Picture Perfect

A family photo session, with an old classmate of mine, in November captured some of the most amazing moments and pieces of our daughter that I just have to share.  Rachel and Matt are an amazingly creative couple.  It wasn't your typical "pose and smile," photo shoot, no artificial light and just a few props I brought from home gave us this.  If you live anywhere near the north Seattle area and are looking for a photographer, look no further.  Rachel, please don't move!  We plan on calling you for many years to come!

Nickel Images

Plus, Rachel has her own awesome blog too!!

Happy Girl

Some days you have to throw all plans away and just go with it.  Today was one of those days and I am so glad because I got to spend some of the best moments with B.  She got to go Easter Egg hunting at daddy's work today and loved it!  I can't tell you the last time she ran up to me with the biggest smile on her face laughing so loudly!  These are the moments a mom dreams about.  Seeing her first born so excited about something she can't control it.  Oh how I wish as adults we could feel that way as often as they do.  It was truly a special day.  No one slept at our house today and so we barely made it out of the tub before her eyes closed.  I guess we aren't brushing teeth tonight. 

 On top of all this I decided today that I wanted to bake.  This is something I rarely do, but just went with it.  The kitchen was covered in flower, sugar, chocolate chips and zucchini.  B loves to be in the kitchen and so she ran over to hear what all the noise was about.  Standing on a stool she helped me make 2 loaves of zucchini bread and a batch of chocolate chip cookies.  I even let her taste the cookie dough!!  Oh and I about burned the house down turning on the wrong burner for dinner.  To the garbage you go bowl.  Today was a great day.

History in the making

My how time flies!  B is almost 17 months old now!  The past couple of years have brought so much joy to my life I don't even know where to begin.  From first words to first steps; first signs to first tantrums; it has been an adventure.  I've cried more times than I can count, laughed even more than cried and even felt like screaming a few times.  I wouldn't change a thing. 

A couple months ago after a very long, 12 hour!, day at work I come home to find her getting ready for a bath.  She gets to, "air it out," before tub time.  Right now she is in love with shoes, all shoes all shapes and all sizes.  Standing in my work shoes in the kitchen I decide to take a picture of her.  "OMG!  She totally pooped in my shoe!!"  A and I are in histarics!  Of cource she starts crying and I have to console her.  While in the tub I look at the pictures I took and am brought to the floor with laughter.  I had it on camera, mid drop!  I share the picture with A and delete of course.  I wonder if I will wish I had saved that for blackmail when she is a teenager...?

This is our life, and we love it.