Around the house...

Just some pics from the past week...things are busy, but I'll try to post some videos and other pictures soon!

Books go Pop!

Nothing brings more meaning to my role as a writer than to see the finished product in print. Especially when the final version is a beautifully colorful, engaging, and fun book for that Eamon can enjoy! Baby Animal Pop! is the first of five books I've written for National Geographic Children's Publishing. It is a 12" x 10", 96-page book exploring--what else?--baby animals. I provided the text for each animal, though I will say that the photos are what makes this books so special. Each animal appears in life-size form --right down to the pony and goat--courtesy of clever and fancy folding. You have to see it to believe it.

As excited as I was to share this with Eamon, I could not predict the reaction I received when he first held the book in his pudgy little hands. As he stared at the fuzzy white lamb on the cover, he said, "Oooh, beautiful!" Gotta love that kid.

My Valentines

Valentine's Day is here and although we didn't have any major plans today, I couldn't help but get Nora (and Eamon) dressed up in thee appropriate gear. And I couldn't help taking tons of pictures of them in said outfits. Well, more of Nora, who these days is a much more willing model than her brother (more about him later). She really loves the camera and lights up when I bring it out, and, as you can see, offers up many different "poses" as I snap away.

As for Eamon, well, we are going through the oh-so-frustrating stage of potty training. Yes, I brought this on myself. He is on the younger side (for boys, at least) at 2 1/2, but I decided he was ready given the fact that he gets every other concept under the sun. But this task is a particulary tough one for him to grasp, though we are making some strides four days in. I orginially subscribed to the "3 Day" theory
(supposedly "any" toddler can be trained in a matter of days...hah hah) and now we're thinking it's more like 3 weeks. Oh well. We were on lockdown more or less for the past four days but tomorrow with the weather being as nice as it is, we're heading out. Accidents be damned!

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! I am eating some delicious red velvet cake made by Leezie to mark the occasion.

Nora Nor

Had some fun taking pictures of Nora on her 12-week birthday. She is getting so big! I need to post some more recent pictures and updates...as soon as I have a chance!