Author: Carrie Spritzer

She’s starting to smile more when I’m holding the camera! Hooray!

I remember No Traces writing about how difficult it was to capture an in-focus photograph of his newborn daughter because she was always moving. Before Miss Leyba arrived I didn’t get it. How much could a little girl move?!

Now I completely understand. For every 10 photos I shoot, 1 is (maybe) in focus. She is constantly moving her head, hands, fingers, legs, feet, etc. I love how she is exploring the world, but thank goodness for digital cameras and being able to shoot a gazillion photos of each moment. I can’t imagine how fast I would be burning through film if I hadn’t switched over to digital.

So, I am sorry for all of the blurry photos I’ve posted over the last three months. This actually marks a big transition for me: I’m now all about capturing the moment rather than capturing the perfect, artist shot. Hence, a family blog rather than my old photoblog. I hope you are enjoying it.

Yep, she lost her sock. I thought she looked super cute with just one, so I didn’t put it back on until after our photo shoot.

Can’t stop kissing and tickling those cute toes! xoxo

Tummy time earlier this morning. She’s recovering from a busy weekend and has been super tired today. Can you tell?

Miss Leyba has discovered the joy of propelling herself backwards up her changing table. She uses her feet to push herself up into a bridge (excluding the hands/head part) and then scoots herself up. It’s made diaper changes that much more interesting.

She also has discovered how to move around in a circle in bed or on the floor. When we move the towel wedges and give her free reign in bed, she’ll move herself from lying parallel between us and to suddenly being perpendicular.

David was walking by 8 months (most babies are crawling around then and move on to walking around 12 months!). Looks like she’s taking after him!

I think we’re in trouble.

She’s also very pleased with herself about these accomplishments, as she should be. Her smile says, “I am hot shit,” and she is.

I think we are almost recovered from last weeks inadvertent dairy introduction extravaganza and the corresponding Cry Fest 2008. As if my vegan milk now tastes SO MUCH BETTER, Miss Leyba has been indulging in LONG hourly breastfeeding sessions during the day and night until last night when she decided that she’s simply had enough, Mama, and decided to sleep in long stretches. Hallelujah! David and I feel less strung out this morning. This is so good. May the sleeping at night trend continue.

Passover begins today and that means very little in our house, because for us it’s PASSOVER EVERY DAY! I mean, who eats leavened products nowadays? REALLY. It’s gotten really easy to celebrate this holiday since I stopped eating gluten two years ago. Mom, are you proud?

We’re doing a simple meal tonight and we’re going to try reintroducing… white fish! May Miss Leyba tolerate it. I’ve got to get my protein levels up. Next up: nut butters, eggs, and then soy.

In other exciting news, my Audrey Hepburn blog is now #4 on Google’s search for “Audrey Hepburn!” (AGAIN! Finally. I cried when my main site got knocked to the second page two years ago.) I’m officially done with my maternity leave over there too, so be sure to check out my Tribute to Audrey Hepburn for all sorts of Audrey Hepburn related news and goodness. It will be slow going for a while, but it’s nice having a personal project that is entirely separate from my daughter. (Gasp!) Of course, she may grow up to love Audrey Hepburn too.