True Love: The feeling when you first look in your child's eyes, the tiny little hand gripping your finger, and you can't imagine your life without him or her.
I got to take this absolutely adorable baby's portraits back in October.
The huge, major bonus- this is my best friend's baby!!
I got to visit them out in Portland when little baby Willa was just 2 weeks old.
I didn't get to stay very long at all (only 4 days).
But I got some wonderful pictures during my short stay.
It's hard work being a model!
I hate that my besty lives so far away.
But I was very fortunate to be able to go visit her.
And we are working on getting her family back here to the midwest for a visit this spring!
I think the passion has been passed down in the genes!
This little guy just steals my heart every time I see him!
Love, Love, LOVE the drool!!!
50mm, ISO 100, f3.2, SS500
Look! I have some teeth!!
I so love Mama pictures!
This little guy makes it so easy to get good shots!!
He had a double ear infection just 2 days prior to this... & you'd never know it!
Such a good baby!!
Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!!
My school semester starts up tomorrow!!
I'll be busy, busy!!
I need to get more video of Milo talking. Something in his little brain has kind of clicked on, and he's started really trying to communicate with words in the last week. More than just the grunts we've heard for almost 9 months. I can't say it's really an onslaught of words, but he's trying so hard.
You can see the wheels turning as he tries to remember the word he wants, form it in his mouth, and make it understandable. I was shocked tonight when little man said 3 words together. We've been working on putting 2 words together for months.
But I don't think his speech therapist will count this as a 3-word-sentence (darn it!). She's let me know that even though he regularly, spontaneously, & correctly will say "all done" & "thank you," those don't count either. Because those words are regularly put together (a common phrase), it only counts as one word. Boo. Oh well- it's still exciting to hear him say new things!!
Ok, the next one is just wrong of us. As parents, we should probably not be encouraging our kids to do these things. We are so immature. I'm ashamed. Well, I'll try to be after I quit laughing.
The other day, I was trying to clean up some things in our bedroom. We've been home from China for about 9 months now.... yeah, I still have a half-packed suitcase in our room. No clothing is left in there, but a lot of the stuff that we purchased as keepsakes. Anyway, I was looking through things and discovered this:
I don't remember getting this in China! It was like discovering the most precious gift I could dream of (with the exception of a baby picture, of course). I don't know how old he is in this picture, but I know it's younger than 21 months (that's how old he was when we first met him). I love this little baby face!!
