Favorite Photos of 2007 Part 2

That girl loves her food. I just love the pure joy in this picture.

We had a fabulous trip to Italy in April. I fell in love with Tuscany. Kiran was about 7 months and did great on the trip. She seemed to really appreciate the Colosseum
.This was one of the photos I took on Kiran's 8 month birthday and it just makes me smile.

This is my precious friend Alicia. My time in India would have been far different without a heart friend like her to share it with. This picture is from my first Mother's Day. J arranged for Alicia & I to hang out at a local pool and enjoy dinner by ourselves. It was a very memorable day.

This is our birthing class...one year later. We had a precious group of Indians, Italians and Americans in our class and we all really bonded through the births of our first children (all between Sept 4 and Nov 6). I look forward to reuniting our kids one day!

Consignment Shop

Last week I visited my favorite consignment shop again. Its called Jordin's Closet and its on East Butler almost to Mauldin. I love this place because the prices are good (nothing over $6.95 -even for whole outfits) and the quality is good.
I got this cute dress, 2 spring/summer dresses, and a pair of jeans for $16. But the best was this outfit
This whole outfit was $7. It still had the tags on it. Its for next Christmas. It has a dress and a hat....but the part I fell in love with is the long coat. It seems so turn of the century to me.

ADDED: The owner of the consignment shop told me that there is going to be a coupon in this week's Clipper magazine (the one you get in the mail every month or so). It might be a good excuse to check it out! And if any of you Greenville people aren't going to use yours, save it for me! We only get the Spartanburg edition and I doubt the coupon will be in that one!

For you Em- I was playing on Kiran's rocking horse last week. I think I was around 16 weeks here. Its so true that you show earlier with your second!

Favorite Photos of 2007 Part 1

I thought about doing a Year in Review post like Merritt did. Or a pictorial collage like A&A&A did. But instead I decided to kinda combine them. I picked my absolute favorite pictures from all pictures taken in 2007. I ended up with 16. And it was REALLY hard to get it down to 16. Some pictures I picked because of something they represented; some I picked because it was a great picture. I'm not going to overwhelm you all at one so here are the first 5 (in chronological order) fave pics of 2007.

I love this picture because it shows how little Kiran was starting off 2007! We had just rung in the new year in Thailand and then flown to see our friends the Hagens in the Philippines. They took us to a beautiful beach resort on an island. Both days for lunch we ate this barbeque on a stick at the restaurant this picture was taken in. It was delicious and ranks as one of my favorite foods of all time.

Of course the Taj Mahal! I wish Kiran wasn't crying in it but what to do??? Brett and Merritt had come to India to visit and the Taj kicked off a trip to Agra and Jaipur that was truly one of the highlights of traveling within India for me. Someone asked me the other day if the Taj was as spectacular in person as it looks and I have to say yes, yes it is.

Dress up! My helper taught Merritt & I how to tie our saris and we felt like princesses! It makes me want to go dig mine out and put it on just for fun!

Anant & Parul (top of picture) were our closest Indian friends. They invited us to come with them to Anant's hometown for their son's naming ceremony. What a cultural experience! From train rides to protests to leaky hotel rooms to pundits and hundreds of Indian relatives, this was the most stretching experience and yet most dear. I will always remember this day.


We saw many funny signs but this one was our favorite! It was for a men's bathroom in Bangkok, Thailand. I mean if you got to go.....

Kiran's Language

Kiran talks all the time. Unfortunately, no one can understand her. Jonathan & I can understand many things she says just by context or because she says the same random syllables every time. For instance, she says "Doe-ju" for jacket, "doe-jus" for cheerios , and "DOE-ju" for puzzle. Anyhow, she is trying to say everything and is getting better at it.

Today we asked her if she wanted a baby brother or a baby sister. Evidently we should have given a third option: neither.



When you asked Kiran what the color is of anything, she replies "Purple." That's my girl. She is 100% right when you ask her about things that are purple.

When we pick Kiran up from church nursery, we'll ask her if she had fun. She says, "Yeah." We ask her if she played with her friends and she says "Yeah." Its precious. It is almost like having a real conversation with her.

Friday Facts

Well...I don't know if these all qualify as facts but I liked the alliteration.

1. Yesterday my mom, sister and I hit up my favorite consignment shop again. I'll take some pictures and blog about it soon.
2. For some reason, I get really excited when I catch Ace of Base on the radio.
3.We found a great direct flight to DC so Kiran & I are going to see Brett & Merritt while Jonathan trudges through the horrible task of going to many many basketball games in Charleston of all places.
4. Jordan & Beth found out they are having a little boy! Yea for nephews!
5. We are having friends over for dinner tonight. Real friends. The wife used to work with J but she doesn't work there anymore so they can't even be considered coworkers. Just friends.
6. We finally found a church we want to explore deeper. Its been a hard path since returning from overseas.
7. Today *might* be the whiniest day in Kiran's history.

Overalls

I cannot RESIST a kid in overalls!!!

OH MY

Heath Ledger is dead!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Merritt and I watched 10 Things I Hate About You at least once a week during college. Merritt even named her car Heath. I made her a great collage of Heath while I lived in Australia. There aren't many details yet.

Off to watch 10 Things and mourn.