Yesterday I read something I'd written about Eliza when she was a baby. Like most parents, I've forgotten most of it. There are the photos and a few videos, but in writing I'd captured something else - how things used to be - Eliza's baby personality, her delicious baby gestures, baby emotions and her relationship with us.
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| Amman, Jordan - January 2008 |
Eliza is so different now. She is a little girl with her fashion sensibility, her love for drama, and her interest in animals. She interacts with the world and us in a totally different way. What had been subtle, inarticulate baby behaviors - sitting content in my lap during coffee conversations with other moms or laughter at the rough play with her brother or continuous babble before she knew more than a few words - developed into interest in going out and socializing, a degree of spiritedness to match her brother's intensity and (no surprise in this family) loquaciousness.
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| Harare, Zimbabwe - January 2012 |
Remembering Eliza the baby made me remember loving her then, as she was then, and as much as I love her now, I can't help but be a bit heart broken at not having baby Eliza anymore.
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| Sunday morning fashions |
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| bats in pjs |
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| rolling in the deeeeep! you had my heart insiiiiiide your hands! |
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| #1 bee in the school musical |
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| more weekend dress up |
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| trying to hang earrings on unpierced ears |
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| this is getting boring, mom. |
Beautifully written, Katy, and some very special Eliza photos too.
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