Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Cuddlebug, I love you.

I don't know how she does it, but Sasha gets cuter every day. The constant acquisition of vocabulary and how she pieces together the words she knows amazes me.

The night before last, she made me the happiest I've ever been, perhaps aside from the moment I heard, "Kari, look at your daughter" and saw her pink and wriggling and taking her first gulps of air. She was sitting in my lap and I was putting on her pajama bottoms. She said, "Mommy? Mommy, wuv you." The. best. moment. ever.

This morning we were in the kitchen and she was pointing to a sticker on the refrigerator ("stickuh! stickuh!"). I peeled it off and handed it to her and she exclaimed, "Coooool!" Blew my mind. I mean, my daughter now thinks some things are "cool." Parenthood really allows you to step back and appreciate the little things.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Goodbye, Summer.

Today is the first day of the season that felt like a true autumn day in Seattle. The sky went from blue to rain and back again several times and the wind shook the turning leaves off of the trees. In honor of summer's end, I thought I'd post some of my favorite photos from what was an outstanding summer.

(...this photo was taken in August)



Sasha in the garden. She really got into digging holes (and pulling the leaves off of trees).















More digging.












Looking forward to Summer 2009!