uh-oh

I have had the best summer I can remember in a long time. As I've pondered that and wondered why, I've come up with one main reason it was so great: Our family spent a lot of time together!! :-)

Not only did we have the entire family together for a two week vacation, but Jamie is living in Raleigh instead of DC so I got to see her, Jenna didn't have school during summer session so I got to see her, Darin worked at the pool just down the street so I got to see him, Devin and Sarah and Delainey were around most of the summer, and Sarah had lots of pictures to take so I got to spend extra time with Delainey.

Today I got to spend the morning with Delainey while Sarah was on a shoot. (In case you didn't know Sarah has a thriving photography business--check out elainebellaphotography.com and see how talented she is!) As Delainey was eating breakfast, I was talking to her and decided it would be fun to run her through all her "tricks".

(Delainey's "ohh-noo" face)

She "meowed", "barked", and "mooed"; she clapped and stuck out her tongue; she made faces and showed me where her belly button was; then I remembered that she has learned how to say "uh-oh". So I said "uh-oh" to her so she would copy me. She looked at me with a quizzical look on her face and then looked at the floor around her high chair. She looked back at me, picked up a piece of watermelon, dropped it on the floor, grinned at me and said "uh-oh!". So cute!!

As I return to teaching seminary, preschool and piano, I will cherish the memories that I have from this summer and hope that they will hold me through the dark, cold months of winter....