Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Mica Salad



She's screaming in excitement, really.

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

It's a New Year

Happy New Year to all! Mica is now one year old and people keep asking me if I can believe it's been a whole year. I definitely can. It's been a LONG year. That said, I look back at the pictures of her when she was first born and I have a hard time imagining that it is the same person. I have learned so much this past year about babies, about myself, and about Eric. I look at those pictures and think of all the things I didn't know when she was born and it makes me want to have another baby just so I can feel more informed the next time. Mica's an incredible being and brings joy to our lives every day. She still wakes up multiple times a night, screams when she has her diaper changed and eats copious amounts of paper, but we lover her for all of it. One special joy recently has been to watch Eric and Mica's relationship grow. They are more comfortable together and have more fun than I remember them having this whole year and it's great to watch.
We went home to Eric's family for Christmas/Mica's B-Day and had a great time. It was very relaxing and nice to see the family. Mica cleaned up in the present department and Sherry had to mail 5 boxes back to us! There's video of her first birthday cake in the newest conglomerate (it was a bit anticlimactic). Eric has recently taken up photography having found my old film camera while we were digging through the Boulder storage unit last summer. He's officially obsessed and quite good at it too! He's been so far a die hard film guy, but after spending obscene amounts of money on developing he's decided to embrace the modern age and go digital. Once that happens we'll be sure to post some of his artwork on the blog.
We're home now and happy to be back in the swing of things. Thanks to the Springfield crowd for a great week and see you soon!