We’re busy, there always seems to be more laundry than our hampers can hold, I burn through socks faster than I can match them thanks to puddles in the kitchen, I still believe that I will get around to sending thank you notes- even though the first shower happened so long ago we’ve had a [...]
So nap time. It’s a special time. A special experience.Something for which to give thanks.
It can be magic and transformative, giving you time to accomplish things. Taking your child from unrecognizable ogre to angelic, tousle haired angel.
It can chase away a runny nose.Restore a traumatized fuse.
It can also be fraught with anger and resistance.
It [...]
Just watch how her face changes when she smiles. She has two dimples on the right side of her face: one in her cheek and the other just beside her mouth where her lips curl up in a grin.
Briar and Barnaby doing a little parallel play around Christmas last year.
Oh ya, she is a thumb sucker.
This may not be the traditional response but,
“I am thrilled!’
It is so stinking cute. I get so proud I could bust as I watch her soothe herself by sucking her little thumb. The left one. The same side Sean sucked.
(We won’t go into the whole issue of the [...]
…have that little indescribable something or other that makes you want to climb into photos with them, to live a moment in time alongside them. Briar has that quality. I am grateful every day that I get to live life with her, it’s every bit as magical as the pictures.
Apologies for the onslaught of video, I just thought it would be neat to show the girls in action.At nearly 2, any action involving Briar tends to be fast and loud.
Behold, the spinner.
This one speaks for itself.
Never a dull moment.
Plenty of hysterical moments (from gut splitting laughter to vein popping tantrums)Quite a few touching moments (tugging at heart strings and pulling on hair)Lots of unforgettable moments(first word, first curse word)
And hopefully more moments than we can count left to enjoy.
Some of you will remember the endless pictures I took of Briar on my knees.Fast forward a couple of years, toss in a little more experience with gadgets and
Voila
Video of Avery on my knees. Not incredibly active, but no less fascinating to this proud mama.Enjoy.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
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