In New York...concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do!

Greetings and salutations!

I’ve got to start by telling you guys that we had an AWSOME time at Promises, Promises. I have to say, I like the “flashier” plays better, but it was a dream come true to see Kristin Chenoweth live! I wanted to take a picture with her so badly, but she had a pretty strict bodyguard with her. I did get her autograph though. We also saw Matthew Morrison (from Glee) in the audience. He is instantly recognizable. I made a beeline for him at intermission for an autograph, but he was too busy flirting with Jamie Lynn Siegler to even glance at me. Whatever! Can’t ruin my mother’s day gift! Adam and I had a great date night out in the city. It was a beautiful evening and we had a great dinner. If I ever win the lottery, the first thing I’m getting is an apartment on the upper west side! (Or the east side… or Soho… or Tribecca… or Brooklyn Heights… I just miss the city sometimes.)

In other fantastic news, Sarai is doing wonderfully! Somehow, in the beginning of last week, she has suddenly transformed! She’s loving tummy time, and back time, and her exersaucer. Adam and I can put her down and she doesn’t make a peep!... except to talk to herself with her hands in her mouth. All her therapists are SO happy with how great she’s doing! A few weeks ago I asked Vanessa (Sarai’s PT) if we could have Sarai sitting by her first birthday, and she wouldn’t commit to an answer. By her second session last week, she said, “Ok! I’m committing! We WILL have her sitting by her first birthday! (I don’t know for how long, but she will be sitting!)” So I’m super happy with that! Sarai is really working so hard at sitting, bearing weight on her limbs, and I think she just wants to take off and crawl! I made a new video, so feel free to watch if you haven’t already on facebook. You’ll see how much she LOVES her daddy! Click here to watch.


Of course we can’t have all great news, NO! Not us! Sarai got a cold last weekend and it turns out she perforated her eardrum. She’s on strong antibiotics and ear drops. One of these days, they’re actually going to send me out of the doctor’s office saying, “Oh Mrs. Tirado! It’s NOTHING!” But so far that day hasn’t happened yet.

Our happy baby is sleeping in her panda-jammies in her crib as I type this. She is so amazing! Seriously!