backdrops – The Oaxacaborn Blog

Apparently, the wooden chair + sheepskin is my favorite backdrop for Aveline snapshots. Although, I may have created a monster. She makes all kinds of faces as soon as I pull out the camera.

This week, she started walking (watch out world!), and is also suddenly affectionate! Although she never was much of a snuggler, lately she’s been giving out dozens of hugs each day, and even pats me on the back when I pick her up. Her little cheek next to mine, and her little tiny breaths on my neck…heaven.

And she is seriously one LOUD child. She never.stops.making.noise. Proper words are few and far between — mum-mum, papa, and peesh (please) — but why bother talking when you can just shriek?

Oh, how I love this little ham!

Baby in jeans and The Childrens Place calico shirt, sitting on sheepskin Aveline, in polka dots with pinky up, on chair

Aveline in pajamas in chair, clapping

Aveline in Baby Yooper tshirt, leggings and skirt, on chair

Aveline in What Happens at Grandma's Stays at Grandma's shirt, on chair

Aveline wrapped in sheepskin, on chair

Aveline huge smile holding up sheepskin, on chair

Aveline holding up sheepskin, on chair

Aveline in sweater set and skirt, on chair

I'm Gina Munsey, a Jesus-lover and a sojourner; a weaver of words, anchored in hope. I am Mexico-born, Eastern Europe-raised missionary kid who ended up being a Californian by way of Florida outside of Nashville, Tennessee -- but we landed here before The Great Migration. I live my days full of coffee and adventures while my 12-year-old learns Mandarin Chinese and Greek, my 3-year-old uses all the markers, and my artist-husband creates worlds from pixels and light. I'm an editor, a magazine contributor, and a writer who has only completed four chapters of my languishing manuscript. On any given day, you can find me in the middle of [home]school surrounded by stacks and stacks of books. Oh, and the name of this blog? Oaxaca -- wuh-HA-kuh -- is in Southern Mexico, where I was born! (See full bio).