Bedtime is the ritual that most days I look forward to. It is the calm after the storm of day where a million things and emotions have taken place. It is often an uphill battle to get to this calm, often leaving me feeling much like a blue face painted warrior straight out of Braveheart, but once we're there it is my very favorite. Adventures are read and curious questions asked in response. Last minute confessions of the day come spillling out. The snuggles seem extra sweet. Whispered giggles over funny things remembered. Quiet songs sung by request. And then, usually, all at once it falls quiet. A moment where we are all forced to slow down, and are able to enjoy each other closely, one on one. And as the last minute conversations die down, the last must know questions are answered and the breathing gets heavier and more relaxed, if I haven't managed to drift off in blissful drowsiness as well I smile big. Because for this small period of time every night life is very nearly perfect and there is no place I'd rather be. 

Little Conversations...

Hannah told me yesterday while I was cleaning a bathroom that I have what's called "clean fever." 

When I gave her a look she tells me: "Oh, you don't know what that is? It's where you feel like you need to clean something that isn't really all that dirty to begin with."

Well. She just might be right. 😉 If having clean fever is wrong I don't want to be right. Haha

Playin Around

  So.  Sometimes I'm impatient.  Mostly with myself.  Mostly in a "why haven't you mastered this as of now" kind of way.  I am looking at these pictures and I feel frustrated.  Like I'm missing something.  Some days I feel like I'm getting it and other days...well.  Humph.  But at any rate we push on.  If nothing else the subjects are ridiculously cute.

 This face!

 This picture isn't anything fancy but she's just so beautiful and adorable all at once.  

 These pictures.  This was my fault.  They are waaay over processed which bothers me but I wasn't paying attention to my settings for a second and they were so dark and it just so happened these two pictures were a couple of my favorite!  I actually want to frame these two!

 Man.  She's so beautiful.

I really love these two...

Planting Peas

This is just on here because these are just some of my favorite.  They are currently sitting on the windowsill and I stand there extra long just so I can sniff them.  :)

The other problem I'm running into is the color on my computer vs. the phone...our computer is a bit older and so it makes me nervous when I edit that how I see it here won't be how it turns out elsewhere.  Mostly I put them here so I can go back and see the progression of my pictures.  And also so the grandparents and Aunty's and Uncles can see all the cuteness.