Things Mina Likes

Wringing her hands

Staring at the fan and lights

Sleeping like a dead possum

Christmas with a kid

Grandparents and babies

Mina meeting Auntie Lindsey for the first time

I wish I had something like this to work my fingers when I was a kid.  I built this latchboard by sanding and painting a wooden board and then attaching a bunch of switches, latches, bolts, key locks etc to it.  Hopefully it will distract them from the real things. 

Cousins Ian and Grace making music

True Blue (red) Minnesotan Baby

Mina feels like a champion in this quilt. It was made by Edna Litwiller and actually belonged to Dan when he was a baby. 

Nani arrives

Mum arrived just a day earlier from Singapore amidst lengthy delays, jet-lag and blustery weather, but this new Nani threw herself into the rigors of childrearing from the first minute. Here she is after giving a cursory hello to me and Dan before attending to Mina.  

12 weeks had sped by and before I knew it it was time to return to work. A lot of people asked me how I was doing with the separation and I can honestly say that there was not a shred of anxiety.  Of course, I knew Mina was in good hands. 

Daily coconut oil massage, daily tummy time...Every day is a spa day