Here in LA

I love this city. I really do. The weather has been AMAZING!! We arrived last Wednesday, and here we are a week later. Time flew by! Its been so nice to visit with friends, go out to dinners and brunches and enjoy this place until....

Poor Ever got his first bug and had a mild fever for 2 days. We visited Dr. Fleiss (who was so sweet) because well I am paranoid. He just said to watch the little nugget, make sure he stays hydrated and give him some baby tylenol if he needs it. For two nights straight he was woken up screaming. In that moment, you feel so helpless. Its kinda scary. Jedrek and I just look at each other and go through all the steps. Diaper wet? Nope. Hot? Nope. Hungry? Nope. I guess its time to just hold the little boy close and sway. Its so nice having Jedrek there in those moments. He rubs my back to let me know he is there when I am trying to calm our little one. I am so grateful for having him as my partner and Ever's father. He really knows just what to do.

P.S. I am still enjoying this place.

Ever gets to meet him Uncle, Aunt, Great-Grandmother and Great-Aunt and Uncle for the first time on Friday! I am so excited to see them all and introduce them to the new family addition.

Wish us luck tonight!!

xo melissa

Happy Baby in the Morning


Aunt Laura meeting Ever at Brunch


Sleepy Nugget

Gloomy Weather

so. tired. of. this. weather.

so. ready. for. some. SUN!!

I heard LA had amazing conditions. 80 degrees...in January? How lucky. It sounds like mother nature gifted all the angelinos with a little bit of the perfect temp to go out and enjoy the weekend with. dicks.

its ok. I know that the 100+ degrees we have here is just around the corner! JOY! =)

Blowing Rasberries?

What is it called when you are giving a raspberry, but stick out your tongue at the same time? Blowing a raspberry? Anyway, whatever _____ (fill in the blank) is called, I entertain Ever with this gesture daily. Yesterday on a grocery store shopping adventure, he did it back! It was AMAZING. Ever blew a raspberry (or whatever its called) back! Now the new daily thrill is getting him shower me with raspberries. I love it! I will try to get a video of him doing this to prove it. =) In the mean time, enjoy this amazing picture of him laughing with daddy....

Active Little Prince

Dear Ever,

It hasn't been a secret that you are such an active little baby, but I guess its been our secret as to how much.

Jedrek and I visited our Midwife today after returning from our last "2 people in the family" adventure to find out that Ever might be breeched. This was not the best news since I am now full-term and a breech baby means no home birth. Our little man, the acrobat. I have to be honest and tell you my mommy instincts kicked in and I kinda had a feeling everything was going to be alright. A few days later we took a quick road trip up to Paradise for a Ultrasound to find out if this is indeed true. Good News!! He IS head down, but a little shy. One of his cute paws has been in front of his face making it slightly difficult to feel his head. Check out the pics below for all the details. BTW, he has no problem showing off his "boy" parts. Is this a little bit of insight to how our little Ever will be? Are you falling in love with him more and more like I am?

OH and p.s.....Paula our amazing midwife has mentioned numerous times that she is not surprised Ever is such a tumbler being that his folks are also people who can't sit still and are constantly on the move. I take that as a total compliment and know we are just an adventurous family. There is already a running list of all the places I want to experience with our family of 3.

xo melissa

Birth, Heart, Love, Place called Tahoe

The other night Mel and I were at our birthing class and we were asked to close our eyes and think of a magical place that we would want to be. The funny thing is that we were asked to do so to take our minds off of the fact that we were clenching ice cubes in our hands. I immediately went to Tahoe. Standing on the top of the half pipe, then dropping in, listening to the wind and that dead silence of snow. I chuckled because I'm holding Ice and I went to the snow. When we opened our eyes I asked Melissa where she went. "Tahoe" she said, on the beach. Just goes to show.. it's a magical place.

This is how we work

How to start....

I know, I know.....why has this taken so long to get going? Well to be honest I just didnt know how to start. I mean, SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED in the last months and I guess I was just too focused on figuring out how to cover ALL of it (which I understand now is a little daunting). So lets just jump right in and get this blog up and running.

Jedrek and I just moved into an amazing house located much closer to downtown and right around the corner from family. Although it has taken us a lot longer than expected to get settled in, we are super excited to make this house our home.
Check out the pics of our new casa. And please excuse the mess!