the grass in our front yard has proven to be razor sharp (poor c has the cuts to prove it), but its nothing some leggings cant protect. i already know that in the years ahead, ill look back on this t...
were all for brunch, especially when it involves the preussers and waffle s alongside the waterfront. it was a tuesday that felt like a sunday, and thats always a good thing. happy half of t...
"the moment a child is a born, the mother is also born. she never existed before.the woman existed, but the mother, never.a mother is something absolutely new."-rajneeshhappy belated mothers ...
this april, we celebrated cs first year with family, friends, and a plethora of homemade desserts in her grandparents backyard. our day and our gal were beautifully captured by our dear friend n...
though bathtubs are no longer the bees knees, swimming pools are still a-ok in charlies book. which is quite nice, seeing as california has traded spring for summer this weekend.
yesterday, charlie decided to go ahead and turn one-year old. i highly advised against it, and even tried the whole "but life is easier for you if you stay a baby forever!" argument. she wasn...
theres not much better than a winter afternoon that feels like summer, a jar of tea, a good porch read, and a little lady snoozing away for hours on end. i used to be a cold-weather lover, but boy, h...
its official (though im in denial)- weve said farewell to february, and hello to march.this is our last month with a little lady who has no year-old at the end of her age. to think weve almost been p...
after a somewhat unintentional & nearly three-month break from blogging, we are back! i may have underestimated how consumed our life would be with a move, two holidays, a birthday, a new job, sc...
there are day trips, there are night trips, and there are sunset trips.this weekend, we took our very last one to one of our favorite seaside towns here, dana point.see past sunset trips here, h...
my heart has had a hard time grasping not living here any longer. a week from today, our bags will be packed, our walls empty, our cars full. thank you, sleepy beach town, for showing me t...
for each new morning with its light,for rest and shelter of the night,for health and food, for love and friends,for everything thy goodness sends.-ralph waldo emersonhappy thanksgiving to you!( photo...
i am a mama of one. im asked over & over, "are you ready for number two?", "arent you already dying to have another?", "are you going to be trying again soon?", and t...
fall always brings some nostalgia with it. good things always happen in the fall, and good people are always a part of it. this time last year, one of the best people that i hadnt yet met was all tha...
hi friends! just stopping by to say hello. weve been busy bees, packing away & getting ready for the hectic weeks ahead. tomorrow, my mama is driving down to visit to help out with c while i have...
october was great. it was a rather eventful month, and those kind always tend to pass by too quickly.november is our last month of living on this side of california. this sleepy beach town is where w...
The interweb is a scary place. Tonight, someone I have never met took words and photos Id posted on here and used them as their own. They pretended to be Charlottes aunt, renaming her Jordie. Th...
they are always the best.were headed to visit back home tonight!please pray for safe travels as we drive through the night & for a little lady to sleep the whole ride there.-S
today we got some bad news. and tonight, we got some great news. its funny how life works & evens out that way. ours is full of continuous waves, jouyous some days, and so rough on others. now th...
for weeks, thereve been two teeny knots in ladybirds gums.today, her first tooth made its debut! go, baby c!
hi friends!our weekend was full of seaside exploring & baseball. our planned hike was more of a climb along the sea, full of rocks big & small. we found a cave at one point and sat in t...
well be off hiking through orange county & taking c to her first dodger game in san diego.wishing you a happy fall & a happy two days off!
dear lottie love,its unbelievable to think that youve been here for five whole months. your birth & your first weeks of life are still so fresh and vivid in my mind, and it feels like it all happ...
the last days of summer are here, and fall is right around the corner. there has been thunder and there has been rain these past few days, but theres been some great sunsets and warm nights, too. wer...
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oh hello there!just a quick little note to say hi to all & apologize for the bit of silence in these parts (oh, im far too used to writing that on this here blog nowadays!). there are so many hap...
oh, the sweetness that has been these past few days.aside from a teeny little procedure that left me with nothing to do but elevate my leg and not walk as much as possible for a few days, it re...
on friday, we pulled our mattress out from our bedroom & plopped it on the living room floor.we made popcorn, watched too many episodes of Mad Men to count, and cried over The Way Back  ...
we are only sixteen weeks & one day into our new adventure, yet i feel myself longing to relive every single second of every day in each one of those weeks, and even the thirty-nine weeks prior.&...
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