babies.

i am not one who is shy to admit that they are not good with children. I'm not one of those girls who runs up to children and plays with them. who holds strangers cute babies. or even babysits. i look at them from afar and enjoy them briefly when i have to, talking to them awkwardly. perhaps this all stems from growing up the youngest out of everyone in my extended family, i blame lack of experience. But recently this has all begun to change.
exposure.
I've begun to make friends with people who happen to have kids. women at church, and our next door neighbor. women who are not so different from myself. its been a wonderful experience. walking into church and having kids excited to see you. making little boys smile and giggle. and playing with little baby girls. looking for kids in obvious hiding places. perhaps. i just didnt know the right kids before because all of these are awesome.

this little girl is norah. she's the little girl next door we stop by to play with on our way in and out of our apartment. she is fantastic, and has the cutest little smile. she has taken a liking to me. (a new experience for me) it has been so fun to play with this happy little girl.