My creative therapy journal. This is the best art journal ever. I love it. I love every little piece of it.



Here’s David playing with his friend at school. This girl and David have been friends for a long time now. They get along really well.

And cutie-pie Nathaniel.







Still quite tired. This is a good but long week. Monday night I met with my friend Jenn, tonight we have a dinner guest, and tomorrow night I go to see New Moon at midnight. So I am going to be even more tired on Friday but it’s worth it.



Today, David, Nathaniel and I had lunch together. We went to the Palo Alto Cafe and had bagels and shared an orange juice. It was so wonderful.



I hope your Wednesday is going well, too.

I finally hooked up the computer in David’s room and he’s really loving it. He mostly loves doing the art and the drawing and I love watching him play, explore and learn.



Nathaniel has been really attached to me lately. He’s happy and peaceful sitting next to me but if I leave even to take a photo, this is what I get.

I know it’s a phase but it breaks my heart to see him sad. I have a lot more I want to write but I actually went out to see a good friend tonight and I am way too tired and need to go to sleep so the rest will have to wait until tomorrow.

David wanted to do some art today so we covered the table with paper towels and had fun with the watercolors.



Nathaniel, who was cranky all day, sat behind him and watched.

We also played with stamps and played games and hugged and chatted with my mom and dad over Skype for a long time. Good day. I spent the day making my very first Etsy journal (thank you Karla, you’re awesome!) and it was so much fun. I’ve also been reading my book of the week and am more than halfway through. I still have a lot of todo items on my list but I am feeling at peace with it all.

Lately it’s a lot of work getting this one to let me take photos. Lots of bribes are involved and threats and begging.



I love this one cause you can clearly see the second tooth coming out.

And here he looks just like me when I was a baby. It’s really odd to have a kid who looks like you. Never had that before.







David’s been totally addicted to playing games on my iPhone and honestly I don’t think it’s terrible to let him play. Especially since he wrote every one of the letters of the alphabet yesterday. I am so proud of him.







Semi-productive day today. I did finish my tag but it was already too dark to take a photo so it’s coming tomorrow.

David’s class is studying bugs this week. I used to take photos of David at school all the time before Nathaniel came. But now I carry him to school so I don’t have two hands free to take photos.



Today, I put him down on the carpet in David’s class.

It took him seconds to get going.







He only stopped to watch his brother.







Who gave him his daily kiss and a hug before we left to go back home.







How can one not be thankful for this life?



I’ve been worrying about work and not being as productive as I’d like lately but yet yesterday a workmate said some wonderfully appreciative words to me and I felt so thankful that I saved them so I could go back and look next time I felt insecure. And today he did something even nicer. It’s nice to feel appreciated. If there’s someone you’re appreciating, make sure to tell them. You never know, you might make their day. He sure made mine.

I didn’t manage to finish my book this weekend. I am still only halfway through it. I have been reading. But also spending time with Jake and David and Nathaniel.



We played on our bed for a long time.

And David just kissed his brother over and over again. I swear I didn’t pose him one bit. I think he sees me kiss Nathaniel so much that he likes doing it too.







All in all, a sweet weekend here. I am almost done with my etsy journal, I’ll post it early this week I am hoping.