Jade Elisabeth Pellman is born!

My beautiful neice was born seven days after her due date and nine hours before I flew to Ohio for 24 hours. She has perfect timing and I could not be more grateful that I saw her on the day she was born.

Jade's Birthday

Wise little woman
Eyes blink open to process this new world
Her neck needs support
Fingers and toes curled

Marble eyes must see something
Cheeks soft as a rose petal
Lungs must be strong and healthy
Because her cries are loud as a tea kettle

Are you crying because you are confused by this world
Or because you understand it too well
One day you will learn to live in it
For now you are in the best possible care

What could you know to dream about
Will those noises become words so you can one day let us know
Infancy to toddler, childhood then youth
Already your mind and body are starting to grow

7 pounds 8 ounces of cuteness
19 and a half inches in length
A swaddled bundle of precious
At once clumsy and graceful, tiny yet full of strength

Born on the first day of the year of the tiger
And in Hawaii it was valentine's day
But now the date two-fifteen carries new meaning
To us it will always be Jade's birthday

2 minute video of the lil' munchkin

NYC February 11 to 15, 2010

New York City with Champ

Papapapaya dawg
Chinese dragon and Synogogue
Cupcake making mack daddy
Irish sawdust at mcsorley
Several bookstores make their way
Into the itinerary everyday
Down the aisle like those before you
Pizza, halal, and falafel too
Sake ceramics and the high line
Five years of being your valentine

Maybe an act of cupidity but not stupidity
To not want this weekend to end

February 14, 10

NYC February 11 to 15, 2010