your trip around the sun

Isla, it was a slow magic trick that brought you from here:


To here:


Happy Birthday, sweet girl.

2011, year of the cute

I know I'm biased because this is my own child, but seriously. I've had to watch this like 10 times in a row because I cannot absorb all the cuteness in one viewing.



Hope your holidays were full of cuteness and delight, too!

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dirty

There's a potted plant in the front room of the house that is like a siren call to Isla. If she is left to her own devices, she will head straight for it (ignoring nana's attempts at a blockade), and stuff her face with dirt.

A couple of times I've caught her doing it, and she startles like she's got her hand in the cookie jar. But then she cracks up, because she is so obviously pleased with herself.



Oh, and: can you see the TEETH? My god, there are six of them coming in at once. It is no longer any wonder this child has not been sleeping for the past four months.

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