snapshots

Kyren is crawling more and more. it's really cute since he's still on the tiny side. i marvel at how he can suddenly just do it, along with sitting. he can even go from sitting to crawling, when he really wants a toy. tho he often just sits and cries out of frustration. he wants to be held a lot. he also eats a LOT of food in vast amounts. and poops a lot. input output i guess. i haven't really minded having two kids in diapers-- until the last week. i must have changed 15 dirty ones in one day b/w my 2 productive boys-- and no, i never thought i'd be blogging about such a matter-- but it is crazy what that kind of day does to your self esteem :).

last week he had his big appt. at CHOP for his vocal chords scope. Praise God, everything was normal. the otolaryngologist said that he may just have to grow into his voice. since then he's started being more vocal-- playing around with 'ga's, ha's, and ghee's'. we've even heard a couple of 'hi's'. so fun!!

thursday and friday we took a major mystery trip to the shore, and didn't tell C where we were going till we walked up over the dunes and onto the beach... it was priceless. he LOVED everything about the atmosphere, and it was magical to watch him in the sand and water. k did pretty well too, even slept in the stroller on the beach, which we were hoping he would. thanks to eileen et al, for allowing us to crash at her place. there is no way it would have worked as a 'day trip' . it was the perfect ending to our summer. and so good to see old friends!

we drove back friday afternoon, dropped the boys in malvern, and headed to phoenixville for emily and erich's wedding reception. it was a great date night, and we got to catch up with friends there too. at one point a bunch of people from high school were all sitting around talking about our kids and i had a bit of an out of body experience. how in the world did we all get here? what are those two doing married? with kids? they're supposed to be sophomores! freaky. weird. ... ahhh, the passage of time is a funny thing.

we ended up crashing at my parents for the night and had a lazy saturday settling back in at home. last evening christian and dave went out to trim some hedges in the yard and k and i joined them after awhile. it was a beautiful evening, and we just played in the yard. dave took the boys on an impromptu wheel barrow ride around the yard. running up and down our hill with two wide-eyed, open-mouthed boys. a picture of perfection, as far as i'm concerned. C wanted us to teach him how to roll down the hill. it was hilarious. i am not sure i could tell you when the last time was that i rolled down a hill. but it made me really dizzy, which i didn't remember rolling down a hill to be-- or maybe it just does that to you when you're "old". but i'm pretty sure it will be the last time i'll ever try it. C didn't quite get it, but he's going to keep practicing, i'm sure. dizzy is fun at that age i guess.

as usual i was trying really hard to take it all in, enjoy the passing moment, and wrap my heart around the fleeting giggles and smiles from my boys. but it is still such a difficult tak. i'm not sure i'll ever master it. like trying to catch the air and hold it in your hand.

k just wanted to hold my hands and 'walk/tiptoe' in the grass. and found simple pleasure in doing so. i wish i could bottle that ability children have to be in the moment and fully engage.

it's an amazing gift. one that we may spend our adult years trying to perfect, only to find that the older we get, the faster time goes, and the harder it is to capture all that we experience. perhaps the best we can do is record as many little snapshots as possible so that someday we can look back and relive, at least in a way, the moment for what it (somewhat) was.