Childhood Memories

"A memory is essentially a unit of experience, and every experience shapes the brain in meaningful ways. Specific memories may be forgotten, but because those memories form the fabric of our identities, knowledge and experiences, they are never truly or completely gone."

Every single day my sweet boy's brain is creating memories. Research shows that around age 7 a lot of these early days will be forgotten. However, one of these days he will have a memory that stays forever. My husband and I were recently talking about our first memories and it really got me thinking- what kind of memories am I creating for my child? Only time will tell what his first longterm memory will be, but when the time comes for him to recall his childhood I want there to be a whole lot of silliness, laughs, innocence, grace, and love filed away in that brain for recall. 

Today I let him strip down naked and go run around out in the rain. Because, why not? It made him laugh so hard and those are the memories I want him to keep. Not to mention, these days will all too soon just be memories for me too. ❤️ (...And it wore him out and made nap time a whole lot easier! Ha!)

Sometimes I just like to step back and enjoy the simple things of the world through his eyes. 

Solar Eclipse of 2017

In a family of space nerds, a day like today is not just another ordinary day. 

After SO MUCH searching for these solar eclipse glasses, we found some! (And thank you to Nana for express shipping some from Nashville to us- we got them this morning just in time!) We went up to daddy's work to enjoy it with him. Only problem, both boys were asleep in the car. HAHA. Elliott woke up at the end and was a little confused at what we were all looking at. But at least we have pictures to document the occasion.