I have been literally overwhelmed lately with the separate demands of Merrik and Maliea. I think I have just been trying to cruise on through this period of our discontent but finally realized that there is just too much for my body and brain to process. The week long experience of feeling seriously ill and drained was a big tip off for me.
I have also been avoiding publishing just another post of “outings with Merrik and Maliea” because I am bored with the concept. We have still be running here and running there and I have still been taking pictures but the actual blogging it all hasn’t excited me much. It’s the beginning of a new year and I was expecting to jump start it with lots of new projects and photo sessions but that just hasn’t happened. That and the reality of spending lots of our savings on fixing up the house, the loss of a good friend and needing to dig out of too much stuff has slowed my energy to a crawl.
However, my little girl is definitely keeping me cheery and reveling in joy of having a toddler around (even though I seriously miss the baby stage already). Maliea is talking up a storm and repeats everything you say including “Are you alright?” when one of us coughs. She calls herself “Manna” and she is literally our little Angel from Heaven.
Beautiful little “Manna” on the beach at Silver Strand State Beach in Coronado. She almost got taken out by a kite-surfer she was so curious and unintimidated by the huge thing flying over her head.
I love this one of her kissing my big sister Karen-her aunt and Godmother. She is the sweetest little girl I have ever known.
Here she is at the WSA Surf contest at the San Clemente Pier clearly saying something very important to me. She is a talker.
And I cannot resist her gorgeous eyelashes and hair. Here they are the heroes of her story.
Kristianne Koch specializes in on-location portrait photography for the contemporary family and child for all of Southern California. 949-702-7707 kristianne.koch@cox.net
