Amelia

I walked through the door and she stared at me with those huge brown eyes. She wasn't sure who I was, or what I was doing in her house. Her mommy put her down so the two of us could get acquainted, but that wasn't happening. She clung to her mom very tightly, eyes tearing up and her little bottom lip quivering if I would get too near.

Amelia just celebrated her first birthday, and although she is very shy, she did very well on her photo shoot. She kept her mommy close for comfort, but I managed not to make her cry. She was on the verge of it, but she contained herself.

I know all to well what it's like having shy children. Emma gives the death stare anytime someone she doesn't know even looks at her. I thought the older my child got the easier it would be, but I am still the occasional hiding place when a stranger says hi.

Amelia is a very lucky little girl and has such an amazing and loving family.

Happy Birthday Amelia!!

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It makes me happy when...

I was watering the plants the other day, and thought, it makes me happy when the flowers I plant are still alive.

So I was going to take a picture of my beautiful labor of love and post it. Then I was going to try to post weekly the things that make me happy. A nice gloomy day, a dinner where the kids don't get half of their food on the floor, you get the idea.

So well I was in my happy moment, I loaded my plant picture onto my computer and...nothing. My 5 year old laptop fizzled off into cyber heaven. Oh dear.

That should have prompted me into starting the "It makes me mad when..." post. Or maybe it was a sign, who knows.

I know have a beautiful new IMac sitting on my desk at home. I love it, can stare at it in awe for hours. But I do miss my laptop and the portability of it.




So then I got back into my "It makes me happy when..." mood. So well I have yet to upload any photos to my beautiful new computer, I will hopefully share my happy moments with you soon.

Oh, and with all the computer drama among other things, my plants died.