Tara ,'First Date'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Oh, Kristin, I'm reading your description of her trip with such a wide smile on my face - what an impressive young woman L seems to be!
If anything, people are not hesitant about speaking up their mind, here. The famous Israeli "chutzpa".
[Edited to "good night!" Kristin, and wave at Typo Boy. Matilda pictures will get a separate post.]
So, um, Matilda pictures?
First, Emmett looks like he's going to finish being a kid in just a short while, doesn't he? I mean, I know he's much older than when I actually got to meet him, but still - I can see the teenager he's going to grow into, already in those pictures. Hmm, is it OK to say about a boy his age that he looks adorable? Is it OK if I only say it about the pictures in which Matilda is snuggling in his lap, or is it wrong even then?
And, oh, Matlida (doesn't she look a lot like JZ in this picture?). I mean, just the look on her "what is that thing on daddy's face? Must investigate" face, even before the beautiful smile.
Oh, and isn't it silly, that I love this picture so much, when you can only see half her face? But I do.
Thanks, Nilly. Emmett is definitely pre-teen, and growing quite a lot in the last year. He hasn't really done the gangly thing I did. He's quite solid and strong through the chest and arms.
Though there are times when it's tough to juggle cooking when Matilda is clinging to me, I have to admit that she is extremely affectionate and cuddlesome child. I know she feels very safe and loved when she's nestled up against me and I often wonder how or if she will be able to draw on that in her later life.
I've always felt with her (and with Emmett) that all the love you can give into them when they are little becomes a kind of foundation for them. A knowing-without-thinking-about-it feeling of worth.
Though sometimes it's exhausting when she's being a little cling-monkey, I don't take it for granted. I'm very aware that I'm lucky to receive her love.
On the topic of baby-love, more pictures of Gracie from today. [link]
Speaking of clingy monkeys... [link]
Such a pretty grinny Grace!
This is ridiculous. Can humans be that pretty?
That picture, David, was taken at ass o' clock at night, when the tiny human woke up and held the house hostage until she got cereal. The cute factor is what keeps her alive. (Well, that and the part where we love her to pieces, but DAMN, did she HAVE to inherit my sleeplessness?)
Good lord. I mean, Squeak has looked anime-come-to-life before, but seriously?!?