Georgina versus Miriam

I was going through some old photos, looking for ones to print, when I came across some pictures of Georgina that looked just like some I had taken of Miriam last week. Looking at the dates I realised Georgina and Miriam are the exact same age in the photos so they make for a pretty cool comparison.
Can you tell them apart? I'm not going to tell you who's who.

Pretty neat huh?

Miriam's 1 Year Photos

My good friend Marlo is a wonderfully talented photographer and Miriam and I had the privilege to spend an afternoon with her a couple days before Miriam's first birthday. Here's some of my favourites from that day.

Last night, as I was putting Miriam to bed I realised I'm going to miss the sound of her sucking her thumb. It's one of my favourite noises.

 This adorable headband lasted in her hair a whole 10 seconds

 Eating baby treats as efficiently as possible. Food may not have been the best pacifyer for our model.

At one point she started playing peek-a-boo with her dress. Where's Miriam???

 There she is!

and so on

 A behind-the-scenes candid moment

 That day we had just had a big snowfall, first or second of the season. It was so beautiful.

 Miriam really wanted to get outside and play

She settled for cuddles and kisses.

I'm sad our first year with Miriam is already over but we are so lucky to have more to come. Thank you Marlo for capturing this brief moment in time.

FINALLY A Park Day!!

It has been a looooong winter even though it's only just begun. We have spent a lot of time indoors lately, illness being mostly to blame, but also this cold, wet weather. Every fall I promise I won't become a mole in the winter with all intentions to get to the park everyday. Instead I wimp out and our days mostly look like this 

Or this 

Or this

And this

It's been a drag. So I was really really excited when I noticed the weather warming up this week. And even more excited to be feeling much better. Not 100% but a huge improvement to the past three weeks. So I got us bundled up and we went to the park!

Miriam was beside herself with joy. And Georgina picked out her best park outfit.

We met up with our good friends, Leo and Max. It has been a long time since we've played with them but the kids got along beautifully. Best friends. 

Leo still prefers the company of Miriam. He adores her. And she's a big fan of the attention. 

And Georgina played nicely with Max. 

Anne and I had a great visit saying nothing but nice things about our children and spouses. Of course. 

Leo and Georgina played a great game of .... Well I'm not quite sure but it was an elaborate and imaginative game that mostly consisted of up the ladder and down the slide. 

Miriam chilled on the swing a long time. This is her happy face. 

The best part about the park today was when it was time to go G was awesome. I'm not even being sarcastic. I asked if we should go have lunch and she bounded towards home. I call that a win. 

It was a great day. 

Proof I was there 

Snow and Celebration

We celebrated Miriam's first birthday yesterday. I miss baby Miriam already. But she's such a sweet and fun little girl I can't complain. 

We had three birthday cakes because I had posted pictures of my failed attempt and two of my friends took pitty on me and delivered cakes!

At one point both girls got stuck under a chair. 

And they played really well while waiting for the party guests to arrive. 

It was a lot of fun!!!!

Miriam really wanted this giraffe for her birthday present but couldn't carry it out of the toy store.

It snowed here this week and it's been beautiful. Georgina got to play in the snow with Gigi today and with her friends at school on Monday. And on our little walk today we found a snowman!

G and Gigi in my parents backyard. 

After playing outside for a bit with Gigi Georgina was pretty cold and I found her snuggled up with Handsome. 

She absolutely loves him. He was purring away so I don't think he minds too much. 

Marlo St James Photography

While we did get outside today we have spent a lot of time this week just looking outside, taking it all in. It's been a lovely week.

**special thanks to my friend Marlo for taking the bottom photo of Miriam and me. More to come from her soon.