cute cute

anyone who visits my flickr account knows i've been obsessed with photographing my children (gibson's included in this statement). i've been pretty lucky so far to be able to capture a lot of cute moments and it just makes my day. i try to remember what i say when people ask, "so, how is the baby?" or "how's the dog?" and then if it's something visually amusing, try to capture it next time on film. of course, the easiest thing to do is to catch cute stuff while they're sleeping. like these, for example:


but this morning was a cute cute moment that i could have never captured with a camera, but would love to if i could. when i got up to feed nissa before going off to work, i found her curled up on her side with her hands over her ears. of course it's quiet in the house (it's 6am, for pete's sake), so i doubt she was in the position with the intention of protecting her ears from noise. . . but it was just too much. our morning feeding is truly one of my favorite times of day. she drowsily looks up and smiles while changing her, she nurses quite contently and is very snuggly while i'm trying to burp her. putting her back to bed is sooooo hard; mostly because she's so cuddly cute, but also because it means when i put her back down, it's time to go to work. boo hiss. this morning, when i laid her down, kissed her cheek and whispered "i love you" she actually smiled in her sleep. ah, to be a mother!

i'm proud to report that i made 2 big achievements this week. first, i completed a project for my soon to be niece or nephew. and second, and most important, i finished all my thank yous from the shower and mailed gifts since nissa was born. it's been eating at me for AGES to not have had them done and now i can breathe easy. i've always tried to get thank yous out right away, but this kid thing threw me for a loop. now i'm back on track! yippee!

the talk of solids for nissa has come up a lot lately, so i'm going to try to get my act together on it and come up with a plan. like breastfeeding (and subsequent introduction of the bottle) i know it'll go smoothly if i learn as much as i can and can see the road ahead. right now, i'm in the middle of fog. . . but let's be honest: i'm holding out mostly out of laziness. breastfeeding is just so easy! even if you count pumping at work. it's still great nutrition that's free and convenient. but i also am weary of being a mom who breastfeeds into toddlerhood, so i'll have to get on board with solids eventually. i'll get there, i'll get there.