lately, i've noticed that we've been taking fewer photos of E. i think this is in large part because she loves to play with cameras and won't let you train one on her for too long before making a bee-line straight for it and trying to pry it out of your hands (note to self: somewhat realistic-looking camera = 2nd birthday gift idea). this makes for fairly frustrating and short-lived impromptu photo shoots.
still, i know how important it is (to me, at least) to keep track of how she's growing. just the other day, i was looking back at some video we took of her three months ago and couldn't believe the differences between her then and her now. it's impossible to notice those daily, incremental changes, but when you rewind even a month through photos and recordings, it's amazing what you see and hear--her hair is longer, she says a particular word with much greater clarity, she climbs stairs with greater ease, etc.
(i don't have the time or energy to figure out why the copied and pasted text above now looks like a hyperlink when it's not, so please do your best to ignore it. i'm having a hard time myself, but...)
here are a few photos from mother's day, just to try to catch up a bit. i think these adequately capture eleanor's love of the backyard. she most often talks about digging weeds (she says "we've gotta get all that creeping charlie!"), digging holes, raking, dirt, mulch and flowers. she helps by moving small piles of pulled weeds into one bigger pile. she is rarely without her gardening tools or her yellow flower hat (a 1st birthday present from will & sandy). in this first shot you can see our irises, which have mostly bloomed and faded now, as well as bee balm and rudbeckia from project green.
