I'm sitting in my sunny, newly unpacked doula home office, with the windows wide open, enjoying the amazing scent of fall air, listening to some fantastic new Indigo Girls music and writing birth stories for the four births that I've attended over the course of the last few weeks. Sleep deprived, fighting a cold and yet so so thankful.
I intended to write this post days ago, but was reminded with the annocement of Steve Jobs death of something I should well know by now, not to put things off. If you had asked me a year ago who Steve Jobs was I could have given you a vauge answer. But over the course of these last six months I've gone from being an exclusive PC user to a proud convert to the Mac. This post was drafted on the mini, edits done on the macbook, photos downloaded from my iPhone and edited on iPhoto while re-watching Lost streaming over the Apple TV. Seriously, IT IS AMAZING and so many aspects of my work have gone from tedious to fast and easy. Love love love it, cheers Steve Jobs and thank you for your work.
There have been many moments over the last month that I have needed to take a nice long breath and accept that sometimes the realities of life overwhelm me. I am so thankful and blessed for all that I have, I love and appreciate every moment of life, even the tough ones. Last night I helped a blind father hold his 4lb 13oz baby in his arms, while attached to an IV and all the other things that go along with babies in the NICU. When I came home, long past their bedtime, I looked in on my two babies now three and thirteen and came to the conclusion that in my eyes, they will always be those little precious bundles that I once held gently in my arms and when one of them is hurting, it is just as scary and overwhelming.
In other news, Emma started preschool this year and she is LOVING IT! She took to it right away and has already made new friends, yay! My little extroverted social butterfly is in her element and enjoying every minute.
Kelsey is now an 8th grader and is hoping this is going to be a fantastic new school year. She is also now officially a teenager, she is 13 afterall. I found out recently that she came across this blog so I'm sure if she sees this she'll read it and roll her eyes as if to say duh mom! Being the mom to a teenager has plenty of challenges but it also provides me many opportunities to grow and learn!
Enjoy some other memorable moments from the last six months...
Playing with the geese at Burke Lake Park after a run (aka ride in the jogger stroller)
Relay Team Wintergrowth - Iron Girl Triathalon, Columbia MD
goofing around at the dinner table
what a face!
she always remembers to stop and smell the flowers
mommy daughter nap time after a long day
Fruit snacks, Emma's favoite indulgence
See you in a couple months!! Who knows what changes will have taken place by then :-)
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