In four days Baby K

In four short days, Baby K will turn four months old! How time flies...

January 15th 2014 -- Baby K can ALMOST sit up on his own!  Shall happen soon!

Hopefully this half of Baby K's family shall see much more of my sister and her son during the next third of his life -- difficult to really grasp that he will have spent a third of a year with us already!  (Not including his time in utero of course!)

ALSO, TOMORROW, my aunt is getting married!! She and her husband-to-be have been together (or at least together-ish) for many MANY years now : )  Very happy for them both!!  She just wants to get the papers so not a large wedding at all, but has said she wants to have a celebration once she moves from Nevada back here to CA and we shall celebrate then!!

Baby K is TWO MONTHS OLD today!

Can you tell that I am just a *bit* excited about the facts that a) I have a nephew and b) today is exactly eight weeks from the day my family was with my sister in Labor and Delivery??  Baby K had a one month photo shoot... plus MANY casual photos these first few weeks of life! I shall simply say how much I love all of my family and particularly how proud I am of Baby K's parents for being wonderful (and his godparents - but his Baptism post shall come later.  Maybe tomorrow?)  Time to share photos!!

Baby K (one hour after birth)

Baby K "playing" with me at 15 days old

Baby K One Month Photo Shoot (inside treasure box)

Baby K One Month Photo Shoot (close up)

Baby K One Month Photo Shoot (on a cloud of blue tulle)

Look at this handsome "Tough Guy!"

Baby K is going to be a bookworm! : )

Can you tell we love the most recent addition to our family? Random fun fact: on one side of our family tree he is the third great-grandchild ... and all three are boys! Wonder what else the future has in store!

Fits into the empty space

"Sometimes someone says something really small but it fits right into this empty space in your heart"



I love this leaf that is changing color, and the heart shape that was likely cut out of it (into it?)...also the saying that helps remind me that even though I sometimes feel like I have empty space(s) inside of me, there are so many words and actions from family, friends, strangers that help fill me with positive feelings during days that are difficult for me.  Thank you to everyone who helps, even if you are not aware of helping!

Snow in Paris!

(Man using skies passing the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France on January 20, 2013 -- image taken from online search of the first heavy snowfall of the new year!)


Love this photo -- makes me miss my France family!


Love to all :)

Gratitude

Gratitude

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present
and not giving it" ~William Ward


"Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can
see" ~Mark Twain


"I can no other answer make but thanks and thanks"
~William Shakespeare

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