through the lens of a mom

it's monday morning, kingston just went for a nap, i'm still in my pajamas...this is great! i'm on a week of holidays from doing the daycare gig i normally do during the week. it's total bliss! these next few days are going to fly by i'm sure, but it's so important to me to be able to spend time with kingston and enjoy his personality. just mama and her baby.

on another note, kingston turned 9 months old on friday! i took him to be weighed and he was a whopping 23lb 6oz....quite a lot bigger then the 7lb 3oz he was when we left the hospital. i can't believe how fast these months have gone. it seems like yesterday i was up every 2 hours feeding him. those days are long gone now and each day is brighter. i love being a mom and there's no question this was my calling in life. i've always wanted a family, i've always wanted babies, i've always wanted to do just what i'm doing right now. it's such a gift to be a mom, and i never take that for granted. i've made a promise to myself, a promise to my husband, and a promise to my sweet baby that i will always be here for them when they need me. i will do the best that i possibly can, and i know that my hard work will pay off. it already has. my life has been blessed with a baby who is thriving, a baby who learns new things every day, a baby who is healthy. i don't believe that life can be any better than that.

this morning kingston and i were lucky to just sit down and enjoy a leisurely breakfast. we don't get that opportunity very often. i took advantage of that and pulled out my nikon...as i always do. i played around with a few settings and began snapping. here is what i see when i look at my baby...my small piece of perfection:

those lips are so kissable!

his smile is absolutely contagious

the colour of his eyes never ceases to amaze me. i thought for sure i would have a brown-haired, brown-eyed baby...they still may change, but until then i will gaze deep into his soul through his gorgeous steel-grey-green eyes.

although this picture does look rather scary of him, he was laughing so hard and being so silly that it just lights up my face to see it. he's such a happy baby!

i take a lot of pictures...there's no denying that the thousands (yes, thousands) of photos i have are repetitive and i have a lot of pictures of the same moment...but i can't bring myself to delete any. those are my most prized posessions. i'm not sure if you know this about me, but i have an awful memory. my long term memory is almost non-existant, so these photos are my memories. they'll what will remind me of how wonderful these moments were.

well with that said, i should get myself in order for the day. i have a long to-do list around the house and the clock keeps moving.

thanks for letting me brag and show off my baby...yet again!