Billy and I choose our home based on one feature…the trees in our backyard.  We chose this house over many other ”better” homes mainly because they just didn’t have the stunning green belt that we do.  We love trees so much that they are even a common decorative theme within our home.  Before Layli was born, I would lie on our bed watching the trees sway and daydream about what life would be like with our new addition. 

 

Every morning I bring Layli into our bed to nurse her.  Then I sit her up and she does the same thing I do…stares at our conifers, mesmerized by their dance.  It amazes me that they have the same affect on an infant.  She can watch them for minutes (which is hours in baby time).  They can calm her instantly; if she’s upset we just take her outside to watch the trees and she’s fine- as if mother earth herself soothes her.  How interesting that in all my prenatal daydreaming, never did I imagine that my daughter would sit quietly and appreciate these majestic elders, allowing them to bring her peace, like they do me.