Monthly Archives: August 2009

Adapting to new life.

Posted on August 24, 2009 by elie

The Koala isn’t the only newbie around here. It’s hit me in the last week that I am a new person. It’s been a short process (36 hour labor) and a long process (it’s about a year since I found out … Continue reading →

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Someone to talk to.

Posted on August 18, 2009 by elie

I don’t know if it’s the cutest thing or the saddest thing… But when the mobile over Koala’s crib automatically shuts off after 15 minutes, he pleads with it to come back on. And then I sneak by his room in covert-mode … Continue reading →

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Being a mom.

Posted on August 16, 2009 by elie

At this point in my life I’ve known two too many 12-year-old girls who have fought cancer and lost. The first time I was a kid. This time I’m a mom. Being a mom at a shiva call for a … Continue reading →

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Life in snippets.

Posted on August 12, 2009 by elie

Time is going by cliche fast. You hear it and you hear it and then it happens to you. The Koala is nearly four months old. I’m nearly four months not-pregnant. The Koala smiles, laughs, plays. My maternity leave is … Continue reading →

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A bit about us.

Posted on August 9, 2009 by elie

We met during the Disengagement, got married during Lebanon II, were pregnant during the Gaza incursion, birthed our baby on Yom Hazicaron eve. Here’s to only good events coinciding between my national life and my personal life in the future.

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Koala update: fourteen weeks.

Posted on August 2, 2009 by elie

Nothing but good to report about the Koala. He’s been giving me once-in-a-while nights of eight-hour sleep. He’s been relating really well to his uncle, who’s in town. He went for his first ‘swim’ and took his first splash in the … Continue reading →

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Leaving maternity leave.

Posted on August 1, 2009 by elie

Tomorrow is my first day ‘back to work’ (technically, working from home). Fourteen weeks have flown yet moved really slowly. Just the way I like it. It’s not easy getting back into work mode, of course. I like my job … Continue reading →

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