Today is my birthday. I woke up this morning to Sean leaning over to kiss me while Avery nursed. About twenty minutes later Sean came in with Briar and they sang Happy Birthday to me. Briar nestled into my lap and hugged me, her skin was cool and smooth from the AC and her golden auburn [...]
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Things started off calmly enough. Little lap sitting. Little arm cradling.Some more lap sitting and arm cradling.Then the inevitable happened. First it was the singing and the cooing.Then came the rapturous gazes and loud declarations of beauty.And of course, the uncontrollable kissing.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
The Magee clan has come and gone. The first group (Aunt Kelsey, Pop, and cousin Katie) came in around 10 Friday morning. Avery took right to her Pop. Note the complete face mush on the chest Briar was transfixed as Pop made faces, said silly things and made music with a bottle. Witness the expressions on her [...]
Friday, July 21, 2006
So, first, Avery and Briar have one truly stunning aunt. It was such a treat seeing Kelsey, both for the amazing person she is and for the joy she brought our girls. Avery snuggled right into Kelsey’s arms. Not a tense bone in her long little body. I think you can even see a family resemblance. Briar LOVED [...]
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
So the other day I took Briar and Avery on a walk while we were waiting for Sean to come home from work. I strapped Avery to my chest in the Baby Bjorn and Briar walked beside me holding my hand. Avery was bobbing along, gumming my thumb and Briar was weaving between the sidewalk [...]
Thursday, July 13, 2006
You have no control over who your child loves. There always seems to be that person or two, that desperately wants to be your child’s favorite. They bring gifts, they “coochie coo”, they do everything, but if your kid doesn’t feel it, your kid just doesn’t feel it. The same holds true with relatives. I [...]
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Her blue eyes just can’t be stopped.Now with the curls. Good grief.Sean is going to suffer.
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
We hung out with our friends Trent and Tara and their son Carter on Sunday. Sean and Briar played in the pool while I kept Avery dry and quenched in the shade.
Tuesday, July 4, 2006
6 weeks. Bull shit. They give you 6 weeks and say that it’s time to go back to work. Drop your kid off at Grandma’s. Drop ‘em both at a sitter’s. Get back to work and pretend like it doesn’t feel as if your entire world has been wrenched from your arms. Look at her. I swear she [...]
Monday, July 31, 2006
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