I stand corrected.
Archive for March, 2008
16 Mar
Something for the Baby Book, er…Box
In a frantic attempt to convince Ava that she’d be fine without us as she started preschool a couple of weeks ago, I wrote her a little note to tuck into her pocket. I told her she could take it out and look at it when she missed us.
One day last week, she asked if I’d write her another little note “for when I miss you today.” So, I took a little piece of paper and wrote, “Be a big girl today–no tears! We love you, Mommy and Daddy.” I folded it in half and put it in her coat pocket.
When she came home that night, she sat down, took off her shoe and pulled this out–
She’d walked around on it all day. I guess, though, it makes sense–without a pocket, where’s a girl supposed to stash love notes?
15 Mar
Bare Bottoms and Bearskin Rugs
When Ava was a baby, I took her to have professional photographs taken at four weeks, eight weeks, 12 weeks, six months and one year. Olivia…well, that’s a different story. It’s not that I’m totally neglectful in this arena–we have hundreds of photos of her. Plus, we live closer to home now, which means closer to Doug, which means we have the opportunity for a professional shoot about once a month. Still, though, there’s something about a studio space that’s hard to replicate at home.
I booked a slot at Sears earlier this week, not holding much hope that we’d end up with anything usable. Ava’s at a stage where she often flat out refuses to have her photo taken, throwing her hands up to obscure her face. And, Olivia has a tendency to sleep through most everything.
So, I was pleasantly surprised to see the following results. Everyone is awake! And smiling! And, really darn cute.
Needless to say, it was an expensive endeavor.
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