There are people everywhere, many with different accents and strange words I do not know, flowing from their mouths. There are sights and sounds and smells and my senses are overloaded. Lights, so many lights. Food of all kinds. Authentic cheesecake, actually from New York. Nuts and hot dogs and “street meat” on every corner,…
Moments Captured – Me & K
In the morning, when I get K out of her crib, I kiss her face a bunch of times over and over and over again and call her by her nickname of the moment and hug her really tight.It seems like every time, I’m love-struck by the fact that she is mine, that I have a daughter.As…
She found a pencil
K wrote all over the tile floor in pink crayon yesterday. She’s always had access to more things at a young age than the boys ever did. We have this coloring/art table in the corner of our living room and she goes there a lot to draw (I use the term lightly). But this day…
12 Years Since We Said “I Will”
It used to be the crazy busy nights of getting ready to go out with friends or just to dinner. Sometimes we traveled back to my college town or thereabouts to meet friends. Many times to the Big D, places with a wall full of beers on tap and pool tables filling one room. Sofas…
First Thing in the Morning
The alarm goes off. The light through the window confirms another new day. I slowly emerge from my warm, morning cocoon of blankets, a free arm, now chilled. I am suddenly aware of the morning’s news stories and the extra warmth on my right side, in the form of a child, nestled up against me….
OhMyGoodness, TWO!
As of tomorrow, Baby K will be 2. I have a little party planned at the local ice cream parlor and I’m so excited for the sundaes and smiles and fun and the cuteness that is sure to ensue. But of course I’m also reflective on the last last two years and how my baby…
My Two Sons – Miss Elaine-ous Monday
I walk by this photo in our hallway several times every day. I have a very small laminated version of the same one sitting inside another framed picture on the vanity in my bedroom, where I do my hair and put my make-up on every day a few times a week. While I was primping…
Rocking
We’d just come from swimming at a birthday party, where she twisted and twirled in the water while clinging to her “floatie” for over an hour. Afterward she filled her belly with a sugary cupcake and left a rim of frosting around her little lips. We are home now and she is so tired but…
Beautiful Eyes – i heart faces
I took this shot of K when I first got my 50mm lens. It’s one of my very faves and pretty fitting for i heart faces this week, dontcha think? It’s kinda like she’s looking down into my soul. So intense for a baby girl. Also? Makes me wanna kiss my computer. 🙂 i heart…
How We Met – VlogTalk
This time I’m vlogging after an emotional day (wallet was lost or stolen yesterday on the cusp of my monthly hormonal imbalance… *ahem*) so forgive the lack of make-up and contact lenses. If you didn’t know, I’m practically blind but normally wear contact lenses. I didn’t have the energy to put them in today. It’s…