tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post7216445399664082283..comments2011-05-13T14:11:35.332-07:00GIRL'S GONE CHILDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07130764109593048451noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-54889187425131063452011-05-13T13:47:40.924-07:002011-05-13T13:47:40.924-07:00Yeah....a bit late to be commenting, but I&#39;m reading through your archives and my daughter could be Fable&#39;s long-lost-almost-3-years-younger twin based on their pictures. And I&#39;m back at work now and Allie just turned 4 months old yesterday and I&#39;m missing her so much and she looks just like your beautiful daughter. So I had to comment. Your little one is so much older now, and mine is growing up faster than I can bear!Alieshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06110693026466145370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-44461564858609851982009-07-08T01:35:49.876-07:002009-07-08T01:35:49.876-07:00i am but a 15 year old teenager, yet this has really touched me. i read it and it was as if i was put in a mothers point of view. this is just lovely and im sure a lot of people out there experience the same dilemma of not wanting a daughter. =] and ive actually come across various females who do feel the same way. by the way, fable is gorgeous, she has beautiful eyes. wish you luck on your journey as a mother. im sure youll raise one hell of a daughter.jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02914383785055268470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-7699664556038020562009-04-21T13:12:00.000-07:002009-04-21T13:12:00.000-07:00Eek! It's a girl! ;)Brooke Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09150423836973504244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-43300426509404693012009-04-09T15:55:00.000-07:002009-04-09T15:55:00.000-07:00We are due to find out the sex of our baby this Monday. And I have been ambivalent about having a girl. I think for the same reasons you have given here. Thanks for the post, it has eased my mind about the 'what if it's a girl?'Brooke Trouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09150423836973504244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-28534561714575495652009-03-01T23:39:00.000-08:002009-03-01T23:39:00.000-08:00I was always certain that I needed sons, as well. I ended up with two daughters. It was meant to be. I am now so relieved that I got two girls instead. Can't even imagine how I would handle two little boys. It is just one of those weird things. We adjust.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Love, love, love the name Archer!Dusty Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11891189124817685490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-46607295314202159962009-02-28T00:25:00.000-08:002009-02-28T00:25:00.000-08:00She is an absolute DOLL!! Loved the video of her laughing. When my baby laughs it can make anything I am going through seem trivial and I experience instant happiness. She could not be any cuter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-69287904114563898682009-02-25T19:01:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:01:00.000-08:00You are me, I am you! You have put into the most beautiful words the way I have felt. It is uncanny... and yes, I am so happy with my little girl and cannot believe I thought I wanted only boys and that I was just a boy mom. I am so looking forward to doing the girly things that I never thought I would want to do- or not, if she doesn't want to. Oh, and I would be your tomboy misfit friend if I could!emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-7987826113113471992009-02-25T07:01:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:01:00.000-08:00This is how I felt about having a boy. It is different...not better or worse, just different. And I'm glad I am able to experience both. They all make our lives richer, if we allow them to.Mamalanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00200657325831762553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-5944208645355512512009-02-24T02:34:00.000-08:002009-02-24T02:34:00.000-08:00I have goose bumps after reading this...absolutely beautiful and something Fable will cherish forever.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13849448547708977303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-79187847616595413432009-02-22T22:10:00.000-08:002009-02-22T22:10:00.000-08:00Beautiful! It made me cry. <BR/><BR/>I have read some of the Redwall books as well. :)Lisa Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02583524755306491510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-15796344876915637822009-02-22T18:28:00.000-08:002009-02-22T18:28:00.000-08:00so sweet and beautifulTanyettahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14339189484151758472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-12190235544563668152009-02-22T10:30:00.000-08:002009-02-22T10:30:00.000-08:00i'm writing this through tears, because your words sound so much like my own, in every way.<BR/><BR/>and now, i'm 21 weeks pregnant with my first child and we decided to not find out the sex... and although my only desire is for a healthy baby - having a little girl frightens me, for the precise reasons you mentioned above. <BR/><BR/>i hope if the baby does indeed turn out to be a girl, all my fears will fade away as yours did.<BR/><BR/>thank you.b.http://www.aweebitskint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-36903014903959624922009-02-22T09:57:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:57:00.000-08:00um, and YIKES on the anonymous comment above.little birdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17804828379265877599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-15573582759158053212009-02-22T09:55:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:55:00.000-08:00golly. i like you.