Work has been crazy. Outside it is cold. My plan for yesterday was to have a restful stay at home, do-nothing type of day.
Funny how when I plan to do nothing, I suddenly have energy to do all kinds of things. Just the knowing that “I don’t have to” is somehow freeing. By noon I had tidied the house (at least enough to pass) and done the laundry.
By early afternoon I was out the door and heading down the street to visit my darling little granddaughter and her Mom and Dad. I still marvel at the fact that they live only 1/2 a block away. One can barely count that as “going out”. :-)
This makes me smile.. a conversation that I had with my son a bit a go.
David: “Mom, could you please not call her “Piglet”. You can call her Birdie if you like. That’s what I call her… she makes little birdie sounds.“
Me (smiling): “But David… she is a little piglet… and I mean that only in a good way…you know.. like Piglet in Winnie the Pooh.”
David: “I know Mom, but I like Birdie better.”
So…. Birdie it is. :-)
Our little Birdie has been troubled with what we think is a bit of a stomach bug the past few days.. but yesterday she seemed improved. Almost seven weeks old… she is changing by the moment. This week she started giving those heart melting smiles and at times gives little shrieks of excitement. Little arms flailing about, facial expressions in constant change, she is in perpetual stationary motion.
Taking pictures of a little person who is in constant motion isn’t easy. Thank goodness for the digital age. I get about one good photo for every twenty taken. :-)
Here she is playing in her floor jungle gym. I missed the smiles but did capture a shriek of excitement… she really wants to grab that swinging red monkey.
After play came a feed and then, after a wee moment of fussing, a sleep. Is there anything more peaceful than a baby sleeping. I think not.
As she slept, her Mom and I stood over her, each with a camera in hand. Amid the flashing of flashes and the clicking of cameras, her Mom said, “We look like the baby Paparazzi”. I laughed. I think she may be right. :-)
Whether Birdie or Piglet, she definitely is a Sweetie. Ours is pushing two and still a perpetual motion machine.
Little ‘Birdie’ is absolutely adorable! And very photogenic. Great photos.
Birdie is a sweet nick name. Babies do look like little birdies, always hungry. Please tell me work is not nutty?! Although I did get calls to come in daily last week. But like you I needed time off to rest up. H
She is sooooo darling!!
The baby paparazzi! LOL! That’s cute.
What a cutie pie!!!
Your animals must feel relieved, “no more flashy box.” :)
How can you NOT be the ‘baby paparazzi’ with such an adorable subject? The pictures are great!
Baby paparazzi, I love it. No matter how many babies are born, each one is a miracle in itself. When we see a baby sleeping the world just looks better.
sweetest thing!!!!!
I have called Bryce a little monkey or puppy. It seems fitting when he got to the age where he was chewing on everything. They are so pure and so primal. She a sweetheart.
What a pretty little child. And how lucky for you to live so nearby.
Cas
That little Birdie is just precious. She really is a beautiful baby. I think she will appreciate Birdie, lil’ piglet may get you in trouble grandma. Especially when she is 17 with her boyfriend and you’re telling little piglet stories! You know how we girls are!
And I am with you…I can get more done on days when I don’t have to do anything. But if I have tons to do I seem to come up short because the pressure makes my mind seem to just go blank!
She is precious!
What a cutie-pie!
I am about to become a gramp-pa again for the third time. I have taken a lot of pictures of my first grandchild, Josiah, and I am wondering if I will ever take as many of the second and third. The first seems to get all the attention. I know, I am the middle child in our family. :)