29 October 2009

Tightrope walking and bonfires


Oh, it's been so long.
I took a break- a much needed break from journaling or blogging or whatever this is -

to return to a life
Out There in the World

and it feels sososo good to be back at it.

The teaching thing, the reading thing, even the meetings thing (in small doses).

The baby is happier for it (lots of fun days with different dates!), the partner is happier for it (less crazy cabin-fever under-brained woman around here) and I feel like I've gotten my feet back under me.

All the same, the really big news around here is that we have a crawling girl on our hands! She's zooming around the house like an overly-keen terrier these days, following us room to room.

Her favourite thing right now is to 'run' around - both hands firmly held, of course. The more you shout 'faster! faster!' the more she laughs and bounces on those tiny feet. So sweet.

This is a precious time, and I'm conscious of it when I look at photos and see how much that red mop of ginger hair has grown just in the last few months. She's becoming her own person more and more these days, and I just love getting to know her. Such joy right now.