December 18

This is the face of a proud little muffin.

It was, in most ways, a very ordinary kind of day. School drop-off, cleaning, shopping, school pick-up. But it was also an extraordinary day because Brady mastered something important: he buckled himself into his car seat for the first time ever.

A small moment, but another sign that he's growing and maturing and really coming into himself as an autonomous person. And for that --for the itty bitty milestones that I so often miss (because let me tell ya, I have NO idea when Abby first buckled herself into her car seat!)-- I'm thankful.