Invitation

Tomorrow is my son's birthday party for his first year on Earth with us. His actual birthday is March 29th but his big brother is home from college this weekend and we wanted him to be able to celebrate with us.

It started off as a small thing with me baking a small birthday cake and having Duke & Zoe , my husband and his mother at home. It has grown into a 35+ shindig and now i am making a BIG cake & cupcakes & canapes , etc. to please a growing crowd.
Oh , well .
The more the Merrier-
you only turn One once !

Bathed in Light

This photo was taken when my son was 6 months old and it was easier for me to bathe him in the bathroom sink - he was growing fast but he still liked it even though he was practically spilling out the sides by then. I think it reminded him of being in the womb , all snug as a bug.

I remember the sunlight was streaming in through the skylight that day. It bathed his sweet skin in this ethereal golden velvet coat and i felt compelled to grab my husband and make him take this photograph then and there.

It has become one of our favorite photographs of him ( and we have amassed THOUSANDS, already !! ) It reminds me of one of those artistic Kohler sink ads.

He is the light of our lives and this photograph symbolizes how soft and gentle that light still feels to us. It is a light that comforts .
It is a light that washes us clean like children again.

inspired by Mama Says Om

Oh, How We Grow !

Colin , in the past week or so has grown exponentially.

He has learned to say 'Mama' ( yay!), crawl ' properly' , pull himself to a stand ,sit down, cruise along furniture, sing, clap his hands , feed himself and soothe himself to sleep by humming , and hold a book and turn the pages on his own.

My big boy !!!

It is so much fun to watch him grow and see him truly interact with us and others now. He turns one year old on March 29th and it is amazing how fast this first year went. Everyone tells you how fast the time flies with children but you just have no idea until you look at the calendar and marvel at the rapidity of time's passage.

Wow.
It is all i can say .

For now , anyway.
; )