I remember taking these photos three months ago. This was around the time Ruby developed her love for the stairs, and really all things climbing. The light was pouring into the room, and I took way too many photos.

I remember sorting through and trying my hardest to pair down these photos. I love all of them, the blinking eyes, the blurry ones, and the funny faces. 

Though, it's amazing what time can do. Now she climbs up and down the stairs daily, and I have many photos of her on these exact stairs. 

Today, it was easy to comb through photos, and pick a handful of my favorites. But, I learned why it's so hard for me to erase these memories. 

It's my responsibility to savor all of these moments. I need to be the memory keeper, to tell her one day about our simple moments. The little ways we spent our day. 

& her goofy chuckle

I am mostly waiting to declutter sentimental items in our home, like notes & photographs once we get through everything else. Though I have been working on creating a system for organizing, storing, and backing up photos on our hard drive. Please let me know what works for you, especially what has worked for the long haul. & please tell me I am not the only one frantic about preserving all these sweet smiles. 

p.s. i didn't mean for this post to be about simplifying, it just took that course when i started writing out words. probably because I am currently working on simplifying our home, you can read more about that HERE 

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