Neko’s Daily Activities
Brooklyn is totally hot right now.
Michelle Williams moved in and lives around the corner. They are shooting bad TV shows on our block.
Some we haven’t even heard of. We took the opportunity to have neko get her 15 minutes of fame and shmooze with the crew. They loved neko. They hate the show though.
We are busy. Always running out of time. Especially now that we enter adult land a few times a week (that’s work, if you were wondering).
That means that it is hard to keep up with everyone, but we got lucky and our schedules finally allowed us to see Kim, Mae and even Rob (surprise).
Neko got to swing swing swing it. She really likes it in those hard plastic seats (don’t tell her she hit her head a little). Mae likes them so much she nearly fell asleep in one. The higher the better, right?
Wooopppppee for summer and baby girls.
Spent my precious wednesday off going into Soho to meet ex boss for lunch, and then decided to window shop, while waiting for peter to get us ladies to visit Elodie.
I don’t know how this happened, but i ended up in Selima (really, i don’t know). Neko was being her happy self, flirting with all the staff (shame it didn’t get me a discount on my new hot shades) when in walks in the former star from ER herself, Julianna Margulies. Yup, you guessed it, she got baby fever too. She commented on neko’s major cuteness, gorgeous thighs (bursting out of her diaper was the term she used) and her above average length and size. Then she went on to tell me how her seven month old finally slept through the night last night and how he is soooo huge, he already weights more than 20 pounds.
Lady, star or no star, I told it to her straight, your son ain’t got nothing on my child (i asked peter for advice on how to say this american expression).
So goes neko’s first encounter with celebrity culture. Reaction: totally unaffected and continues to shove plastic giraffe in mouth. Who is the real star, heh?
When we first had neko and registered for baby items, I swore that everything she had would be minimal and cool.
Her room was an exercise in tasteful restraint, as were her clothing. Everything else seemed to be designed by color blind mentally challenged midgets. And don’t get me started about the color pink.
We have officially succumbed to color chaos. Neko loves being in this ridiculously obnoxious music lights toys and thingies overloaded object (takes up half our bedroom floor) called an exersaucer (sounds like something from a horror film, and looks like it too).
I think all the speeches peter gave her about developing her own personal sense of style have yet to come to fruition. She adores this thing.
This weekend was all about being brave and having new experiences.
All thanks to the Epstein (and Spitalnik) family. Our gracious hosts and family invited us to frolic in the sun and splash in the waters of Fire Island.
I got over some major neuroses and let go (as much as any anxious over protective Jewish mother can) and allowed neko to suck on a pacifier that fell in the SAND, go sailing, get handed off to her uncle in deep (five foot maybe) water to go to the sand bar (was the coolest experience ever), jump around in the ice cold Atlantic Ocean (we are used to our piss water temperature Mediterranean) and get lathered with sun tan lotion.
She got to play with her cousin Dylan (she was dying to touch him and he mostly ignored her - the story of men and women begins early), and sleep in a new room. I got to tan, taste grandma ruth’s secret chicken and sleep in (until 7:15). Most importantly, we got some major quality time with family.
THANK YOU FOR A SUPER FABULOUS AMAZiNG WEEKEND!
She’s here!
Neko’s bestest girl friend to be, and she is kinda French: Elodie Claire. Those two international babes are gonna get into some major trouble together (without boys, of course). We are excited and happy and thrilled for the proud parents to be officially a part of the forever exhausted club….
Everyone knows … babies suck. Literally. If you’ve ever seen a 5 month old in action, they put everything in their mouths. Neko is no exception. She sees things, and she WANTS them - kinda like Keren at a Sigerson Morrison sale. But, not only does she want them, she makes an irritated “mmm mmm” sound to tell us. It is the sound of a baby desperate to lick, suck, and gnaw. In fact, this oral fixation has transformed our serene, gentle child into a flailing, wriggling meshuggenah. Who can blame her? She has two teeth emerging from her lower jaw, and she wants to use them. I can’t wait until they get bigger and we can use them to our advantage. In the meantime, the teething is surely a bit painful, so she will probably keep enjoying a good chomp of everything that might soothe her aching gums. And, like neurotic, first-time parents, we will keep rinsing everything she uses as a drool receptacle . Recent objects of her oral attention include a frozen bagel, a bathroom faucet, a toy hippo, and her daddy’s nose. Yum!
Here’s a little addendum to the 5 months post. Yes, I am biased, but my ladies are gorgeous.
It’s hard to be far from the ones you love.
It’s really hard to be far when bad stuff happens. Savta Regina was a shlemazel (she blames it on her flip flops) and has tripped and broken her arm. We imagine only the worst in our minds but try and think positively and hope for a quick and painless (maybe with some fun drugs) recovery.
Neko sends her love and would kiss, lick and spittle on the booboo to make it better, if she could. We are there in spirit! We love you Savta!
Yesterday was a landmark day.
Too bad we were too busy playing, frolicking and kissing neko to actually post - but we did have a nice photo shoot to celebrate her five month birthday. Amazing. Unreal. Incredible. Merely 21 weeks ago she arrived. It seems like barely a breath was taken and she is already so, well, human.
Here is to a lifetime of neko love!
