New kid in town

I started this blog to share the joy my kids brought me. And somewhere along the way I abandoned my intentions of capturing those awesome moments that I never wanted to forget. Kids get older, we all get busier, milestones become less frequent. And those feelings of complete and unconditional love are a constant, everyday thing in your life, so documenting it doesn't seem that necessary anymore.

Today I felt those things again. I spent a few hours with my great-niece (great in many, many ways), Hazel. It was probably only the second time I've spent time with her in her 13-month life. I had forgotten how wonderfully sweet this age is. And she's so, so different than my boys. She's a smartie for sure. And amazingly well behaved and independent. She accepted me like we see each other every day (although I got a few questioning looks during our time together). She is just cute. SO cute. And sweet. And funny. Sarah and Chris won the jackpot with this little angel. I told Chris I'd drive to Omaha just to babysit her again, and I wasn't kidding. So this blog post is dedicated to Hazel, the little sweetie I fell in love with today.

Check out her funny expressions.

 

This was taken as she was making puppy sounds, which kind of sounded like an owl. "Oo, Oooh, ooh."

I couldn't stop touching her hair. So soft.