1990
Chelsea's first voyage to California. She was five months old.
My cousin Julie, Sacha's Budda Mere took the photo of us as we were visiting her in San Francisco. The twenty-two-hour door to door trip from Marseille to Willows was a breeze. Nothing like Chelsea's birth, nor her brother Sacha's first trip overseas.
Chelsea was an easy baby. Of course, she breastfed whenever she wanted which meant she breastfed all the time, and she slept in our bed. French Husband and I believed you could never spoil a baby. Instead, we were spoiled by her endless sweetness. That little "Roo" was ten pounds at birth. After, the fifty pounds I gained I stopped looking at the scale.
Even though we lived in Paris at the time we went to Pithiviers to give birth. My cousin Pat, a midwife told us about the clinic of Michel Odent and Leboyer. My parents came to France for Chelsea's birth, and our friend Ellen was there too.
Chelsea was named after my Godfather Craig's friend, a boy named Chelsea Green. As a child, I thought that was a cool name. Unfortunately, in France Green is not a name, hence Chelsea's middle name is after my Grandmother Amaro, Marie.
Today Julie sent me this photo and Chelsea baby was back in my arms all day long.
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