An Awesome View of Life

I CAN do this! This little one wanted Mom and Dad to bring him food but they weren't doing any such thing.  He flapped his wings a few times and then finally made the leap to the ground below. For the almost 3 years I've been doing this blog blue jays have been impossible to capture.  Today I got several very great photos of them.   I love the one below with the entire family sitting on the fence.  Love how the baby is distracted by something behind him.  

Nap Time. This is a re-purposing project.  We had an college XL mattress pad that I covered with two remnant pieces of polar fleece.  The thickness was too great to machine sew all of it together so I did a blanket stitch all the way around to finish it.  The reverse side is a pretty, bright orange. Baby comes back full-time to Grammy's in a couple of weeks when school starts again.  We'll see if we can get some naps taken with this.  (: This is the photo for Wednesday, August 12th.

Son!  Where are you? This daddy cardinal was doing his best to chill and let his baby do its thing.  He kept his distance but kept chirping and hopping to keep his little one in sight. This is Monday, June 22nd's photo.

Cheap Entertainment No punctuation for this title.  It leaves more room for interpretation.  (: These are my three youngest children, all grown adults.  They are either entertaining the baby or being entertained by her.  I'm never sure which way it is. ha!  Love the quaintness of the black and white version of this photo.  Love my kids as well.   The oldest son seems to miss out on the fun sibling photos.  He was sitting on the opposite side of the table from them so...  

Are you looking at me? Just too cute!  This is Friday's photo.  We babysat the Baby last night and I've been super busy today so just getting a chance to post this.

A different look. This is my "go to" thing when I can't find time to do real photos.  However, I took over sixty photos today and this is the one that made me smile the most.  At least after the 20+ of the baby. Of course all of those made me smile. (: But this is a different look.  I know I've never taken a photo of this bush when it is blooming.  I didn't even know it bloomed.  Normally, I get the fall or winter version with the pretty red leaves and berries. What I love the most about this photo is the layers of colors - which are all the same.  That's what made me smile.

Me and My Shadow Baby and I went outside very early this morning.  We picked flowers, sat on the rocks in the gardens, talked and picked up "branches" in the yard. When we turned our backs to the sun this is what we saw and I had to have this photo.  She is always my shadow all day long.  Wherever Grammy is, Baby is close behind.  Love her to pieces.

A story to be told... The last few days have been spent sitting in front of this machine.  While the baby is here it is harder to get much done because she is in EVERYTHING.   At the right end of the table there is a garbage can that catches the trimmed pieces of the suits.  Mara likes to get into this can and toss (like a wild woman) all these little scraps out on to the floor.  So she pretty much has to stay to my left side. Today she was sitting on the floor next to me tossing a pile of suits that had been serged together.  She turned towards the machine with a suit in her hands, put her foot on the "gas pedal" and held the suit up in the air towards the machine.  It was so cute.   It is amazing how much babies watch us and we don't even know it.  She has sat in my lap for a few seconds here and there but never did I think she would comprehend the basic process. She is the smartest little thing in the world.  But o...

This makes me smile. Auntie Mandi was sitting in the window taking pictures of Grammy and Baby. These photos are pretty special to me since I am normally the one behind the camera. There aren't very many pictures of me with my dolly.  (: In front of my right foot there is a very flat, fairly large rock.   The first time we walked out to the back garden I sat Mara on this rock.  The second time we went outside we walked out to the same spot and she plopped herself down on the rock!  Way too cute.  I'm sure we will be sitting in that spot many more times. All in all it was an awesome day.  Love this baby!

Spiraled.  Out of Control. Sadly, tonight I never left my chair to take photos.  I normally have several things stuck in the cushion of my chair.  A few different smaller notebooks, pens, highlighters, the USB cord for my camera and assorted empty candy wrappers.  (:   Most of those items had to be put away because the baby found them and thinks they are hers. ha!  There are a few things in my life that are a bit out of control.  Nothing serious just things I can't seem to get a handle on.  All things eventually work out, one way or another.  Sometimes things need to be out of control in order to figure out what happens next.  

Watching and waiting. Baby spent part of the day sitting in front of the sliding glass door watching the squirrels scrounge for birdseed on the ground.   For some reason she will leave one sock on for most of the day but that one is always only half on.  She's waiting for the weather to be warm so she run around outside barefoot. We love this baby to the moon and back.  (:

Green light. Busy day today with Baby and making plans for the 2015 business season.  I'm also working on a plan to do something different and better for the next year or so and into the future.   So this is yet another photo of the maple tree in my backyard.  

Looking out ...for each other.  Aunties with baby Mara Joy. Today's photo challenge.