1990
Chelsea's first voyage to California. She was five months old.
My cousin Julie, Sacha's Buddha 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 constantly, and often 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 as there was a natural clinic there that my cousin Pat, a midwife told us about. The clinic was created by none other than Michel Odent, Lamaze, and Leboyer. My parents came to France, and our friend Ellen was there too for Chelsea’s birth. Nevertheless, after a long labor I had a cesarean.
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.
A few years ago Julie sent me this 1990 photo.
Happy 32nd Birthday.
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