Painting

What a fun week it has been!
On Wednesday, we got together with "the crew" - my group of Mom friends and babies that have quickly become my best friends. We gathered at Kasandra's house and (brave soul that she is) let the babies finger paint.

 

Some babies were more dainty than others, and of course Addy had to sample each and every color. We kept the paint mostly on the paper (and the floor, and the babies themselves), and can't wait for consistently warm weather so we can do it again, only outside! We had a great time - and the pictures are priceless.

Then it was a mad dash down to New Jersey. We thought that we'd try traveling at night - harder on the driver, but easier on the baby. Or so we thought. Apparently, Thursday night is the perfect time for roadwork - we hit three different spots where 4 lanes funneled to one, and our speed fluctuated between dead stop and painful crawl. And that plan about it being easier on the baby? Not true when she only sleeps an hour. The whole time. And cries the rest. I don't think we were ever so happy to see Harvey Road at 1am after 6 hours of a fussy baby car ride.

 This girl eats everything. Including sheep feed. And was not to happy when those greedy sheep finished the grain she was eyeing up.

Less than a week after laser and we are healing, healing, healing!

 Baby Austin

Mother's Day was quiet; Chloe was at a horse show and we just bummed around the farm and mentally prepared for another long car ride back home. Luckily the return trip was a bit better (Addy was only up for a few hours of it), and without the construction, the ride was an hour shorter. We are really happy to have a weekend at home; back-to-back travel weekends really wear us out. We're trying to dig out from under the piles of mess that accumulate when you unpack the car; get the laundry sorted along with life.

We spent a few hours today meeting with a geneticist which has left me feeling worn out and weary of the medical system. The bottom line was all good news, but rehashing the whole last year was more trying that I realized it would be, and sometimes I feel like we're just spinning in circles. But we have a beautiful, happy, 13 month old who lights up the room, and Pete and I am figuring out the delicate balance of watching her development without worrying about her progress. She certainly is something special.

I'm shooting my pictures in RAW these days - so more editing on the back end, but I think it's worth it!