Monday, May 11, 2009

1 Year Ago

Mother's Day 2008 was on Sunday, May 11th, and that was the day that S and I got our first ever BFP! IVF had worked, and a had a little "Blueberry" starting to grow inside of me.

I remember those early days: the OHSS fiasco, checking "The Visible Embryo" website every day, and the desperate hope and raw fear associated with each ultrasound at the RE's office.

Annalise is only 3.5 months old, and it's hard to believe that she already existed a full year ago. Our little Sesame Seed / Blueberry / Thumperina / Kicksie is now a growing girl called Sweetsie, Hunzey, Little One, Baby Love and a dozen other names each day. She smiles and reaches out for interesting things and immediately brings them to her mouth for a taste test. She likes to be carried facing forward a lot of the time, and she is a skilled connoisseur of breast milk from both the bottle and its natural source. She is becoming less shy when confronted by our reflections in the floor to ceiling mirrors on our bedroom closets. She also loves to "talk" -- whether with high pitched squeals or throaty croaks or something in between. And when she gets excited, her arms and legs pump in a vigorous frenzy.

This video was about 3 weeks ago:

What can I say? I'm head over heels in love!

5 comments:

ashley said...

She's beautiful!

Grandma Honey said...

I know they say you can't tell what hand preference a child is until they are older, but I think it's obvious she will be right handed! Very cute!

MissNoAngel (find me on Twitter) said...

SOOOO cute! Happy BFP anniversery! =)

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful baby!

Jill said...

Annalise is so adorable! Hope things are going well with you!!