a trip to the beach [otres for pchum benh]

seasons [ezra & amanda]

birthday party [ezra sparrow]

snapshots [september 2013]

one year [spirited sparrow]

it turns out our sweet sparrow tricked us with her laid back infant demeanor!  we called her sleepy sparrow for the first 4 months of her life, because she always seemed to be sleeping.  & then we called her smiley sparrow for the next 8 months because she always seemed to be smiling wide.  & now we've taken to calling her our spirited sparrow because she is a determined & defiant little lady.  

some memories of our sparrow at the one year mark.

• gets around by bum-scooting, never crawling
• first word "jhat" from "chin-jhat" [khmer for "gecko"]
• most happy when being held by mama or yay-yay [ming kohm]
• sleeping through the night [...finally!]
• loves bananas, oatmeal & noodles
• makes the owl "whoo" face a lot
• only one tooth
• loves to grab mama's glasses whenever she has the chance
• we often wake up to find her standing up quietly looking out the window by our bed & she loves to look over our balcony onto the street below to watch cambodian life go by
• still known for her big, wide open smiles

seasons [ezra & daniel]

nine months [ezra sparrow]

[ezra with her papa at her uncle ben's wedding

picture by one of my very oldest friends adam giese]

While we were busy traversing the globe & visiting loved ones, our sweet sparrow turned nine months old.  At nine months she's the perfect huggable size -  sturdy enough to squeeze, but not squirmy enough to wiggle away.  Unfortunately, she's a total mama's girl, so not many others get to enjoy her tiny hugs right now.  She's not very mobile yet, still content to sit on the floor in one place (thank you, little one!).  When she does move, its a bum scoot rather than a crawl.  She hums while she nurses & as she's falling asleep.  She doesn't seem to like baby food, but goes to town on rice, noodles, & yogurt bites.  She doesn't sleep through the night, but she smiles wide & giggles all day long to make up for it.