What’s New: It’s Like a Dump Truck
Every Wednesday I write a post to reflect on any big events in our family’s life, along with all of the small changes and new developments I notice with Annabelle during the week. Life moves so quickly, and this is my way of keeping track – my virtual scrapbook, if you will. If you write a post, or put together a collection of photos, to record the happenings with your own children or family, I’d love to have you link up so I can follow along. There’s a link-up at the bottom of this post for anyone who would like to join. This year, I’m also participating inMamatography, a 366 day photo challenge, started by Luschka at Diary of a First Child, and this weekly update seems the perfect time to post the photos I take during the week, so you’ll see them scattered about in each post.
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What’s New, Babe?: Mamatography and More
Today's photo is a good representation of the day: messy and grumpy, but we made it through.
I was really excited when Luschka of Diary of a First Child threw out the idea of a 365 day photo project, a project she has dubbed Mamatography. The idea is to take a photo every single day, and post the week’s best, or most representative shots on a chosen day. Like many of my grand ideas and lofty goals, I forgot about this one almost as quickly as I started it, and therefore decided to abandon it entirely. I am such an all-or-nothing person sometimes, and consider myself a failure at things all too quickly. But this is a new year, and it’s a year when I’d like to give myself permission to do as much or as little of things as feels right to me. It doesn’t need to be all or nothing. So, I have decided to participate anyway. Will I miss more days in the future? Probably, but that’s okay with me. I’ll do what I remember and enjoy myself along the way. Since Wednesdays are dedicated to updates on Annabelle and our family, I could think of no more appropriate day to post my photos from the week, so this post will include the shots I actually remembered to take, and I’ll post up to seven new photos for each edition of What’s New, Babe? from here on out. Continue reading
What’s New, Babe?: The Many Voices of Annabelle
As Annabelle has become more and more talkative and refined her language skills, I have come to enjoy listening to her all the more. My favorite thing about her manner of speaking at this point is her three distinct voices. She has her regular speaking voice, which is as sweet as it can be. To most, she probably sounds like an ordinary little girl. She is surprisingly clear and confident, and not loud but not soft spoken either. When she wants something, she lets us know, and she’ll chat up a storm just because she’s in the mood. Continue reading
Vibrant Wanderings, 2012 Edition
I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday with their families – I know we had a great long weekend here! I have really been enjoying the year in review posts on some of my favorite blogger’s sites, and thought to prepare my own before I realized that the mid-year domain and platform change would make determining my most popular posts of the year, my most prolific commenters, and anything else of the sort a rather difficult task.
Instead, I’ll just thank each one of you, as genuinely as I can figure out how, for journeying through all or part of this year with me. Whether you read one post or one hundred, commented on a handful or none at all, I’m truly thankful for your presence. Knowing that people are out there reading, and that my words actually do benefit others in one way or another, has made this experience so much more worthwhile. I am truly grateful. Continue reading
What’s New Wednesday: Unique Selves
Annabelle showing her uniqueness with a creative self-chosen ensemble.
I wrote last week about how, thanks to my pregnancy affirmations, Annabelle talks about our, “new baby, unique unto itself” or rather our, “new baby ‘nique self.” This week, I have really been struck by how much Annabelle has come into her own unique self. The idea of nine months in and nine months out really rang true in our case as, despite Annabelle’s eagerness to explore from a very early age, she maintained a strong need to be near me most of the time. Suddenly, she is showing her ability to pass many happy hours without me.
Many weekends, I take a morning to work in the library or my favorite coffee shop while the daddy takes Annabelle to the park or the aquarium, or just hangs around with her at home. I used to hate leaving. He would stand at the door waving goodbye, with her in his arms, face all wrinkled, crying and reaching in my general direction as I drove away. Sometimes I would get the call, “Are you almost done? She’s been asking for you.” She has always loved her daddy, but having me around as well was important. As for leaving her with someone other than the daddy, that was always a rarity. Continue reading
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