When I had my second child, I was really surprised it was a girl..somehow I had a second boy in mind, maybe doing that double guessing thing, planning for two boys but secretly hoping for the little girl..
..she was born at home with just the midwife (who I had known from work for several years) and my Mum there with me..
..her dad was away but our dear pal (my Colin now) came by the next day and took this photo with proud brother Ross.
.. we didn't have a name for a girl and it was several days before we settled on Lisa. But really I had fallen in love with the Cornish name 'Tegan' which has since become much more popular... in Cornish it means 'pretty little thing' or 'ornament' so this was her other name.. and when I saw today's prompt it was my first thought.
(She was the cutest thing with the most hair you can imagine, I used to carry her in a sling and complete strangers used to reach out to touch her hair..)
On my dresser I have lots of different silver frames and this is my 'ornament / pretty little thing' as she got older..
A few years later we took this picture of her being all shy on a kind of cycle rickshaw affair in Key West Florida.. I just had to add this pic as her own little girl does that 'shy' little thing with her arms now and I only just see the similarity... awhhh.
What lovely photos- and great that you see the similarities now.
ReplyDeleteAww what a lovely connection. Ace challenge.
ReplyDeleteShe is the sweetest thing with such a light-up smile :) Great frame too. xx
Cute cute photos. Thank you for sharing these memories with us !
ReplyDeletelovely photos and story
ReplyDeleteLovely pics and story. you are doing a great job of this blogging Kathi, R u around on the 12th June as at Hayle for check up, so would be early afternoon ??
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely memories. I love your ornament photos
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