hermit mode, continued

First of all, I need to send love to all of those effected by the destruction that occurred during the earthquake and subsequent tsunami while we all slept comfortably in our homes last night. My heart is breaking for so many hurting today. I pray for peace and healing on a scale larger than I can even imagine.


I have no idea if I used the word effected properly. Is it effect or affect? I never know. Someone teach me.

I mentioned a few posts ago that I have been in a bit of a hermit mode. That has continued and despite the fact that spring is (supposedly) coming, I find myself retreating more and more. (Though truth be told, nothing makes you retreat more than the whole family having a head cold!) I’ve had a lot on my mind lately and staying home with my kids and snuggling has been much too tempting. Do you blame me? Look at this precious little laughing girl. Oh this photo just grabs me by the heart, I love her so much.

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I’m so thankful for these photos. They are a true time capsule of the sweetness of this time of my life right now. Jocelyn and I have so much fun together. Miles is even starting to play with her too, which pretty much makes our hearts explode.

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My mom has been dying for more photos, and I feel bad that I haven’t gotten many up lately, but my hands have been full lately. (of tissues!) So here’s a few more of the kiddos.

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I make babies with big soft gummy bear cheeks. They are perfectly kissable. I jokingly call Joss our little SpongeJoss Square Head. Her little head goes into a square when she smiles really big. The sides of her face are like two little parallel planes. How did I get so lucky to have two blue eyed babies? (My eyes are hazel.) Yay for recessive genes! (I say that like I know what the heck I’m talking about, which I don’t.)

What’s cuter than a kid in a bathtub?

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TWO kids in a bathtub of course!

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Awwwwwww!

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There have been a lot of things, in addition to cold germs, swirling around the King house lately. I’ve been feeling a little restless watching my photographer friends go off to photography workshops and conventions while I stay behind. New photographers are cropping up and I do miss photographing super cute seniors. (Thankfully I still get to chat with my old seniors on Twitter and Facebook. I’m so glad they still talk to me even though I now drive a van.) It’s just the phase of my life right now though. I’ll have my time again to be in the photography world and I do love being home. I just gotta keep my chin up and my eyes on my two little prizes right now.

Jocelyn is totally crawling and crawling FAST. Holy cats, it’s like juggling yo yo’s around here! She is pulling herself up to standing and I swear I saw her take a step towards cruising this morning. Good gracious, second children are like baby olympians!

Miles is growing up and a year from now we will be signing up for kindergarten, which is crazy. He’s such a different kid though, I’m not sure what school will be like for us. Sometimes I wonder how he will fit into public school. He’s definitely going to be smart enough with his crazy vocabulary, uncanny memory, able to read already and has seemingly taught himself how to do simple math. However, he isn’t very interested in interacting with other kids his age. (You’ve heard me speak of this before. He’ll talk the ears off of my adorable adult single friends, but during play dates, he’d much rather do his own thing.) Despite our feelings of “just let kids be who they are,” we are learning that the ability to play with other kids by the age of 4 is a pretty big deal if your kid is in preschool. I don’t really want to talk about it, in fact, I would pay a million dollars right now to go out and have a drink with my husband to talk about ANYTHING other than child development, preschool and what the heck “normal” is. It certainly is a hot topic around here that doesn’t seem to be ending any time soon though. Sigh.

So I’m back full circle where I tell you I’m a hermit. I love it when your babies are still little and you can just stay at home and love on them and they can be perfect in your eyes and nobody else gets to have any say about it. Oh I say that like it’s a bad thing for kids to have to grow up and learn how to interact with the world. Of course it’s not. I’m just saying that right now, after a long week, I’m thrilled to just hide out with my coffee and my kiddos and just have it be us three. Until daddy gets home, of course.

So cheers to Friday! Anybody else ready for the weekend? Thanks for checking in.

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  • KailaMarch 11, 2011 - 3:23 pm

    wow! So so many precious photos! Your kids are dolls and so full of joy!

  • ShellyMarch 11, 2011 - 4:03 pm

    I’m no expert on child development, but Miles sounds like me when I was young. I consider his traits as that of a very advanced only child. Now that he is not an only child anymore, I truly believe he will branch out and become more sociable, esp as Joss gets a bit older. And if he doesn’t, the worst thing that can happen is he turns out like me! (scary, I know!)

  • Sara JoMarch 11, 2011 - 5:03 pm

    Okay, the English teacher in me couldn’t not respond to your cry for help with effect/affect.

    Affect is a verb. So the people in Japan were affected by the earthquake this morning. (My heart breaks for them, too.)

    Effect is a noun. One of the effects of the earthquake was a tsunami in Hawaii. (This really breaks my heart, as I was just there a year ago.)

    Hope this helps! 🙂

  • erin / dfmMarch 11, 2011 - 7:19 pm

    ok, we’re going to talk about all of the rest at coffee, but the affect/effect is like my favorite subject ever.

    use R.A.V.E.N: Remember Affect = Verb, Effect = Noun.

    works every time!

    (or, you can think of it like this: affect=activity, effect = entity).

    i’m totally queen of remember mnemonic devices from 2nd grade. bad habit.

  • SherryMarch 11, 2011 - 8:19 pm

    it is great to learn something new..thanks for affect/effect ….

    those are the sweetest pictures yet..Is that Miles tickling Jossy. thanks so much!

  • Susan K.March 11, 2011 - 9:18 pm

    It’s “affected”.

    Signed, Your old English teacher.

  • CassieMarch 12, 2011 - 8:37 am

    I would rather gouge out my eyes than talk about child development this week myself.

    Those pictures in the tub?? Priceless.

    You are such a good mama, Betsy.

  • AmandaMarch 12, 2011 - 1:53 pm

    Oh Betsy, I’d love to know what normal is too…I think it’s a rather meaningless word anymore. I am amazed Miles is reading, that is awesome! My little guy (a couple months younger) is nowhere near reading, yet was riding a two wheel bike within a month of his 3rd birthday. Strange, and unexpected, as I’m horribly coordinated. HAHA! All we can count on I guess is that they are all UNIQUE and AMAZING in their own ways. You’re an inspiring Momma, even to folks like me who only know you via blogging. 😉

  • Heidi GarciaMarch 12, 2011 - 2:51 pm

    stop comparing, and if people do, smile and say “that’s nice”…. had a HUGE issue with Noah’s teacher, he has HORRIBLE writing,however is getting better. He got a grade, which I did not agree to..long story short, that women tries to show me Noah’s writing COMPARED to some asian girl handwriting, and I said, ” I DO NOT WANT TO SEE SOME OTHER KIDS WRITING, i’m talking and looking at NOAH’S!” stand firm! and don’t worry…at lest that’s what I have to remind myself. 🙂

  • richMarch 13, 2011 - 10:57 am

    You know what’s not bad at all? Taking some time away from the camera. I was really worried that this loooong off season this year was going to hurt our shooting. But it didn’t. If anything, it’s made me work harder with the few things I have shot. You’ll be fine, you’ve got skillz 🙂

  • KelliMarch 14, 2011 - 11:21 am

    I am hoping it’s the weather. I jokingly tell my friend I’d be happy as a hermit. It’s not really a joke, I could hang out in my house all time and not feel a bit guilty.

  • jesszMarch 16, 2011 - 9:06 pm

    I could stare at these photos of her all day! Priya is beyond smitten over her. 😉

  • Maya LaurentMarch 26, 2011 - 6:57 pm

    She is just gorgeous…just like her Mommy. Betsy, be a hermit all you want…embrace your kiddos a little more and love on them like only their Mommy can. You are amazing and are strong!