[happily resolved] Can I PLEASE Have this Baby Already??!!

We care about Bella.








I've no idea if she cares about the rest of us, or, maybe I do.

((((((ossobuco)))))))

Somehow that seems a very ossobuco-like post and it tickled me. I love you stream of consciousness, let's-be-honest-now style of writing, ossobuco.

I'll admit I'm often obnoxious - I used to be this quiet little thing -

but, I both care about Bella and wonder why the f.k she can't just post a word or two.

Well, guessing, she feels both alienated and only slightly connected.

This is not new to many of us, feeling that way.



Still, the girl had us going, for months, on this and that.

Would that she returns full bloom.

osso, I think she feels overwhelmed. Trying to fit into her regular work schedule after such a long absence, feeling sad that her little girl is not
with her, and just coping in general is not easy.

When I get the "blues" I don't usually post at all, I wait until my mood
is back in swing and then I'll get back to a2k.

Bella will come around soon, and tell us all about motherhood

I won't argue that Bella may feel overwhelmed.

Neither would I.

But since her last post starts like this ...

I didn't really surface for air for six months or so after the baby was born -- I was just starting out on Abuzz then and was doing stuff there, but it wasn't a responsibility or anything (nobody knew me from Adam at the time), and I was home all the time and in a new place where I knew nobody. There were a lot of responsibilities (especially in terms of keeping up to date with my correspondence) that were neglected for quite a while -- too many of them, and too overwhelming. (If I do that one, I really should do this other one, and man I'm so tired...)

Plus, if her time is limited, I wouldn't be too surprised if she's actually ENJOYING having her A2K time back (as in, the time she used to spend on A2K), and might be a bit scared of getting sucked back in when she simply doesn't have time for it.

I'm glad we have Shewolf to tell us she's OK and the baby's OK...

Im going to ram her with a cattle prod today to make her post here.

Ok, ok ok....sheesh people...you leave for a few months without so much as a word and everyone gets their panties in a bunch. :wink:

Yes, I am tired and back to work and life is....different. It's crazy, fun, tiring, amazing, boring, everything I expected it to be and nothing I expected it to be. I am settling into work now so perhaps I will have a little more time for A2K. I definitly don't have time at home.

Ade is doing well. 3 months old and still a peanut. Daycare is hard. Last night I had to go in and hold her while she was sleeping because she fell asleep an hour after we got home and I didn't get to spend any time with her.

I am doing ok. Feeling super fat and hating my post preggo body.

But enough about me.

On to the promised pictures.



Birth Day




Tiny Fingers, Tiny Toes


First Smile Caught on Camera


Zoe Loving on Ade


My Little Sleeping Beauty


Tummy Time

Awwwww whos a cutie.










Good likeness shewolf.

Ah, here's the good stuff!

Love that last picture!

Lovely, absolutely lovely. Welcome Back!!!

awwww, how precious! i see that zoey is trying to be a good mama, too.

welcome back, Mama Dea!

I love the picture with the dog.

I love all the pictures! She's gorgeous!

Welcome back, Bella.

Welcome back, Bella. Thanks for sharing photos, but we also missed chatting with you.

no more 2 month hiatuses, mm-kay?

Oh my goodness! What a cutie. The picture with Zoe is my new pick for cutest thing in the world....

I'm awfully sorry to hear about having to have her in daycare and not seeing much of her some days, that must be *incredibly* hard.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh