March 5, 2009

  • FREAK OUT - then bringing it back to Delighting...

    Despite the fact that Spring break has now begun and I have ten blissful days without classes, I realized (how in the world did I miscount?!?) that rather than the nine weeks that I was telling myself I had to finish the semester, I really only have SIX.  OMG.  Every time I think about it my teeth start to sweat.  It's that bad.  I added it up in my head (big mistake) and realized I have between 100-150 pages worth of papers and assignments to write in the next 6 weeks.  Oh my. Oh my.  Oh my.

    Needless to say, spring break will be no break for me as I try and get as much writing done as possible. 

    However, that was not the reason for me sitting down to write this.  In fact, I am writing this to not only distract myself and to avoid the pile of work I have, but also to remind myself of my commitment to begin delighting in things again (see several posts back about the topic). 

    There are lots of things around me to delight in these days, but more often than not, most of those moments have centered around time spent with my sweet sister and brother in love and their precious babies that I love...

    They came over to see me at my parents house this past week and we had a blast - I have had some people mention that they haven't seen baby girl lately (Hadassah) in photos, so here they are....

    Her new favorite thing when she is on my lap is to pull my rings off of my fingers (I have three silver rings that I wear on specific fingers that all have a lot of sentimental value attached and I wear them pretty much nonstop), stick them on her little fingers, then remove them and put them back on my fingers.  We then go through the whole process again.  And again.  And again.  And again.  She never gets tired of it, and to be quite honest, she delights in it so much, that I don't mind at all either.

    Jannah grabbed the camera when we were playing this game and got some great shots of our hands.  I love them - her hands are so tiny next to mine!  I LOVE her chubby sweet baby hands and the dimples in  her knuckles...

    I love this shot especially because you can see her double chin in it

    I also discovered that we also share a common love of coffee...she sees me with a mug and comes running!  (Yes, I cleared it with her momma first - this might be a good time to mention how much I love that my sister is such a laid back momma...so good for her babies!)

    Ahhhhhhhhh......

    After playing games with the rings and sharing some coffee, we decided to make some chocolate chip cookies - this was Hadassah's first time to 'help' us with any sort of baking and she LOVED it.

    Two of my favorite people in the whole wide world...

    Trying out some of the freshly baked cookies...(how much do I love her crossed ankles!)

    Pardon my ghetto fabulous outfit.  What can I say?  It was comfy.

    We finished the evening off playing on the Wii fit board.  We love it so much.  I know I have said it before, but it bears repeating.  Anyway - this particular night Ian really wanted to play, but he would completely monopolize the Wii if we let him, so we have tricked him into thinking that he can hold a controller and be playing the game without standing on the board, and then we can actually play the games in relative peace.  I know it sounds deceitful (okay - I guess it actually is), but he is happy, and we are happy, and he is going to be old enough to figure it out soon anyway...

    I digress.  The whole reason for bringing up the Wii again are these great shots that I got of he and Hannah doing Yoga.  How cute is he!?!  (And how cute is Hadassah in the background with her book?  She LOVES books)

    Here is a closer shot - not bad for a three year old!

    Okay - I suppose I had better get back to work on some of this reading.  Or maybe play on the Wii.....

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