Friday, January 16, 2015

Winter Beach Day

We decided to take advantage of Mae not having school today or Monday and came to Oak Island last night for some winter beach days. Our first day here was pretty spectacular with temperatures in the high 50s and was a perfect start to our time here. 









Mae decided to do a little photo shoot for me. 

































Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Bathtime

So here is the deal, I am fully aware that my kids are growing up and getting bigger. I take them to the doctor to chart their growth, I get rid of too small clothes and purchase bigger ones and I have adjusted the straps on the car seats. If you were my shadow you would hear me say EVERYDAY to Whitaker, "you are so big and heavy" - he is a lot to carry around! Despite all my utterances about how my kids are growing, I still feel that they are "little." 

That is UNTIL I put them both in the bathtub at night. It is amazing to see how much more space they take up in the tub night after night. Even though I have convinced myself they are still tiny, it hits me like a ton of bricks on some nights in the bathroom that they are in fact getting bigger and bigger, despite doctors, clothing designers, and car manufactures telling me otherwise. 

And then I look at these pictures of Mae (it seems I took no photos of Whitaker in the bathtub)….




And then I uploaded these photos today from Monday and I am even more convinced that time needs to slow down. Way down. 




Mae asked Whitaker to scratch her back. 
Always next to each other.