Thursday, July 28, 2011

Twelve weeks

I remember the last time you were twelve weeks, little Bun.

You could not hold your head up.


It's odd--over the course of a few days, she went from lying there, a pathetically snurfling inert lump, to holding her head up for minutes on end, checking out the world. We have kicked Tummy Time's ASS.

You could not fend off ravening lemurs.

Those pesky lemurs.


You could not look contemplative while wearing a girly outfit.

She's so good with power tools she can afford to wear bows.

When last you were twelve weeks, I already loved you, though I was afraid to love you, for fear you'd vanish.

Then, I had no real evidence of your existence. Now I can hold you in my arms, so warm and strong.

Then, you were an enigma. Now you are my own dear daughter.

Then, I could not drink. Now I can have a margarita.
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25 comments:

  1. cdgJuly 28, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    So cute!!!!!!!!

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  2. siennaJuly 28, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    omg, i am in love with her in the first picture. soooo freaking adorable. cloth diapers are sooo pretty and cutesy!

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  3. AlexJuly 28, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Look at that face, and all that hair! Love it! She's so cute!!!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 5:15 PM

    She is beautiful and I LOVE this post!!! :-)

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  5. lady pumpkinJuly 28, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Love this! We're nearly at that other 12 weeks now. :) She's so CUTE!

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  6. NJuly 28, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    She is beautiful.

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  7. ASPJuly 28, 2011 at 8:33 PM

    She's so adooooorable! She is totally kicking tummy time's ass! O hated it and would scream her head off at 12 weeks. Loved your little poem too. You're too cute. ;)

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  8. RoccieJuly 28, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    I like the angle of the first shot - like you just barely caught her on film before she broke out of the frame.

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  9. Irrational ExuberanceJuly 29, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    She is so contemplative and grown up in her bows. And so CUTE! That hair! I love it!
    (ps, I TOLD you that tummy time would get better! The head lifting is awesome. Nice work, Bun Bun.)

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  10. nurslouisaJuly 29, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    What a delish chunka monkey in her little Brown girly outfit! Let's hear it for real live take home babies and margaritas!

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  11. JBJuly 29, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    But where are her bite marks? Surely you must be nomming her day and night?

    I LOVE that hair. In the last picture, she reminds me of Thom Yorke. Which means she will start a kickass rock band and be all creative and famous and you can quite your job and be taken care of and stuff. Sweet.

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  12. TrinityJuly 29, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    Hey, you asshole lemurs! Keep your rascally ringed tails off that CAH-UTE CUDDLY BAYBEE BUN!

    X

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  13. KellyJuly 29, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    haha... Love it. She's so damn cute.

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  14. hope4joyJuly 29, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    She is beyond adorable! Love the reflection on early pregnancy and the line about margaritas!! luv it

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  15. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    I raise a margarita to this post. Baby bun bun is beyond adorable...and that outfit! I am such a sucker for tastefully feminine baby clothes......and, lest I forget, with that head control, she is destined to be a very skilled user of power tools.

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  16. ALJuly 29, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Go bun bun!!! well done, mama bunny!

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  17. AnonymousJuly 29, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    We need to take some lessons from you guys and try and kick our lax tummy time schedule. I think he's had about 10 minutes in the last week. I shouldn't admit that I guess! Will try harder tomorrow and maybe in a few weeks he'll be up to where bun bun is!

    Nice Work!

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  18. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 5:41 AM

    Go Bun Bun go! Today it's lifting her head up ... tomorrow, she may just take over the world in her cute outfit with the little bow.

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  19. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    Congrats on 12 weeks, Bun Bun! She's gorgeous :).

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  20. AnonymousJuly 30, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    Happy 12 weeks old day, Bun Bun! Bunny, she is ADORABLE!!!!!

    I laughed out loud at the margarita shout-out. So. True. :)

    xoxo

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  21. AmyGJuly 30, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    Wonderful post!

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  22. AugustaAugust 1, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    Bun Bun is so delicious and sweet. AND she uses power tools and kicks ass in the tummy time department. Not surprisingly, you have an overachiever on your hands there, Bunny. It's a much different 12 weeks than it was back in fall 2010. It was just about this time last year that you got the BFP. Amazing how things change in 1 year.

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  23. Jenny F. Scientist, PhDAugust 2, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    Adorable muppet hair!

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  24. Twangypearl the Elastic GirlAugust 5, 2011 at 4:56 AM

    Ah, look at BunBun - so powerful and logical!

    And so utterly dotey. (Word carefully selected for gender neutrality).

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  25. AdeleAugust 13, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Beautiful. Bows, power tools and margaritas.

    But most of all: Bun Bun.

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