater. Well, that was until it all got really intense: the credits rolled. Nevermind the explosions, flashes, and actions scenes. Moxie love-love-loved the credits. Her eyes got wide, her mouth opened and she froze as she watched the magic happen. Silly girl.
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| Moxie got very very comfortable hanging out with Helen in the morning. |
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| Post Pho Haze. |
Strider took a really cute series of photos of Moxie in her new slippers (too big for her but cute all the same). The really make her giant feet look bigger–awesome.
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| This is no camera trick. Her feet are that big. Please, make jokes about saving money on ski rentals. |
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| She slow mo falls over when we leave her there to sit. It’s pretty darn cute. |
Moxie’s Thanksgiving went really well. We were grateful for the family and friends we got to spend time with and missed those we didn’t get to see. We spent the day with the Shaffer cousins: Ryan and Helen, the Mark-Tucker Clan: Tony, Karen, and Ruby, and the Marks: Jerry and Sue. We ate delicious food (none of which we contributed–Karen gave us a pass this year with the new baby–we appreciate it because we can barely dress ourselves these days), had wonderful conversation, and spent time with people we love.
Moxie wore her special Thanksgiving outfit we got for like 75% off at Janie and Jack. She looked super cute:
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| Moxie sits up (sort of) showing off her outfit. |
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| Moxie and Dad hanging at the Mark-Tuckers |
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| Little Miss Wiggle Feet posing for the camera |
We hung out and helped out in prep for the delicious dinner. We also skyped with Hannah (studying abroad in Scotland this semester).
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| I’m on the couch chatting with Hannah while others debate the fiscal cliff. |
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| Queen of the Kitchen rocking her scene. |
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| Moxie and Sue say “Hi” to Hannah. |
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| Enjoying convos and apps. |
Dinner was, of course, really good and so was the conversation. Moxie slept for most of the meal in the ErgoBaby carrier and then hung out being cute for the rest.
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| Check out how much fun everyone is having. |
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| Discussing the intelligence of babies. |
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| Moxie, in phase one of her plan, takes off her dress and then poops through her diaper. |
After a delicious meal and a giant baby bowel movement we retired to the living room to carry on conversation in slightly cooler climes.
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| Here’s what Moxie wore after the blow out. |
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| Cousins chill and Ruby works some photo magic on Strider’s iPhone. |
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| Chatty Chattersons. |
Good times were had by all. Stay tuned to see what we did on Black Friday. A house explodes. No kidding.
Moxie decided it was time to try out her seat. She’s just a little too young but can sit in it for a little bit before she slumps over. We plan on bedazzling it and adding wheels.
Folks, big doins today. Moxie spent her first half day at daycare. She goes to stay with a wonderful woman named Rita who lives about 4 blocks from our house. She has several other children: another infant named Vivian, two toddlers named Sydney and Natian, and then a few one dayers here and there.
Sometimes in the mornings Strider and Moxie catch some ZZZs together. This time wasn’t super successful on the sleeping part but it sure was cute. (Clothing provided by Noa)