those precious to us

those feet

Tuana has started reaching for things this week.  She is now 17 weeks old.  She coos mostly.  Still rarely cries (except for the gas cramps) and this week she's started to reach for things.  She studies her fingers like they don't belong to her.  This morning she stopped nursing to slowly reach for my bracelet with the sweet wonder of babies.  

Tolga is still in the field.  He is in the southeast of Turkey - a dangerous place to work in general and even more so these days.  Unfortunately - his boss doesn't think so and insisted he go because "he went there before".  (Ten years ago).  These days are different though, more tense, and Tolga is always vigilante.  My brother likes to say "you'll be fine" and its always the joke and the challenge among men to push the limits.  But Tolga isn't like that when it comes to work - to be a man to him is to remember your responsibility to your wife and children - and to work and live and make decisions based on this responsibility.  Reason 1024 why I love this man.

a picture from Tolga in the field - southeast Turkey - Elazig