April 11, 2007.

Two years ago today, my world changed forever. I became a mother.

I decided to put together another photo montage of Alex's year just past. (Here's last year's, which took her from just a few minutes past her birth up to her first birthday.) You wouldn't think that there would be quite as much change from one to two, but I look at these pictures and know that the baby she was is permanently gone. I showed the photos to Michael, and we both cried a little. She's just... it's just so much. The joy, the wonder, the the pride, the love.

( a year in pictures... )

The best is yet to come. Happy birthday, Alex Wald.

By popular request...

...pictures of Alex playing with the kitchen, plus a video. ( Read more... )