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Started the year off with hope and promise.

Twelve and thriving

Portia just had a birthday.  I've been documenting her for 12 years.  That means for 12 years I've watched her grow into the most amazing human girl.  And yet, there's so much I still need to tell her.  Teach her.  Show her.

My best friend turned 12

That's right.  We are 34 years apart.  And Presley understands me better than anyone else.  I am 46 and he is 12.  I am just as unsure about life as he might be about his.  So technically, we are experiencing the same things!  

Portia's 10th Birthday

The day I never saw coming has arrived.

Birthday season recap

David put expensive candles on my cake again.  He's an expert on finishing touches.

Portia turns eight

She's a beauty and she just turned eight.  Portia's my mini me, that's what people say.  But she's so much more than I ever was at eight years old, confident, passionate, and so, so smart.

The long and the short of it

Here's what the last two months have been like, but first a poem...

Double digits

My difficult, complex, complicated (wait...all those mean the same...see what I'm dealing with), and BRILLIANT son - turned ten two weeks ago.  I may not be able to carry Truman on my hip but I can still fit him comfortably on my lap. He's still my baby.  Babies still call mom "Mommy" at the end of "I love you". They walk around with shoelaces untied.  They still cry in your arms.  And at night, they kiss you on the lips and want 3 second hugs in which he always counts out loud...1, 2, 3.  He's very precise.  

Seven is here

Seems like two years ago, o.k. maybe two weeks ago that my sweet, sweet toothless, already fitting into his big brother's clothes Presley turned SEVEN.

Portia's week in pictures

This is FIVE!!

Pup Pup Puuray!

All the new baby transitions in the home are becoming the norm now and preschool obligations, breast feeding round-the-clock, numerous dr. appointments for the kids, and just trying to keep 2 little active boys happy have kept me away from journaling. In the midst of all the semi-calm chaos we celebrated a very special birthday for a very special 2 year old.