baby

  • It’s a peaceful kind of morning.  No hustle, no bustle. There’s a cool breeze, and it’s a nice respite before the West Texas July sun follows it’s usual path in the cloudless sky and the daytime temps rise to scorch and wither.  But after all, it is summer.  What else do we expect. EK and… Read more

  • Fantopia

    fantopia—a combination of fantasy and utopia.  I just made that word up.  I think.  Until I google it, and learn that it’s already been made up. So I won’t burst my bubble. I live in a fantopia.  A fantasy utopian world in my own head. In this world, I imagine myself fit and fabulous.  My… Read more

  • 5 months

    My sweet and precious Emma Kate, Today you are 5 months old.  I’ve known this day was coming, but it just doesn’t seem possible. I look at you and I can’t believe it.  That sweet tiny baby has morphed into a bundle of fun, with a  big grin and a bit of a mischievous nature… Read more

  • Day 1: Reporting In

    I consider today my first day on the job as an official SAHM. I was tired by 9:30. Last week was actually the first week of summer vacation, but my sister and her two rug rats drove down from New Mexico and spent the week with us.  So, of course, the house didn’t get cleaned,… Read more

  • Saturday

    It’s the first Saturday in June. The first Saturday of Summer Vacation.   Maybe we’ll go to the beach. Listen to the seagulls call overhead.  Smell the sunscreen and sunshine on our bodies.  Feel the cold water lap around our ankles as I hold EK up on her wobbly legs.  Taste the saltwater as she… Read more

  • 4 months

    Dearest Emma Kate, Happy 4 month birthday baby!! Oh my gosh, you are so fun!  Here lately, it seems like everyday you are learning new things. You started out this month rolling over for Janelle, your babysitter.  You did it three times in a row, from your belly (which you have learned to accept a… Read more

  • Mother’s Day #1

    I got a new camera lens for Mother’s Day along with a salad spinner ( my request) and a bouquet of flowers. I spent the car trip home from Lubbock playing with my new lens, capturing images of J-Dub driving, EK sleeping, Ashy posing, and maybe an accidental shot of the dials on the dashboard.… Read more

  • Yesterday, EK went to work with J-Dub.  He’s breaking her in young.  He documented their day with pictures. Read more

  • Tummy Time

    At last she’s tolerating her tummy time. Finally. Today she almost rolled over.  Almost. She just doesn’t know what to do with that one arm. It keeps getting in the way. I don’t mind. I kinda like looking at her like this anyway. Read more

  • 3 months

    My Dearest, Darling Emma Kate, You’re growing up much too quickly.  You’re no longer a tiny little baby but a whooping 12 pound 6 ounce three-month old. I’ve had to put away your little newborn sized clothes, and it nearly broke my heart.  I can’t believe how tiny you used to be.   You’ve almost… Read more