Already?

Not even 7m old, and pulling up already!

Phoenix

We spent the week in Phoenix for a business trip of mine. I agonized about leaving K while she was so young and my amazing husband took the week off work to come with me so the three of us could go. Thankfully the meetings I had were held at the hotel, so I could dash up to see them at lunch and during breaks and we had the evenings free for dinner together (on the bed, mostly) and walks.

The highlight of the trip was going out to the Desert Botanical gardens for sunset and a night walk. Keira fell asleep as soon as we got there and stared walking, so she slept in the stroller while we walked the park for an hour – they even have beer, wine and margaritas you can walk around with. When K woke up it was fully dark and she enjoyed watching the elaborate lights they have installed at the gardens. 

Why can't I keep a moment frozen

I took today and tomorrow off work to stay home and soak in each simple, mundane but exquisite moment of our lives right now.

Sleeping in, waking at 8 to a squirming smiling baby instead of at 5:30 to my alarm. Making coffee one-handed, bouncing and twisting K on my hip to keep her little hands, ever-reaching, just out of range from the things on our counter. Leaving behind a kitchen floor littered with spoons that held her undivided attention briefly before being flung to the ground.

Sipping coffee sitting on the living room floor by the light of the fairy lights on the mantle with this little one practicing her rolling and even sitting (!) for brief moments before being overtaken by the rolling waves of movement that accompany her every waking moment.

We had fussy times too: a morning nap rejected (my fault for changing up her schedule), teething screaming, a strong dislike of enduring the snaps on multiple layers of clothing.

We are loving: this song, daily walks, birdsong (her favorite thing right now - most meltdowns can be tempered by a particular video of a Eurasian Wren. Yes, really).

Everything surrounding me, I watch a moment turn into a memory

...soak it up it's only temporary