Day Eighty-Three

A different perspective...

In class today we did two more postural assessments on two new clients.  It is such a privilege to get people in for us to practice and fine tune our skills.  We are learning how to see the body from a new perspective.  To be aware that just because a person says they have lower back pain doesn't mean the "problem area" is their lower back.  The body is all connected and sometimes the pain we feel is the area we are using to compensate for another weakened or injured area.  If you don't address the weakened or injured area then you can never really fully address the compensation site.  It's really amazing to see how someone stands and then note all of there slight rotations, tilts, depressions, elevations, etc and mimic it to feel what they feel.  It's the small things that add together and create the big picture so tonight I carried that theme over into my photos and took photos of small parts of larger objects.

Day Eighty-Two

Quite Simply...

Today was my first day back to massage class since spring break and it was nice to get back.  Ava's Grammy came to visit today.  She got there when I was at school and I came home to her rocking little miss in the recliner.  She was out...poor thing was tired since she got up early with Mommy this morning.  I'm sure Aaron enjoyed having him Mom there to give him a little break since this is his vacation ;)  Ava doesn't allow for relaxing...hahahaha.

We spent the evening at my Nana's for dinner.  Dinner was scrumptious...there is always something so comforting about dinner at Nana's table.  I'm so thankful to get those kinds of opportunities and even more thankful to get to share them with Ava.

Then Ava decided she wanted to take a photo.  She knows to press the big gold button :)  I set the focus to auto and faced it away from her and she pressed the button.

Impressive :)  Maybe I am raising a future photag cause this kid LOVES the camera.

Day Eighty-One

Rain, mid-terms, and cake...

I started back to school today after being on spring break for a week.  It was beautiful for almost all of spring break but today there was rain.  I went to my morning class for a midterm and when I got out it was pouring.  I was so not prepared for it.

I got home and relaxed with Ava and Aaron.  I made goulash for dinner which I hadn't had in years.  My Mammaw use to make it.  During dinner my Mom, sister, and I were talking about what we needed at the grocery store and Aaron said birthday cake.  He wanted the candles and all.  So they came downstairs after they got back with a cake and candles and sang him Happy Birthday.  It was pretty hilarious since his birthday was back in January.  He had cake but no candles.

Day Eighty

Chatting it up...


Sometimes if you just sit and listen to your child you will hear and see some amazing things.  Here is Ava telling us about her day. 

I love listening to her gibber in her own little language.  She normally throws in some real words but there is nothing like gibberish.

Day Seventy-Nine

Dawning of a new Era...

We did it...we finally did our research and cut ties with blockbuster.  We are now official members of Netflix and it's only been a few days but I LOVE it.  We already have our first movies and we have starting catching up on Weeds which we haven't been able to watch since we moved.  I do miss showtime and hbo but this is making up for it.  I also got to watch a chick flick during Ava's nap the other day.  We don't rent many because, well, they are chick flicks.  Speaking of movies...we have one to watch so tonights post is being cut short.

Day Seventy-Eight

Outdoor fun...

Yesterday after lunch Ava and I went out to play in the yard.  Aaron was out trying to repair a brick-lined flower bed that had collapsed under the weight of all of the snow we had.  There were also some more that lined the driveway that got knocked over by the plow truck.  He joined us to play before Ava's nap.

I got all of the photos processed but never got back on to post.  Here they are...

then she took her shoes off...

Now to take pictures of something for today.  This project does not allow laziness and some days it is nice to be lazy.

Day Seventy-Seven

A beautiful day and a duck fight...

Today was such a nice day and I'm starting to feel semi-human again.  Aaron was home with us so we went to the park this afternoon.  I took some photos of the views and wished I could have captured one of the best of the day but my hands were full.

We were feeding the ducks so I was holding Ava and the bag of bread which did not leave a hand for a camera.  Plus I am one of those super paranoid people who always pictures myself dropping my valuables in the water.  So picture me standing over water with Ava and the camera...the camera was for sure going in.  So seeing that I could not have my camera in hand I will have to paint the picture for you.

We began feeding these two small ducks who were nearby and slowly more and more ducks began to come over.  This mallard came over and he was a lot larger than the other.  He must have been the leader of the pack because there was an older looking mallard of equal size but this mallard pushed through even him.  He came over and flapped his wings and almost pulled himself completely out of the water.  He made quite the show puffing out his chest and fluffing his feathers.  He was really quite mean so we tried to throw the bread to those on the outskirts of the circle but that would send him after those ducks.  Well the smallest mallard and the largest mallard got into it.  It was such a scene that they threw water splashing up over the walls like waves crashing onto the beach.  We had to run to not get wet.  I really wish I could have caught it because it would have been an amazing photo.

I did capture some other images from today and they are pretty great...my favorite is the last one :)

There is just something that I LOVE about pictures of Ava and her Daddy.  It's like my world captured in one single shot...it's all there.