Sometimes...

When I look across the room

And see her playing alone,

I miss her.

A glorious milestone, one I've been waiting for.

She's happy...

And she's not in my arms.

She's growing up before my very eyes.

My newborn is no more.

We shall call her...

Sevvy*

Let it be known that Clara will no longer be known by her given name here on the Buzzmeo Chronicles!

*Sevvy is a word that is used often in our household. Sparkle made it up years ago. It is a word used to describe anything that is exceedingly soft and/or silky. If only you could pinch and kiss her sweet little cheeks for yourself, you would understand precisely why we've picked it!

Comfort and Joy...

Catching up: Halloween

It's been a busy time in the buzzmeo house these past several weeks. We've had a lot of visiting family from out of town and we are so grateful that so many loved ones made the trip!

Buzz' mom and sister's family were here for Halloween. It was great fun to round up all the kids and hit the 'hood together!

Sparkle dressed up as Cinderella, and the younger girls were her little mice friends. I wasn't sure Sunny was going to make it very far...

...but once she figured out that candy was involved, she perked right up and persevered along with the other kids.

Doesn't our family look big?!

Special thanks to mom who stayed at our house to hand out the candy!

And props to Aunt Bean for making a super cool Halloween dinner!(I told you that Sunny was having a rough night!)

Surveying their haul. Not bad!

From the mouths of babes...

When putting Sparkle to bed tonight...

Sparkle: (Looking thoughtful) Mom, can I tell you a secret that T (cousin) told me?

Me: Sure, what is it?

Sparkle: Our president thinks it's okay to... the babies in mommy's tummies... to... to give them bad medicine... to kill them. That's very bad, Mommy.

Me: Yes honey, some people think that it's okay...

Wow.

The discussion continued with me telling her about how God creates each and every baby and how sad it is when people don't love those little babies like He does. I also made sure to tell her how excited I was to find out that she was in my tummy and how I loved her and wanted to protect her so that she would be healthy and strong.

What heavy bedtime conversation! What a world we live in that I would have this discussion with my daughter at the tender age of five. While it saddens me that my baby would have to think about such weighty issues, I am proud that she recognizes the value of life and glad that she felt that she could come to me and talk about something that was difficult for her to think about.

What a good reminder for me to pray for wisdom! Lord knows that many more conversations like this one are in our future. What a daunting privilege motherhood is!

Mmmm...

Have you ever seen such scrumptious cheeks?

I didn't think so...

Yum!!!

Oww!

Sunny asked for a bite of one of the Milk Duds that I was enjoying earlier today. I bit one in half and she opened her mouth so that I could put it in. She bit down hard, but missed the candy that had landed on her tongue...

"OWW!" I yelled. "You bit my thumb!"

Sunny looked startled and confused, then disgusted, and finally worried as she very carefully leaned over to spit out...

what she thought...

was my thumb!!!

We've been laughing about that one all day. :)