Look Again

Have you ever read something and either connected with it so much it felt like you wrote it or wondered if the person that did write it knew what you were thinking or feeling? I had a grand plan to start a week long series of posts about our weekend. From start to finish it was filled with family and it was fantastic.

Before I started to prep my posts, after looking through my pictures documenting our families, I headed over to CJane’s blog to read her post today because I really enjoy her writing. What I discovered was quick snippets of her thoughts on her post-partum body and expanding family. It was as if she could hear my insecurities  and thoughts while I looked at my rounded cheeks and chubby arms caught digitally over the weekend.

So, I am abandoning my Family Filled posts until tomorrow because after reading CJane’s post I want to go back and look at the pictures taken of me over the weekend and remind myself that my body is the way it is today because I made Maggie.  I MADE her. Althougth the softness that is my body won’t necessarily all go away, I’m thankful for the reminder that this version of my body is because of Maggie.

Chach Rocks It

We got to go see Chach perform some songs from Wicked this past weekend. She sang the part of Galinda and sounded amazing.

She also looked beautiful in her pink dress with her crown.

Chaya looked so happy on stage – I would have looked lost.

You rock, Chach!

Maggie & The Boys

While Maggie and I were in Anacortes we got to see her buddies Thomas and Peyton. I hadn’t seen Thomas and Lara since the day that Thomas came home from the hospital, so it was a sweet reunion. Lara and I had almost exactly the same outfit on – black t-shirt, same jeans, and a zip up sweat shirt. New mom uniform? I think so.

Taking pictures of squirmy babies is really hard. They aren’t interested in posing and don’t even really know that they are next to each other.  Thomas looks so much like Lara with his cute little nose!

We stopped at Emily’s house and the cousins spent some time together on the couch. Peyton was really sleepy and kept toppling over on Maggie, when he woke up he tried to hold her hand.

Ahhhhhh…….