{today.}

we had a super-cute day at home today.

& also the kind of day where i stop and realize that we're only a month and a half away from our baby's first birthday.

and then i think about the fact that i haven't even jotted his name down in his baby book yet - much less any first year baby "details".

or the fact that i have whole months to catch up on, with sorting photo files and processing images and loading photos online for printing for his first year album.

or that the # of videos that his brother evan had made from his own first year compared to videos from n's first year makes us look like our video camera's been broken for the past 10 months.  (which it hasn't)  ;)

OR that his birth story has yet to be written - it's still living in bits & pieces in my brain - and in text message history on my phone ;) - and that it REALLY needs to be translated into words soon.

& then i remind myself that i'm doing the best that i can.  (which has become my mantra lately)

and i play with my kids some more.

:)

*****

ps - thank you SO MUCH for all of the sweet comments on my hop layout (i read THEM ALL - and love getting them in my inbox)!  & the comment section is still open until tomorrow night if you haven't yet entered... comments now closed!

pps - monster onesie source = HERE.

Comments

[melanie]

oh yes... i've yet to start on L's baby book. oops!

[Jennifer Camplin]

cute lil DUDE!

[Laura Evangeline]

Ahhh! Time is going by too fast. I need more breathing space squeezed in between life somehow. One more time: Ahhh!!!

[erin]

hi there, you have such beautiful photography skills, and i'm a big fan of your fresh scrap style. and your children are adorable.
happy day!

[Teka Cochonneau]

:) Completely Understand. Where does time go?

[gabby]

i do so LOVE him.
xoxo.

[Sarah]

Your son is adorable! And don't worry about being behind in photos sorting and stuff, because just like laundry and dishes, they will still be there tomorrow for you to sort! lol I have 3 kids, and life is just busy, so I totally get it. The important thing is that you're playing with them...that's worth more than photo sorting! My only advice about things you *should* worry about doing before you forget, is write down ALL the cute things they say, because you think you could never forget them...but you do...it just slips from our mom brains! lol

[jenny]

i feel like i'm way behind on things too. you know what though, playing and being in the present with these little dudes is the most important thing. we can only do the best we can. in a few years we'll have plenty of time to catch up on the 'paperwork' of their baby/toddlerhood. right? lol!

noah is so adorable! he looks a lot like his older brother to me. and i've been thinking either having an 'owl' party or a 'monster' party for levi's first. i've seen these onesie's before and it might have just tipped me in that direction. only a month left to get that planned! :)

hope all is well! i'll stop rambling!

[Brooke]

Happy I'm not the only one that keeps my text message history for scrapbooking and documenting purposes!

Do you do project life? I've found that a really great way to journal a little about the photos I would have taken each and every day. Clearly you have the photos too.

[Jen]

I think Noah and Nora have the same exact hair, even down to the longish part on one side. :)

[Lisa Dickinson]

heeee - that's classic second child syndrome, right? but playtime totally trumps all those other tasks! :)