again. | arizona newborn photographer
it rained this day.and not itty-bitty-happy-spring-rain showers,no. it rained open-the-clouds-and-pour-out-every-drop-of-rain-ever-made rain this day.and somehow it fit this day.it reminded me of how blessings sometimes come like that and it's a privilege to get to sit back and enjoy thebuckets-of-rain-drops blessings. she came on friday, september 7th, 2012.I stood in the hall by myself waiting to be let in.as I listened to her first cry’s, sounding very much like a pathetic kitten,I crouched down.that simple act of crouching down reminded me of when I was six and he was two. we had a giant maple tree in our front yard and tucked under it was an apple tree.it was the fall because I had shorts on and a sweatshirt jacket.he had cotton overalls and his tow head hairs were everywhere…fairly certain he had boogers too. (just sayin’) :)he had just learned to walk and he loved this game we made up…he would run (toddle) from under the apple tree to where I was waiting for him under the maple tree.his eyes would light up as I would shout “go!” and then ten steps later I would crouch down, catch him in my arms and spin around until he got dizzy.he would laugh and laugh and laugh!then, I would send him back under the apple tree and he would say “gin!”and I would laugh and we would do it all over again. in the hallway in front of labor and delivery room #19, I heard my little brother become a dad.wiping tears of happiness away, that memory came to mind and my heart smiled. this is my newest peanut.lila jane stamm…and I love her and can’t wait to have my “gin!” moment with her in a couple of years…
