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Category: Dear Sylvie
Dear Sylvie (at 11 months)
May 19, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Dear Dina, Look at that little cheese face! My little ham! You’ve figured out how to pose for the camera in recent weeks, and you’ve totally perfected that goofy-toothy little grin. It’s all about those bottom teeth and I love it. Perhaps you noticed I called you “Dina” in my salutation. It’s pronounced “Dee-na,” and [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 10 months)
April 19, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Dear Big Girl, Boy am I late with this one! You’re closer to 11 months old at this point, and here I am, just finally jotting down your latest antics. I just can’t seem to find the energy in the evenings lately because you are one busy little beaver during the day. And no, I [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 9 months)
March 8, 2010 at 10:55 am
Dear Handsome, Yes, I called you “handsome.” Your daddy started calling you that one day after saying you looked “handsome in your pants,” and it stuck. Despite my protests that girls aren’t handsome, and that it was a weird nickname to bestow, he gradually wore me down and I now find myself calling you that [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 8 months)
February 6, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Dear Sylvika, Well, I thought since it had been only a short time since my last letter to you that there wouldn’t be much to say, but you sure proved me wrong: you’re on the move! In January (on the 19th) you started your very best impersonation of a caterpillar. Using your two arms together [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 7 months)
January 11, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Dearest Sylvie B., Happy 7 months! This has been an exciting month of firsts for you, my love. First Christmas, first real snow, first tooth (now already graduated to first teeth!), first babbling…you are becoming such a big girl and I’m finding it increasingly difficult to keep up! For example, you may have noticed that [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 6 months)
December 3, 2009 at 1:06 am
Dear Sylvie Bilversen, Well, look at you! You’re sitting up! Isn’t that impressive? You have officially entered big girl territory! My word…six months old. I can’t even pretend that you’re still in the “newborn” category anymore, now that you’ve clocked half a year. Happy half-birthday, baby girl! You had your pediatrician check-up on Monday, and [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 5 months)
November 5, 2009 at 12:35 am
My dear, sweet Sylvia Grace, This has officially been the fastest month of your life to date! I swear you were just turning 4 months. How can this be? You’re five months old? As in, in just one more month you’ll be half a year old?! Eating solid food?! *sigh* This month you had several [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 4 months)
October 10, 2009 at 12:13 am
Dearest Sylvie, I’m so sorry that my letter to you is late. I have no good reason, except that I’ve been busy having fun with you. Which, I guess, is the very best excuse. However, I’m starting to push it with it being well over a week late. A week in your lifetime is substantial, [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 3 months)
September 2, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Dear Baby Girl/Boody Dooda/Chief Ridiculous/Doober Dees, As your next “birthday” approached, everyone kept telling me that the 3-month-mark is known to be a huge milestone and a behavioral turning point. I can already see what they meant and I am excited to see what’s in store over the next month. As always, you have kept [...]
Dear Sylvie (at 2 months)
July 29, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Happy 2-month birthday! Time certainly keeps marching on, doesn’t it? My precious baby girl’s age can now be described in terms of months, not just weeks. Wow. We finally designed your birth announcement tonight. It’s a little late (OK, a lot), but we got to include some smiles since we waited so long. Hopefully we [...]