5 Month Birthday

Today is Marigold's 5-month birthday. Happy Birthday to my big, strong, beautiful growing girl! It's amazing to me how quickly she's growing and how much she's doing. Soon she'll be trying out Big People Food. In fact, we ordered a high chair for her from eBay just last night. Soooo excited.

I had the flu this weekend. Talk about Misery. Plus, I kept worrying that I was getting so dehydrated that I might start losing my milk--I want to keep breastfeeding Marigold until she's at least a year old. And the flu came on the heels of me getting over an exhausting sore throat. It's not the sorest I've ever been, but it definitely kept me down for a few days.

So today, my first day of feeling chipper and (I think) fully recovered has been a great day. I finally allowed myself some chocolate. (Just a little--don't want to relapse!) And I've been singing to Marigold (with a gusto that surprised even myself a couple of times), working on my repertoire of children's songs, especially the ones I hope she'll remember. There's a certain intangible quality to memories of childhood, especially those associated with a certain song, a certain smell, a certain activity, a certain food... even if your tastes change when you grow up, there's a special sort of nostalgia for the things you loved as a child. Even remembering what it was like to be a child. So I want to give Marigold lots of fodder for good childhood loves and memories.