a little more color

my aunt iwonka* gave mommy some onesies and a tie-dye kit. super cool, actually--the dye is in spray bottles, so it's super easy. well, it looked easy--it's not like i actually did it. mommy did it. i am, after all, just a baby.

well, this is the result. the other colors in the background are quite brilliant, don't you think? i'm on my awesome, silky mat that mom's childhood pal sent from ohio. anyway, i felt like adding some COLOR to your day, so here it is.

*aunt iwonka is one of mommy and daddy's dearest pals.

girl gonna knock you out!

i actually knocked gary in the nose this morning. i didn't mean to, but i was flailing and his face was in the wrong place at the wrong time. apparently, i've got a mean left hook. i'm pretty sure gary and i just took a BIG step backward in what was becoming an amicable relationship, with hopes for more. we'll see...

about me

ok, so i already went over the date of my birth.

some things about my name & birth that you might find kinda cool are: my name is eMMa for my mom's grandmothers, Martha & Molly, both ems. get it? my middle name, rose, was my mom's Poppy's mom. she spoke Yiddish, even though she lived most of her life in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. sounds like a character.

so, i was born 12 days before my so-called "due date." the night i was born, there was a full-moon and a lunar eclipse. the full moon was called the Rose Moon. cool, huh? we'll never know for sure, but there is a strong possibility that i was conceived on a full moon in late September 2010--that's if we figure by the date i was BORN, not the date i was DUE.

ok, now this freaked my mom out BIG TIME, but i'm not totally sure why. something about this guy she's in love with named van morrison. apparently, she has, like, over 20 of his CDs, and has loved him since she can even remember. there was a long period of time when mom listened to one certain CD on repeat, Moondance. well, sandwiched between her two favorite songs on this album is another song that became "an accidental favorite." (it is all about location location location!) well, the other night, a very handsome irish friend of my parents pointed out the following, and mommy, like, lost it. ready? in one of her favorite song are the lyrics:

And the caravan is on it's way
I can hear the merry gypsies play
Mama mama look at Emma Rose
She's a-playin with the radio
La, la, la, la...
And the caravan has all my friends
It will stay with me until the end
Gypsy Robin, Sweet Emma Rose
Tell me everything I need to know
La, la, la..."

but see the thing is, my mom hasn't thought about that particular song in YEARS. so when conor reminded daddy, and daddy told mommy, well--i didn't think mom could get more verklempt, but she did.

so, that's the story of my name.

here i am!

hey. i'm emma rose. this is where you can come to find regular updates on me. enough of this Facebook stuff--i'm not nearly old enough for FB and that's mommy's thing, anyway. so, enjoy the regular posts and photo updates on my life, which started, by the way, just 22 days ago, june 15, 2011. the photo below is from today. mom stares at me like this all.the.time--i usually just close my eyes and pretend to be asleep.