EDad and I are currently visiting Seattle. (Yep right after she left, so close to meeting another blog girlfriend!) This is the place where we first dated, fell in love, started our home, and eventually had our first child. Ev en with all of the significant life events which have happened here I never have held much nostalgia or missed our time here.

Other than our family, one dear friend, and Trader Joe’s Seattle is not a place that even crosses my mind. However, this trip is different. EDad and I are on our first trip alone ever since having children. The ebony boys are having a blast staying with my parents (yet another fantastic benefit of living close to family) while we get to rekindle some of our earliest memories together.

We were able to go to the site of one of our very first dates. Dilettante Chocolates Mocha Cafe. Sitting there holding hands with my husband while sharing a fresh carafe of chai tea and great conversation brought back memories of just how magical it is to be with someone who truly supports, understands and loves me just the way I am. We will definitely be taking more trips together in the future, the reconnecting and is definitely making Seattle reappear on my list of favorite places(the chocolate certainly didn’t hurt things either).

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This little bunny has been visiting our yard each evening at dusk. EBoy had been asking for a pet and thankfully this one found him. No food, housing, or care involved, that’s the kind of pet I like!

ETot and his WonderTwin have discovered a new favorite past time. Visiting our favorite park to feed the ducks and geese. The two can walk around the whole lake’s hiking trail and still have energy to climb up and down the playground located to one side.

WonderTwin was so excited to have bread to feed to the geese. Apparently they’ve been getting fed quite a bit lately because only 2 showed up to partake in the meal.

Sadly I guess they just weren’t that into whole grain bread so as soon as we started feeding them they slowly swam right on away. Oh well, well fed geese can afford to be picky.

ETot and his WonderTwin still had a blast and seemed completely oblivious to the geese not actually eating the bread as they threw it into the water. The two are simply so much fun at this age, I can’t help but to enjoy each and every adventure.

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As part of the blog blast featuring Microsoft’s Portrait of Mom I reviewed some of my favorite pictures over the years to determine which ones really impacted my journey through motherhood. This picture was taken when EBoy was just 4 months old. My brother and his wife had a lovely destination wedding in Hawaii which we were fortunate to get to attend.

My time as a mother had been wonderful for the most part (he was a very calm baby as long as I was within his vision, leaving him at any time for any reason was met with many tears and wails) and we’d even had a great 5 hour plane ride to get to Hawaii. I always loved on my sweet boy and spent much time talking, singing, and cooing to him. He had huge belly laughs and giggles anytime I kissed his cheeks but this picture captures the first time ever that he kissed me right back. It was a wonderful surprise to find out love can be communicated before words are even formed. As a mother there is no greater gift than the love of your own child and I will never forget this special moment, truly a memory forever etched in my heart.

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