Emma got bangs cut for the first time the other day. Something about how her dark hair looks made us think that a Kaz cutie might look very much like Emma. In fact, we already know a Kaz cutie who looks very much like Emma! Eden on the other hand is a blue eyed, reddish haired little one. So even in my own family I have children with completely unique looks. That is a good thing for our family!
This morning we were all lying around in our huge wonderful bed (Dormia Ultimate — the best purchase ever!) and everyone was laying on Gary and I said “Do you think we have room for one more?” and then Emma and Eden kept saying “We want a brother! We want a brother!” I said “If we do have a brother one day, he might not be a baby baby like Tyler is.” Tyler is our good friends son. Emma said “That’s okay! As long as I can still pick him up like a baby!”
Gary made a comment to someone the other day “If we adopt …” and I thought the fact that he mentioned it at all is great.
Past few days, due to holiday week and slow time at work, he’s home more and everything feels so doable! It won’t always be the case, but I’ll appreciate it when it comes.
I am motivated to put my family’s photos away in albums. Due to going digital a few years ago, I fell into the trap of not printing photos and just organizing them on my computer. My goal is to have my family photographs in pretty fantastic order before we ever travel to Kaz. I am such a huge photographer that if I am not up to date by that time, I’ll never get out from under that pile! I can assure you that my photos of that trip alone will go into the thousands. So it’s a goal to work on this and begin to organize photos of Emma as a baby that became jumbled when we moved almost two years ago. Although those were photos were printed, they were never put in albums and never dated. I was too much of a perfectionist then and I am paying the price as the thought of the state of affairs of my family photographs is actually very emotionally draining. I keep thinking that god forbid something happens to me, no one would ever have an inkling as to dates and stuff or an interest in putting these memories together for Emma and Eden like I would. So PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION is my new motto that I’m sticking to. I am a great photographer, am NEVER without my camera, but the follow through gets me every time.
And with those goals in mind, I bid you goodnight. Off to make good on my promise, if only for a few moments.
