What is it about welcoming a new baby that makes us want to have everything in perfect condition? Closets clean and organized, baseboards wiped down, paper essentials stocked up. (Oh, that’s just me? Great!) I also decided this was the perfect time to spruce up the house–painting, repairing all those little things that needed to be fixed before we moved in two years ago, rearranging my pictures on the walls… Read More
I love the quote “Friends are the family you choose.” The Johnson’s are our chosen family. Not only are we the best of friends, but our kids are, too! Harrison and Kyndall are the same age, same grade and Ellis and Libby are the same age, but different grades. We were elated to find out that we were expecting baby #3 at close to the same time. Last week,.. Read More
How about that photo bomber in the back? Hey Pops 🙂 I’ve been walking around with my hand under my belly a lot lately. It helps with the pull from pregnancy, but mostly it’s just habit. Libby will randomly walk up and put her hands under my belly, saying “I’ll hold him for a minute, Mama.” Just precious. (PS: This photo was very “in-the-moment”, thus Libby’s silly face!) Kyndall has.. Read More
Originally, I thought I didn’t want to find our what we were having. I imagined the doctor holding up our third child on the day of his/her arrival, saying “It’s a _____!!!” Very movie-ish. But alas, I was outvoted. My sweet friend Ashley wanted to give us a gender reveal party, so we had the ultrasound technician place the gender ultrasound photo in an envelope, where we couldn’t see… Read More
About two weeks ago, the girls started talking about hosting a birthday party for their stuffed animal, Cherry. Invitations were handmade. They both spent several hours in K’s room building a piñata for the party. After two weeks of planning and creating, Libby decided on a date. And never being one to ignore imagination, I let it happen. The girls spent their own money on silly string, party hats,.. Read More
Our family is growing!! After several years of struggles and loss, we are expecting a new little one in February of 2015. We weren’t quite ready to spill the beans about our secret. We had a “plan” to wait until after 12 weeks to share this great news, but our big girl is very smart, very perceptive, and just plain old nosey. Both girls have known we wanted to add.. Read More
We left last Saturday and spent an entire week at the beach with my family–the four of us, my parents, my grandparents, my sister, and her boyfriend. You know you had a good trip when you didn’t stop long enough to take many pictures! We stayed at the Caribe resort in Orange Beach, AL, which is actually on the bay side, not the beach side. It was the first (and.. Read More
Over the long Memorial Day weekend, we went down to the beach to hang out with Justin’s family. His sister, her husband, and their sweet baby boy drove over from Arkansas. His parents drove down, too. We spent most of our time stealing sweet baby snuggles. The girls turned into little mommies at the first sight of West. They held him, fed him, even changed his diapers (as long.. Read More
This past week has been extremely busy. The good kind of busy, but still, busy. I didn’t get to catch up on any layouts–I barely had time to complete this current week. I really need to do better about limiting my photos–maybe choosing only ONE photo per day, or one per ‘happening’. I’ve made myself a deal that once I’ve completed weeks 1-25, I can have them printed. Hopefully, this.. Read More
First off, my Mother’s Day was wonderful. I couldn’t have asked for a better day. We started off the morning at church, ushering in a new pastor. Lunch was at my moms house, with the family. We moved from there to my in-laws, where the girls got in their first swim of the summer. (Yes, it was chilly. And yes, they only swam for about 30 minutes….that was all they.. Read More