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A portrait of my babes once a week in 2015 (28 months), New Years eve day in our garden

We started the year with two toddlers and somewhere along the way we said goodbye to baby cheeks and leg rolls and unruly hair and watched two little girls emerge that never cease to amaze me, delight me, amuse me and full me with such wonder. I love this stage and age with you. Our year had its ups and downs, some scary times and a few tough days. But it was one the best years

Best of 2015

1. TALKING Listening to your talking bloom from single words to full conversations, your names, English and Afrikaans, stories, secrets, songs and dreams and I love you's
2. EXPLORING Travelling all over with you, to the beach and the bush, to the farm and to Cape Town, to Millstream, to the lakes and to London
3. ADVENTURE Sleeping on the platform under the stars
4. BONDING Watching you grow together and distinctly become yourselves
5. DEVELOPMENT Witnessing your empathy develop with your big, golden hearts and your minds grow with your big, beautiful brains
6. TOGETHERNESS Nursing you to sleep at night and morning snuggles with all of us in bed
7. BIRTH Welcoming two new family members into our lives
8. INDEPENDENCE Seeing you get excited for your birthday and Christmas and parties. And learning to swim. And riding a horse. And doing puzzles. And feeding yourselves. 
9. GROWTH You continuously growing into two beautiful little beings
10. LOVE Unconditional love