Letters to Hope

The Journal of Isis Elfman for Her Daughter, Hope

Entries Tagged as 'First Year'

It’s What’s Inside That Counts Until You’re Hideously Fat

March 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · First Year

I love being a mom although at times it is very very tiring. Well I have to tell you something and this will sound a bit odd or off and we will touch on it more as you get older but here goes. My whole entire life I have never even thought of my looks. [...]

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Christmas in New York, College Funds and My New Business

January 5th, 2006 · No Comments · First Year

It has been a little while since I have written and so much has happened in that short time. I am getting ready to change jobs and also look for a new Nanny for you. We have bought a piece of land in Ocala which will hopefully make your future brighter. We went to NY [...]

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Good Friend Moves to Georgia: Very Sad

January 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · First Year

My friend Jenna and her whole family moved to Georgia today I am very sad. She is a wonderful friend whom I will miss a lot and I hope she has the best life possible in Georgia. She means a lot to me and we have been through a lot together. I have known her [...]

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Daddy’s Famous Sauce

December 6th, 2005 · No Comments · First Year

Oh my goodness Miss Hope, you are crawling all over the place. Your mission in life now is to crawl to somewhere were you can stand up. And you crawl so fast it is hard to keep up with you. I can not believe how fast you are growing. You still say the same couple [...]

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Your First Shoes and Everyone Else is Crazy

November 28th, 2005 · No Comments · First Year

WOW, we had a very active week! every week you change a little more and this week you changed a lot. First Thanksgiving for Hope This was your first Thanksgiving and you did really well. You are eating our table scraps more and more and you fed yourself so that was nice. You are just [...]

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Hot Tub Too Hot for Baby

November 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · First Year

This weekend was a really big weekend for you. At least I thought so. Joseph finally sold the Pizzerias and now is not working, which is good in a way he really does need a break he will start work again after the holidays. He gets to spend a lot of time with you and [...]

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Best Baby Ever: Happy, Eating, Speaking, Teething, Thrushing

November 11th, 2005 · No Comments · First Year

You are so cute I can not get over it you this month have become so much more lively. You talk and make noise all the time about everything: when you eat, when you are playing, when you are in the tub, just constant humming or raspberries or screeching. You are just the funniest little [...]

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Daddy’s Birthday And Your Pierced Ears

October 15th, 2005 · No Comments · First Year

It was Daddy’s birthday on the 17th. He is now 31. I think our 30’s will be fun. I mean, we have YOU, what else could we want? Last weekend you got your ears pierced again. They look much better. You look beautiful with the little diamonds in your ears. I got my ear pierced [...]

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Once Crazy Weekend at House Elfman

October 10th, 2005 · No Comments · First Year

Wow, you had a crazy active weekend. On Friday you fell off the ottoman. I turned for a second and you fell face first off of it. You screamed like a crazy woman and where so mad that you had fallen. I felt really bad and held you for a long time. Within five minutes [...]

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You Love The Booby But No More Breastfeeing

October 6th, 2005 · No Comments · First Year

You love the booby, but I think I am going to stop breast feeding. You don’t get a meal out of it; it is just something you like to do. You eat baby food all the time and formula more then my milk and I don’t think I am producing enough to even feed you. [...]

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