Ah, sleep. Such an elusive thing at our house at the moment. But we're getting better at coping with the lack of sleep. It's been a huge learning experience for me this time around with Alixe because with Maximilien I didn't even have to think about sleep at all. He just slept all the time. Alixe needs help falling asleep and then staying asleep. But I see the light at the end of the tunnel and am learning her cues for when she's sleepy. And now that I am feeling healthier and stronger there's a lot of baby wearing going on.
I love this photo because a) she's asleep and b) the cute thumb tuck she is doing. She's always done this since she was born and I saw a 3-D shot her her hand when I was in the US last summer and she was doing it then too. Every once in a while she'll pop her thumb out and it will find it's way into her mouth and that's even cuter. Maybe she'll be a thumb sucker like her brother.
This photo is part of my Year in Photos that I am doing this year. May seem crazy that I would commit to a huge project like this but I feel like it's just what I need to keep my sanity intact. I try to find a moment in the day for myself to take my camera and snap a photo. I plan to print each photo from this year and make it into a photo book for myself. I will share bits and pieces of my year in photos here on my blog but won't make a habit of it everyday. I wrote a bit more on my January 1st photo the reasons why I want to do this. If you're curious you can read about it here. But feel free to check out the set I created on Flickr of my daily photos of 2010.
By the way, Happy New Year! I hope 2010 is starting off well for everyone. And I just realized that my daughter is one month old now! I owe her a letter. So, I will get working on that one. So much to write about and she had her first doctor's visit and you won't believe how big she is now. I'll share it all in her one month letter very soon.
Our neighbors, who are commercial photographers, made the most gorgeous book out of their summer vacation photos. I will find out where they got it printed; bet you can take your collection there when you're ready and they'll do a first-rate job! I think it's a good plan to have a creative outlet for yourself right now; so much of your time and energy will go, by necessity, to care-taking for a while, so you need something that's just for YOU. And this is a breath-taking shot of Alixe, I just love it.
Posted by: The Bold Soul | January 04, 2010 at 21:12