Zoey

The moment a child is born,
the mother is also born.
She never existed before.
The woman existed, but the mother, never.
A mother is something absolutely new.
Rajneesh

I ran across this quote in March and thought it was quite a beautiful sentiment.

Zoey Mary was born on May 10, 2010 at 1:16 in the afternoon. She weighed in at 6lbs, 9oz and 19 and a quarter inches. She is strong and beautiful. These are the two sentiments I keep hearing. I love when people tell me how strong she is (really, she's a brut for 5 days old - and these nurses and techs have extensive experience with infants). Of course she is strong, I grew her.

mother's day

no baby yet today. snow, though. we watched it snow as we sat in nezuntoz and ate our breakfast. how odd.

and how 'bout those yankees! they've obliterated the stinkin red sox and i'm hoping for a sweeeeep tonite!!

Feliz cumpleaños, Padre!

Today is my dad's birthday. Yes, a busy week for birthdays. I'll be really surprised if Z doesn't share a birthday with SOMEONE.

Have I ever told you that my dad rocks? He is my hero. He's done so much for my sister and I - taught us how to be strong, independent women. He is our rock. He taught us everything we know about baseball and life, usually while watching the Yankees. That was usually our time to catch up on what was going on, while intermittently cheering/yelling at the players. I guess that's why I love and am so comforted by watching baseball. Though, honestly, I really suck at playing. heehee.

No Imact Man

I just finished watching "No Impact Man" which was a very interesting documentary about a man, his wife, their baby daughter and their year project to live with as little impact to the Earth as possible. It was impressive, I have to say. I understand that it got some serious flack for being insane and that the no impact man is a bourgeois f*@k, etc. It made me think a lot about our environmental impact.

Certainly, after the showers I was astounded at the environmental footprint my unborn child had already made on the Earth. The friggen packaging of things...my god, just the little plastic tags on clothes alone! It's just sad and weird to think about.

It's overwhelming to think about, really. The environmental impact of the banana sitting in our fruit basket. I try to do little things but I never feel like it's enough. I suppose, though, it's got to make some difference. If everyone changed one light bulb in their house to a CFL it would eliminate the equivalent of the emissions created by one million cars. Hmm...

I just want to make some kind of difference...

happy birthday, plummer!

i hope zoey either comes today or that the hospital gets cable because there's a Boston series this weekend. heehee.

it would be great if Zoey decided today was the day and she shared a birthday with MJP over at the nerd hut. Mike is seriously one of my favorite people in the world. Without he and Emily our Baltimore experience would have been seriously lacking in good times. And I never would have been able to witness the awesomeness of mike and nick playing crossbows and catapults: the late night intoxication version - which is VERY intense. You just don't meet people like the Plummers very often in life and it was very lucky that we did. The sad thought is, we may never live in the same town again, but it was such a fun time when we did that we will all be friends forever, and for that I am so grateful.

April 2004::

Cinco de Mayo

I wasn't actually sure what Cinco de Mayo celebrated, although I was pretty sure it was celebrating Mexican freedom. WRONG. I'm such a gringo! Thankfully, wikipedia informed me all about Cinco de Mayo which is basically the Mexican-American's version of St. Patrick's Day. A celebration of culture. I wish there were a parade in Binghamton for it. :/

It's also Jay Koz's birthday so if Z were born today she would share with him. Who knows what will happen...she's on her schedule and I'm just along for the ride.

Although I can't wait for her to arrive I also have been thoroughly enjoying my early morning peace. Perusing facebook updates, drinking my tea and eating my delicious corn flakes and home-made granola cereal. oh yeah, my new fave!! I have wanted to make my own granola for a year but was too preoccupied with other things to take the time to do it. Then I found the easiest recipe ever and tried it. delicious! or since it's cinco de mayo i suppose i should say "es muy delicioso!"

You can find the recipe here.

cousin o' mine.

My littlest cousin is 5 today! heehee. I love having a cousin who is 25 years younger than me - it's fun to play cut throat CandyLand - you can't do that with your 3 year old students. I would never chant "peanut brittle! peanut brittle!" in hopes that one of my students would have to move back, because that's just not behavior you want to model...but with E. it's different because he's a Miller, he's tough. He gives it right back and it's okay because we're cousins, I'm no authority figure. It rocks.

So, if Zoey is born today she will share a birthday with E. I share a birthday with his oldest brother N. (18 years apart on that one). It's also Seth H-V's birthday! We'll just have to wait and see... :)