It's my birthday

I'm spending the day with Jules and Isabelle, gracefully easing into old age. Back tomorrow with updates xoxo

(photos 1. Martha Stewart 2. and 3. movie stills from Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette)

18 months old: a milestone for Isabelle

Today is Isabelle's 18-month birthday.

This is what she looked like on this date last year:

Look how she's propped up in her crib; she couldn't even sit up by herself! Now she can run and twirl and slide down her slide, and sing the ABCs, and play tricks on mommy and daddy. Bye bye baby and hello big girl.

Goodness. Those last 18 months went by like a sneeze. I wonder what surprises the next year will bring!

Happy February: Pink blossoms

The view out my window is as dreary and miserable as it could be. The sky is flat, pewter gray, the rain is dribbling sideways down the windows, it's cold, and spring seems far, far away. Some lush pink flowers to brighten the view.

(images (1) martha stewart march 2009; (2) littlebrownpen; (3) twelve22; (3) littlebrownpen)

Happy Groundhog Day

The view from my window looks like six more weeks of winter... but we'll see what Mr. Groundhog has to say when he wakes up this morning.

*** Update: Punxatawney Phil saw his shadow this morning at Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania: six more weeks of winter. Boo.

C is for Cute!

We finally put up Isabelle's sweet little watercolor animal alphabet cards from Land of Nod.

Look how much she enjoys them! PS. she wanted you to know she was singing the ABC's while I was taking the picture, and she climbed into the chair herself. Big stuff.