<BR/>maybe i'm feeling sappy today, but i'm gonna tell you. i read your blog and i think, dangit i want to be this girl's friend. <BR/><BR/>or maybe it's that what i hear in your writing is what i love about my friends. <BR/><BR/>you write beautifully. and you're guts real.<BR/>your honesty and transparency - to me, that's the beauty of true female friendships. <BR/><BR/>so, well done on this blog. you make us feel like we're in your kitchen nook.little birdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17804828379265877599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-91417986607648579452009-02-22T08:27:00.000-08:002009-02-22T08:27:00.000-08:00Easy for you to say now that she's what? Four months? Wait 'til she's a teen and see how you feel then. Methinks your opinion may change.<BR/>But of course the most important factor in successful child-rearing is dressing them in cute outfits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-49872305880500198872009-02-22T07:40:00.000-08:002009-02-22T07:40:00.000-08:00Okay so I know this post was supposed to be serious and such, but I just want to mention how much I LOVE Fable's clothes. You pick out amazing outfits for her. You should start a What Not To Wear: Baby Edition.<BR/><BR/>But on the serious side, I feel just the opposite. I wanted a boy so badly when I was pregnant, but I dreamt she was a girl and that's exactly what we got. Now I'm terrified to ever have a boy. I love my daughter so much and know how to raise girls and how to handle girly meltdowns. Boys are a terrifying world to me.Meghttp://www.sleepynewmommy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-17413969263070459182009-02-22T02:46:00.000-08:002009-02-22T02:46:00.000-08:00Wow!!! I am bowled away by your post. Awesome awesome...Sanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326055954753378117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-26296596528384939482009-02-21T23:11:00.000-08:002009-02-21T23:11:00.000-08:00I thought the same way, too. I always pictured myself with 4 boys! After 2 boys, I was sure I was pregnant with my 3rd, because....I just felt it. I wasn't really scared to have a girl, but just didn't see it happening. Now, I can't imagine my life without Lucy! She is amazing, and your awesome pictures and videos of Fable really make me think about how lucky I am to have her. I love my boys (I have 3 now) to death, but Lucy and I definitely have something special...that I always was lacking with my own mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-23582889256335601612009-02-21T18:29:00.000-08:002009-02-21T18:29:00.000-08:00My eyes are stinging with tears. That was so beautiful and touching. Thank you for sharing.<BR/><BR/>I thought I'd mother girls and now with my 11 month old son I can't imagine anything different. But love knows no bounds and anything can happen and I firmly believe things happen for a reason. I can't wait to see who my next child will be.samantha jo campenhttp://backtome.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-5298111572036001322009-02-21T18:19:00.000-08:002009-02-21T18:19:00.000-08:00I am crying- this is beautiful!! I am amazed at your ability to put my thoughts into such beautiful words. I am also the proud mama of a beautiful baby girl... aren't we lucky? ;)Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12209987205222711598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-82774295836655211062009-02-21T15:10:00.000-08:002009-02-21T15:10:00.000-08:00Aww, great fabrics!growingupartistshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399714569663568902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-10046684628926950012009-02-21T11:05:00.000-08:002009-02-21T11:05:00.000-08:00Oh, my heart is breaking now. I always catch up on your blog when I'm at work and missing my girl horribly. Such beautiful words, she's so lucky to have you, too.<BR/><BR/>I wanted a boy, as well, but I like that I get to play with her hair and do girly stuff like that. I was a tomboy growing up and it's like getting another chance to do girly stuff with her. Either way she turns out, we're golden. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing...it helps me remember how fortunate I am to be a mother.cthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441354535954554311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-78160597739479862902009-02-21T10:32:00.000-08:002009-02-21T10:32:00.000-08:00I really, really wanted a girl, not a boy, before I had my son. This despite the fact that, like you, all of my best friends were boys when I was a kid and I liked to do "boy stuff" like play video games etc. I wanted a girl because I thought it would be SO HARD to raise a boy to be a good man. I know how much harder, in many ways, it is to BE a girl than a boy, but as I'd lived it I thought it would be easier, for me, to RAISE a girl. I thought I could help a girl learn from my experiences, but a boy? How could I teach a boy to be a good man when I'd had so few good men in my own family life, outside of my husband, that I barely knew what one was?<BR/><BR/>Of course once my son was born, I realized I ADORE being the mother of a boy. Adore it. I've learned so much about men as people, and about myself. <BR/><BR/>Kids are just great, great, wonderful, fascinating creatures, no matter what gender.Jaelithehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-70484245289646527182009-02-21T04:18:00.000-08:002009-02-21T04:18:00.000-08:00Rebecca--I have a boy a few weeks younger than Archer, and we found out yesterday that I'm now pregnant with a girl. I am totally petrified. I needed to read this more than you'll ever know. I may read it 3 or 4 thousand more times in the next 19 weeks.Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04559709480304938775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18751784.post-32554107284886080672009-02-21T03:43:00.000-08:002009-02-21T03:43:00.000-08:00So beautiful.....lindahttp://journeyseeds.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.com