We found and removed mold from our basement. (Made possible by the generosity of my family- thanks guys; without you, there'd be a "fungus among-us"!) We are slowly putting our basement back together, and will hopefully have the house on the market by the first of August. The winds of change are blowing us, we just don't really know where!
Then, our baby turned one year old. *sob* I'm still calling her my baby, even if she's technically in "toddler-hood". You must have known that a child of Gibbs-Hille genes would know how to eat a cupcake. Even if she's never had one before- (and yes, both Brett & I are well aware that some of you make fun of us for withholding sugar from our daughter. And so you must know that we make fun of you behind your back. So there.)
She figured out very, very quickly how to eat a cupcake. Face-into-frosting-first!
Atta Girl!
She at the whole thing. At least the parts that she didn't end up wearing.
Then she proceeded to have a serious sugar crash, and napped on daddy (who was happy to provide a lap).
We also were very sad that Brett's great-grandmother Josephine, (fondly known to many as simply "Gram") passed away on the morning of Madigan's birthday. At 107 years old, we knew this was imminent, but we greedily hoped that we'd have more time with her. We were so grateful that we made it back to WaKeeney in time to see her.
Although a recent stroke took her ability to speak, Madigan and Gram made a wordless connection during our last visit. It was obvious that Gram knew who Madigan was, and we will always have memories of Gram reaching up to touch Madigan's nose, and Madigan leaning in to kiss Gram before we left.
Gram was born on St. Patrick's Day in 1902, and she left this world on the birthday of the last great-great-grandchild who got to meet her. A life worth celebrating, indeed.
Lastly (for now), Free Range Photography has been busy too! This is an engagement shoot I did last week. I need to get them finished before my three upcoming shoots this week....
No time to be idle in this house....
Just the way we like it!
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