I love my girl

This little girl and her bunny-lovey just woke up from a nice nap. Look at that sweet coy smile!







Lest you think that everything is sugar and spice, though, I implore you to check out this super short slideshow:




She made all of these faces in the span of about 2 minutes after getting up from her blessedly long nap. Nothing like those breaks to get a nice chance to miss her! Even if sometimes I do watch the slideshow over and over again while she's sleeping... It's like a cuteness sickness/ addiction.

I love her because she is so expressive, goofy, wife, talkative, sweet, willful, independent, curious, affectionate, smart, and beautiful. It's hard to find time and free hands to photograph her - but even harder not to, you know?

And here's a video of her when she was much tinier but still had a zillion faces going!

Is it Spring yet?

Normally at this time of year, I take a lot of photos in our garden... of flowering fuit trees, sprouting veggie seedlings, beautiful spring and early summer sun. Well... things are a little different this year... for lots of reasons.

Mainly because a. it's been so gloomy and rainy and windy and cruddy out, and b. I have a cute little person to chase around!





(She can walk but still likes to scoot around on her booty like this, to maximize getting dirty: )





Yesterday we harvested some amazing cherries from the neighbor's tree... the branches hanging over our fence are fair game, right? I just can't stand to watch the crows get them all!





We don't need to water because of the incessant rains... yay? Sigh.













Symphony wants to go outside nevertheless... she points to the picture window to the outside and says "car! car! car!"... meaning, "I'm sick of being inside this house, and I've explored every nook and cranny of it, so please take me outside for heaven's sake!"





















So we have our little backyard adventures, and bide our time, waiting longingly for the summer sun...

Symphony and Dylan, early 2011

I seem to always be a few steps behind these babies' growth... in terms of photos and life!

Here's how you know this girl is ours... she's a goof!





Blueberry drool, crazy expression, ridiculously awesome hat... yup, she's mine!



And then there's cousin Dylan - SO adorable and also a goofy face! These kids are really cute and very expressive.











Excited!

Symphony on the move

She's fast!! This is December, she's bigger and faster than ever here in March.