This was taken during a very difficult phase in Eli's infancy. Perhaps it's a phase you know... a phase when he never ever EVER wanted to sleep anywhere but in our arms, a phase when each night as the sun set I could feel myself growing physically tense in preparation for the inevitable battle we would face before both our kids would finally be asleep in their beds. And yet there were those sweet spots, during the endless rocking and walking sessions, spots when I would be able to get all zen and in the moment, and appreciate the luckiness of having a baby in my arms.
This was Addy the summer before she turned three. When I think about her being a toddler, this day is one of the images that always comes to my mind, with her fine, golden halo of hair everywhere and her fairy costume and her clunky sandals and socks coordinating just so. She always seemed to be kind of floating and flitting everywhere, so she always looked the most herself when she was outside in the sunshine. My little butterfly.
Those eyes- from which I apparently forgot to remove the red, oh well!- always astonish me. I might have to keep having babies forever so I can always get my fix of giant blue eyes.
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Whereas I can never get used to all of the *brown* eyes around my house. :)
That first picture just does me in. How sweet is that chubby little guy! :) Glad you have that picture to treasure in the midst of remembering the hard stuff, (which hopefully, in that realm with E, has passed!)
My kids have three different hair colors and three different eye colors. This child, in order to keep the trend, is going to come out as a completely different ethnicity.
Your blue eyed munchkins sure look alike :)
Adorable!!
All great pictures but I LOVE the summer one of Addy. That is a really special kind of memory.
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