dear God, thank you for the scrunchie face

By Adriel on November 27, 2010 | 8 comments

Ninety-five percent of people that meet Levi think he looks just like his daddy. This is pretty much the only time people ever say my son and I look alike:

I’ve dubbed it the “scrunchie face”. When Levi does it, people giggle and say that it’s cute. When I put it on it doesn’t [...]

dear God, thank you for auntie kates.

By Adriel on November 9, 2010 | 8 comments

It takes a village.One of our favorite village people is Katie… “Auntie Kates”.

She makes our family feel a little more complete.

Auntie Kates is traveling right now, but we took some photos before she left.

Oh geeze… we miss you.

So, Auntie Kates, this one’s for you.

We heart you.

sigh,

P.S. How [...]

dear God, thank you for beauty in garbage

By Adriel on October 11, 2010 | 12 comments

Don’t you just love seeing life through a child’s perspective?Last night at dinner I sat next to a friend who has a little boy the same age as ours. Somehow we got on the topic of how children help us to slow down… pause… see things in a new light. A couple of days [...]

dear God, thank you for easily amused children

By Adriel on October 4, 2010 | 24 comments

Who needs to spend money on toys anyway?

This little wonder is Levi’s current favorite toy, and has been for the last two weeks. He carries it around the house with him as he crawls from room to room.

He obviously finds it both fascinating and exciting – one of the “adult” objects within his reach [...]

some "happy six month" photos… of my seven month old

By Adriel on August 28, 2010 | 8 comments

Dear Levi,

Here are a few of your six month photos.

Sorry that mommy’s a bit late.

Happy seven months today son.

It has been a good seven months, hasn’t it? {Best ever.}

Mama loves you, and thinks these photos capture how adorable you are…

…even if you were too busy chomping and sucking [...]

 
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