I don’t really know what to say about 2011. It was a challenging and amazing year. Truly.
January
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From the category archives:
our life
I guess I took an unexpected blog break … I will probably come back and do some 2011 wrap-up posts in the next couple of days, but for now, I just wanted to say hello and happy new year!
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I don’t really have much to say right now, which is weird. I’m usually quite chatty. But I’ve been working on getting stuff organized and cleaned out this week, and that’s not very interesting.
So here’s a peek into a day in our lives. Or just a couple of hours.
Morning :: Lucy naps and Emma usually plays pretty quietly in her playroom while I pay bills, do online stuff, edit photos, shower [sometimes] and clean.
[box by door & box with pink pumpkin? going to goodwill. blue thing on white rug? doll baby blanket. two packages on white rug? photo albums. red bag? diaper bag from deb. our downstairs? HOT MESS. but not for long!!]
Then, Lucy wakes up and stretches for about 37 minutes …
Seriously, this kid stretches for SO long after she wakes up … must be the swaddling?
And one more for momma. {swoon}
Oh! There’s big sister!
Then it was playtime while I fixed lunch.
The afternoon was sunny and warm(ish), so we decided to head down to the playground after their afternoon naps {aka, the quiet part of my day}.
Lucy’s been fighting the wraps in the house, so I thought I’d try to wear her for an outdoor adventure.
This was her first time in the rucksack carry, and it kind of made my stomach hurt. I mean, she’s using a legs-out carry! She’s not my teeny tiny curled up little newborn anymore. {sniff}
It’s hard to believe that it’s January … and we’re walking around in sweaters and no jackets. I could definitely get used to this.
On a completely different subject … people often ask me if I “make” Emma do poses for me, and my answer is NO. Of course I’ll ask her to “give me a jump” or “do a twirl” … but she’s 3.5. If she doesn’t want to do it, she doesn’t do it.
But this little pose with the hands on her hips? Oh, that is ALL HER.
After all, she has had my camera in her face from the second she came screaming into this world.
It was such a gorgeous day. We usually get a lot of sun here in the winter, but last week was kind of dreary, so I soaked in every last bit of sun.
The maximum dose of Vitamin D.
We inhaled it.
Emma found a magic wand {dried up pampas grass} and granted all of our wishes.
Can I please have a full night sleep?
ABACADABRA, ALAKAZAM!
Ummmm, it didn’t work. Heh.
{I love the Harry Potter’ness of that picture}
It’s moments like these that I absolutely love being a mom.
And on these days, I brush aside the feelings of exhaustion and wear … and I feel extremely grateful to be able to stay at home and experience going to the playground in the middle of the afternoon.
Extremely grateful.
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Are you guys enjoying these {our life} posts at all? I have been inspired to capture more of our daily life without going to special places or doing super exciting things. It’s just us doing what we do on a daily basis.
I kind of sort of realized that I am also capturing our last summer with just Emma. In a little over 10 weeks, she’ll be a big sister & with that comes having to share momma and daddy. I’m not sure how she’ll feel about it … heck, I’m not sure how *I* will feel about it!
In all honesty, I’m scared. She’s my life right now. I quit my job to raise her. I went to college for four years, worked hard to get a degree in marketing w/ an emphasis in statistics, went on to fall in love with accounting, and then left all of that behind to stay at home with her. We do without so many of the extravagances that used to be normal so that I can stay home with her. My daily decisions revolve around what kind of mood she’s in or what she wants to do that day. Emma knows this … she knows that when she asks for a snack, I can pretty much get up and get it immediately. She knows that if she asks me to come help her with something, I’ll come.
And as much as I am really really excited about having a new baby girl in our lives, I’m just worried how she will fit into this life we’ve had for 3 years. I know. She will. She’ll fit perfectly the moment she comes into this world.
But I can’t help but wonder how that will affect Emma. And how it will affect me. And how it will affect our dynamics.
So these last weeks are precious to me. And I’m going to do my best to fill it with as much life and love as I can.
Anyway, Ken is still teaching two nights a week, so those days are hard on Emma since she only gets to see him in the morning before he leaves. Sometimes, if I can get it all together, I make supper and we go eat with him.
And sometimes, when certain people tell me it’s National Ice Cream Day, we get ice cream orange sherbet afterwards.
After all, it’s our civic duty to celebrate holidays.
Am I right?
And in a little less than 10 weeks, we’ll have someone else tagging along, which is just about the coolest and scariest thing ever.
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Taking a break from the Orlando recap … and trying out this whole storyboard / blog template thing.
The chalk storyboard (first image) is from here, and then I added rounded corners. The others are ones I created myself. Fun!
I am still working on the q&a from this post, so I should have that up sometime tomorrow or this weekend at the latest. There are a couple of questions that have actually been asked since then that I’ll also answer for you (kid-sized headphones and photo processing). I’m not ignoring you guys … pinky swear!
For once in my life, I actually have too many posts to write.
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