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Can anyone tell me what they are doing? Seriously, I don't know. They stayed joined at the mouth like this and didn't move for about 5 minutes. I even poked them with my finger and they didn't move... didn't even bat an eyeball. Then they separated, circled around each other slowly and assumed this position again. Fighting? Courting? Mating? Although I'm fairly certain mating happens at the other end. What the heck is going on here? Please leave me a comment if you know.
9 years ago you were born. You came to us in a flurry of activity and urgency. Your heart stopped for a brief moment as you tangled yourself in the cord that connected us and these days my heart stops as I see your flurry of 9 year old activity and I wait to jump in and help if you get in a tangle again.
The doctors and nurses worked quickly to rush us to the operation room and rescue you. You came out pink, loud, and screaming. Daddy took you into his arms and sang the song he'd been singing to you for 9 months. You gazed up at him, your crying ceased, and your breathing became calm and steady. Daddy brought you to me and I forgot how to breathe...you were the most beautiful sight.
9 years later you still take my breath away.
Check out the dimples on this guy! He was my first senior session of the season. I love the high school seniors. They are so fun and funny. If I went back to teaching, I would love to teach high school....but I don't see that happening.
When I first met Seth last year, he was your typical teenage boy...you know...avoided me and my camera, didn't want to smile, could not WAIT for the session to be over. I told his mom that this time around he was suddenly like this funny, cool, sweet young man (not that he wasn't sweet before, just totally not into me waving my camera in his face).This time he was smiling, laughing, not minding when I asked him to do something that might be kinda awkward...he even came up with some of his own very funny poses.
Seth, I know you will do great at school next year. I am so excited for you and your very bright future!
Sigh...I remember this age. The age where you are not quite a teen, but also not such a little kid anymore. You want to be a teenager, but you are not ready to stop being a kid. The age where you want to giggle with your girlfriends, put on make-up, and talk about boys but part of you still wants to play with toys... but you feel like your "too old". You want to be independent, but you still desperately need your parents. You are stuck between two stages of life, excited to enter one stage, but not ready to leave the other behind. You are confused, excited, embarrassed, cool...you are a walking contradiction. You are beautiful.
A boy is Truth with dirt on it's face,
Beauty with a cut on its finger,
Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair,
and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
-- Author Unknown
and he actually does carry a frog in his pocket.
“Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
Here it comes...
Almost there...
That's what I'm talkin' about!
I am not a huge meat eater. I'm not a vegetarian either and sometimes even crave a big rare juicy steak or some ribs, but most of the time meat is not that appealing to me. I don't really like eggs that much either, so I have to find different sources of protein. I try to include a lot of tofu, beans, peanut butter, milk, and yogurt. These days I have been on a cottage cheese kick....cottage cheese with fruit, cottage cheese with tomatoes, cottage cheese with salt and pepper...it's getting kinda boring. Then today I discovered these:
Rachel's Wickedly Delicious Cottage Cheese is the MUTHA of all cottage cheeses. Check out those flavors...mmmmm. This morning I ate the pesto and sun dried tomato....so good. I love it so much I would marry it!
You should check them out. BTW, they are on sale at HEB this week. I can't wait to try her yogurt!
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