Maia Papaya Brings in the Spring 2010

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Letters to Maia

Month Five

July 13, 2009

Dear Maia,
Today you turn five months old, and honestly? seriously? it’s only been five months that you’ve been in our lives?  I find it hard to believe, because I truly cannot recall life before you.
Last month, you learned how to roll over onto your belly; this month, you’ve finally learned how to roll from belly [...]

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Month Four

June 13, 2009

Dear Maia,
Yesterday morning, you got fussy.  I held you close to me, stroked your hair, and kissed your round cheeks.  You didn’t calm, so I turned on some music — Augustana’s “Boston” — and started singing to you.  You calmed, staring at me with those beautiful eyes that shift from brown to hazel inside a [...]

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Month Three

May 13, 2009

Dear Maia,
Today you turn three months old and, unlike the past two months, I don’t feel like the time has flown by; I feel like you’ve been here forever and I can’t believe it’s been ONLY three months.  You are such an integral part of every day — in fact, I’d say that every day [...]

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Month Two

April 13, 2009

Dear Maia,
Today you turn two months old and, just like last month, I’m stuck between amazement at how time has flown by and disbelief that it’s only been that long.  This morning as we laid in bed together, I rested my hand on my stomach and remembered being pregnant, feeling you kicking and pushing — [...]

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Month One

March 13, 2009

Dear Maia,
Today you turn one month old, and I can’t believe you’ve only been here four weeks.  It feels like you’ve always been a part of our life, as if we’ve known you forever; I really don’t remember what things were like when we didn’t have you here.  And yet I still feel as if [...]

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