James
lulu letters: now we are three
Welcome to the era of the threenager.
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James
- Sep 18
lulu letters: month 35
Dear Lulu...You started school, and we've officially decided to call this place home. What a month.
James
- Aug 16
lulu letters: month 34
Dear Lulu...Eloquence, potty conquering...bedtime? Can't win 'em all.
James
- Jul 23
lulu letters: month 33
Summer fun and NYC!!!! What an introduction.
James
- Jun 22
lulu letters: month 32
Dear Lulu...Where the heck is Glinda?! My face hurts from trying to contain all the joy. Living the dream of you.
James
- May 16
lulu letters: month 31
Dear Lulu...I want to freeze this moment and keep you at this age for so much longer than time will allow.
James
- Apr 16
lulu letters: month 30
Dear Lulu...Sweetness and sass and 14-word sentences: This is 2 1/2.
James
- Mar 15
lulu letters: month 29
Dear Lulu...Who says you can't reason with toddlers? I think you're way too smart for all of us.
James
- Feb 20
lulu letters: month 28
Dear Lulu...Words are the #1 theme this month, and one word in particular: OWN!
James
- Jan 16
lulu letters: month 27
Dear Lulu...You're a linguist, you count to 10, and you shriek as emphatically as you snuggle. Two is pretty fantastic.
James
- Dec 18, 2022
lulu letters: month 26
Dear Lulu...You've started talking in full sentences, and every day is the epitome of fun, even with that two-year-old spunk.
James
- Nov 16, 2022
lulu letters: month 25
Dear Lulu...Surprise! Yup, still here. You're just too darn astounding to stop writing about. At least for now.
James
- Oct 16, 2022
lulu letters: two years
Dear Lulu...You are two years old, and all of my memories of you will never be memories of yours. This is why I write.
James
- Sep 15, 2022
lulu letters: month 23
Dear Lulu...Month 23 was full of spirit, sass, curiosity, empathy, and adjustment to a new family reality.
James
- Aug 15, 2022
lulu letters: month 22
Dear Lulu...Month 22 birthed our first real glimpse of "real" toddlerhood, and it's the greatest game ever.
James
- Jul 14, 2022
lulu letters: month 21
Dear Lulu...Who knew that month 21 would be a developmental earthquake?! Here's how you shake our world...
James
- Jun 14, 2022
lulu letters: month 20
Dear Lulu...You are my brilliant, curious, nature-loving, independent little woman...and words have arrived!
James
- May 19, 2022
lulu letters: month 19
Dear Lulu...You understand everything, you make your wants known, and you are a little lady in all your greatness.
James
- Apr 18, 2022
lulu letters: month 18
Dear Lulu...We've been breathing the same air for 18 months. I don't think I'll ever catch my breath again.
James
- Mar 15, 2022
lulu letters: month 17
Dear Lulu...You are light, you are levity, you remind us to keep gratitude close. In your words, "Wowa."
James
- Feb 14, 2022
lulu letters: month 16
Dear Lulu...You remain a tall force of nature who maintains a questionable relationship with sleep...and who finally has some words.
James
- Jan 17, 2022
lulu letters: month 15
Dear Lulu...Christmas + COVID: This month is brought to you by the letter "C."
James
- Dec 16, 2021
lulu letters: month 14
Dear Lulu...Some serious earthshaking happened this month, and you’re suddenly a little woman.
James
- Nov 16, 2021
lulu letters: now we are one
You're a wild woman who knows what she wants, you understand basically everything...and you're only one.
James
- Oct 15, 2021
lulu letters: one year
Dear Lulu...You are one year old, and I have no idea where to begin.
James
- Oct 15, 2021
lulu letters: month 12
Dear Lulu...We made it one full year. At the tender age of one, you're somehow already a fully formed human.
James
- Sep 16, 2021
lulu letters: month 11
Dear Lulu...You are a standing, clapping, flower monster, and everything is just around the corner.
James
- Aug 16, 2021
lulu letters: month 10
Dear Lulu...You are officially a person: full of heart, spunk, courage, curiosity, and all kinds of passion.
James
- Jul 18, 2021
lulu letters: month 9
Dear Lulu...You in a word? Dynamo. A nonstop bundle of wonder. Your Papa's energy and my independence. Look out.
James
- Jun 15, 2021
lulu letters: month 8
Dear Lulu...You have changed so much this month. It's hard to capture everything in our fast-paced world!
James
- May 16, 2021
lulu letters: month 7
Dear Lulu...You are everything. Okay, okay. I’ll be more specific.
James
- Apr 15, 2021
lulu letters: month 6
Dear Lulu...You have been in this world for half a year, and I have to say: way to go, us.
James
- Mar 15, 2021
lulu letters: month 5
Dear Lulu...We have ventured into new territories, and it has finally hit: I'm your Mama.
James
- Feb 15, 2021
lulu letters: month 4
Dear Lulu...You are becoming a little person, so spirited, so strong, and with a smile that breaks me.
James
- Jan 17, 2021
lulu letters: month 3, part 2
Dear Lulu...You are growing and changing so much. It's tough to keep up when everything is a "first!"
James
- Jan 3, 2021
lulu letters: month 3, part 1
My love, This was a very exciting month, it being your first Christmas and all. So, let's start there...
James
- Dec 15, 2020
lulu letters: month 2
Dear Lulu...We've journeyed through Month 2! And we're all feeling a little more human.
James
- Nov 30, 2020
lulu letters: month 1
Dear Lulu...Month 1 was a whirlwind, but we made it! Thank goodness I took some notes, because it's all a blur...
James
- Nov 20, 2020
lulu letters: birth story
Dear Baby...Your name is Emmylou. Our little Lulu. Let's begin with the story of your birth...
James
- Oct 7, 2020
baby letters, week 38
Dear Baby...Let me tell you a tale of two emotions. Okay, really, it’s a tale of raging hormones. But it's mostly about joy.
James
- Sep 27, 2020
baby letters, week 37
Life is a great big canvas, Baby. Some days call for throwing, and some days call for flowing. We do the best we can.
James
- Sep 20, 2020
baby letters, week 36
Dear Baby...I've been been thinking about spirituality, and I can't wait to watch you find your own way.
James
- Sep 13, 2020
baby letters, week 35
Dear Baby...In a time when everything feels discombobulated, you've been a constant connection to life...
James
- Sep 6, 2020
baby letters, week 34
Dear Baby...Let me tell you about your grandmothers.
James
- Aug 2, 2020
baby letters, wk 29
Enter the third trimester: a reminder that anything can be.
James
- Jul 19, 2020
baby letters, wk 27
Even in this new world of uncertainty, beauty abounds and the deepest truths remain.
James
- Jul 9, 2020
baby letters
Dear Baby, There's so much I want to tell you, so why not start now?
James
- Jun 19, 2020
pregnancy in the time of corona
It's a spin on Love in the Time of Cholera: a slow-moving love story planted in a setting of social strife. And it's beautiful.
James
- Feb 1, 2020
plant papa
My husband is a Plant Papa, I'm going through IVF...it's basically the same thing.
James
- Sep 16, 2019
not-so-failed cycle
Life is about continually readjusting your sails and, sometimes, trusting the magical unknown.
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