Chloe in recovery

Chloe was very sick last week but she's getting better now. This weekend we drove by seven lakes and saw lots of lovely Fall leaves. Here she is, not yet fully awake from a nap. She wasn't in the mood for pictures either, and the only real consolation she had was in stuffing her hands in her pockets. She's taken a real liking to walking around with her hands in her pockets, and I think it's partly because it means she doesn't have to hold our hands. She's always loved being an independent little roamer.

But sometimes, and rarely, when she's sitting in her stroller, she'll look at one of us and say, "Hole my han." With this big smile. And I always ask her to say it again, because I love hearing it -- hearing my daughter telling me to hold her hand.