Brainshambles

See…maybe all that vanity will pay off.

Take pictures of yourself talking in to a banana phone (while trying to entertain babies in your living room and working). Post them on your blog. This exercise will help you successfully put off email and report updates, as well as wake/funeral preparation for at least 10 more minutes.

My grandmother passed away early yesterday morning. I keep thinking about this thing she used to do to me when I was little and spending the night over her house. I’ve always had trouble sleeping, but I don’t think she knew that at the time. Each night I slept over (which was often), she’d turn [...]

My mind is like a heavy hand Always making more of what really happened A critical imagination always working over time Maybe this is what the world will see A tiny little version of the tallest tree An optical illusion of the human mind Posing as a real life I never had my mind made [...]

There is absolutely nothing in the world more heart melting than a baby giggle. I am lucky because every day I get to experience two unique giggles (Audrey squeals, Paige belly laughs). Tonight, we captured Paige on video.

Thought I’d post a few shots from last night and this morning. Merry Christmas! It’s been a different sort of year, many challenges, many feelings, many ups and many downs. But we tried hard to muster up some Holiday cheer. Click to enlarge.

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In another life, I’d be photographed by Mario Testino or Annie Leibovitz. Fantastical fabric draped across a delicate canvas, people would pay to paint their stories on me. And I’d let all my colors reach through the lens, share my light with the world. Wouldn’t that be a fun fact to share with my daughters [...]

Love, Katelyn and Paige (Audrey says hello from across the room, bouncing her little butt off in her Baby Einstein bouncer).