sloane rolls.

sloane rolls 1.7.13 from jenny martin on Vimeo.

nurserying: classic day.

The day Sloane's crib arrived was amazing. I had been waiting to own one since I started working in the industry. The Oeuf Classic Crib has been a long-time favorite of mine, and now it's actually in my baby's room. We picked it up at the store and alas, the Prius never ceases to amaze us.

The Oeuf Classic Crib is the one that started it all. A company out of Park Slope, Brooklyn, I have had the pleasure to meet Michael, the founder. His passion for modern design equals his strive to do right by the environment. I was SO excited to take a little bit of Oeuf into the nursery.

{image SUPER cheesy-i know.} I've learned through work that mattresses are seriously the most important nursery purchase you make. It's all about the oxygen flow. Nook is the latest and greatest technology on the market. Non-toxic, dual-firm-I could go on for days. Bottom line-it's healthy and safe. Enter baby gear nerd overflow.

Thanks for building it, Gabe.

and six months later-Sloane loves it.

my mom series: Introduction.

one of the very few things in life that i can truly do, on any given day, is write. my dear friend nikki has been after me for years to write a book. maybe this is a small step in that direction. but mostly, it's a platform for me to gift my daughter, post after post. i also hope for her to value and admire my small talents in hopes of someday pursuing her own grand ones.

enter a writing prompt. the relationship i imagine with my daughter is very specific. one of the main components is for her to truly know me. when i was a few months pregnant, walking around town with fingers crossed and a very hopeful heart, i came across this little gem of a book at frances-(more on that place later!) this pint-sized journal is filled with questions the fictional child asks her mother in order to chronicle her life. this blog post series will take me on a trip down memory lane and provide sloane will a meaningful lens into where i've been-and where i'm going.

because i love her, and she loves me. yep, that onesie is in spanish. #cubanjew

a few of our favorite things: balance sitter.

over here on cambridge avenue, these first few months have been like a jigsaw puzzle. we've tried this, that and the other thing to see what fits where and when. sloane is pretty particular about what she (mommy) likes, so here's a series on what we actually use in high rotation around here.

i knew at the "point of registry" that the baby bjorn balance sitter was at the top of the list when it came to safety and style. i had no idea how much she would absolutely love it-from the time she was only a few weeks old. this was a fabulous gift from the amazing friemarks-thank you, thank you! the idea is that you use your motion (foot, hand, harvey's paw) to create a soothing bouncing motion. eventually, she will learn to propel it herself. i'm not big on leaving her in there for too long, but she definitely actually craves the motion it creates-far more than the other bouncer we have. she is a really easy-going baby but definitely has her moments. i can't think of a time that this didn't soothe her.

all babies are different-but sloane puts this at the top of her list as her favorite spot to chill out in and watch gator games. yesterday i was playing with her on my lap-gabe drew my attention to the fact that he was tapping it with his foot-sans baby. cute or pathetic? cute, says the new mom.

gesundheit.

Gesundheit. from jenny martin on Vimeo.

our baby girl.

"Making the decision to have a child -- it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." -- Elizabeth Stone ~Sloane Marie Martin was born on August 14th, 2012, at 11:10am. she weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. her beautiful face characterized by perfectly pout lips, chubby cheeks and rosy skin. the overwhelming emotions we felt go without saying-obviously so beyond anything you can prepare for. gabe and i- well, our hearts are irreversibly intertwined. parenthood feels so new but at the same time feels as if, hey-we've got this. we make mistakes-we laugh through everything-we are obsessed with her shitting habits. our good friends back east had a baby girl recently. my advice to them as they went into labor was to not cry until she was born, because then they will be crying for the rest of their lives. as I embark on this blog journey or path or road-Sloane is now almost four months old. i won't share everything, i won't share what gabe and i feel is private-but i'll share a little. at the very least, she'll have a record of how crazy her mom is,no?