Life with Our Itty Bitty Baby Girl

Becca got her helmet today!  She did amazingly well at her appointment, and she doesn’t mind the helmet at all, except that Mommy and Daddy are still a little rough getting in on and off.  She’ll wear it for a few hours today, sleep without it, wear it a bit more tomorrow, and go full-time [...]

I snagged a pretty good-sized baby pool on clearance at Target the other day for $7.  Sweet.  Becca and I busted it out today for the first time.  It’s awesome – enough room for Becca to walk around in her float while Mom lounges against the corner.  Pretty comfy.  Here’s a video of our dog [...]

Tomorrow is helmet day!  I’m excited, but also a little bit sad that now that she finally a pretty head of hair, we have to cover it up for 6 months.  So of course, I took some pictures!  I had a hard time getting good pictures – of course, when I finally don’t want her [...]

I’m hesitant to write this piece.  I will undoubtedly offend some of my beloved readers.  I know that some of you will disagree  with some or all of what I have to say.  And I know that my daughter’s story shouldn’t be exploited for political gain or manipulation.  At the same time, though, I know that because [...]

Okay, where the Signature Health Alliance failed us, the much more humane insurance collective known as the Hill family has stepped in, and Becca IS getting her helmet!  Yay!  Even though she would have still been gorgeous and – if you don’t mind – a kick-ass diva with a flat head, we’re going to see [...]

John, Becca, and I met the most amazing photographer today – Brooke Kelly.  She read about Becca’s story and contacted us, offering to do a free shoot for Becca’s birthday.  How awesome is that?!  I have wanting to have professional portraits done for a long time now, but, as you can imagine, it was on [...]

I was looking through recent pictures for a silhouette so that you can see the flat head of which I write, and in so doing, I found a couple of pictures of some special friends that I hadn’t posted.  In each of the sets below, I’ve posted one just plain adorable shot and one that [...]

Official word came through from insurance today: no helmet for Becca.  The claim was denied.  That’s unfortunate, because I was planning on paying for her college tuition through her work as a Gerber baby.  (Rumor has it that Gerber only uses babies with big heads.  Check.  But they probably need to be round.  Uncheck.)  Seriously, [...]

Here’s the dinosaur dress I made for Becca!  I’m not good at curves, so the armholes ended up rather large…so the “dress” is more a jumper…but that will work better for the fall, anyway.

After finishing some burp cloth baby presents, a Halloween dress is next up! 
Oh, and because I’m really weird and enjoy torturing my little [...]

I laugh a lot these days.