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25 weeks
Check one, check two, anybody listening? 🙂 Hellloooooo! Needless to say it’s been awhile! I have really fallen behind in posting. Do you ever feel like one measly picture seems like too big of an undertaking some days? That’s most of the time for me, oof. Summer flew by, from youth camp to beach days,…
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Luke 21/52
Little man playing with daddy’s tie after a day of honoring the life of James auntie who just passed. Thankful to have Luke and wonderful memories to brighten things up 🙂
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Luke 19/52
Hanging out while I cook us some lunch 🙂
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Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all you mama’s out there! I am beyond thankful for mine! She is one in a million, and I couldn’t ask for a better mom for me, and grandma for my son. She’s always loved me unconditionally and was a consistent, strong yet merciful presence for me. Love her so much.
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Currently
There are quite a few things I could be doing in this moment.. Once the child is down and things settle, it’s easy for me to dive into a spurt of work-related shenanigans (and let’s be honest, get a little lost and come back up for air at 10pm, yikes). But I’ve realized over the…
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Luke 18/52
We have a little peanut butter lover on our hands..
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Motherhood
In these weeks leading up to Mother’s Day, the day I became a mother keeps running through my mind. There had been so much anticipation and after so much emotion, so much exertion and physical exhaustion, there was this little boy, so tiny and squeaky in our arms.. he made our hands look huge. We…
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Luke is 1
Luke is a one year old! I‘ve missed quite a few updates over these last couple months, So now that he is one year old, I couldn’t resist 🙂 On his birthday, we had some friends together after dinner and he had his first cupcake. He’s since had some bites of cake here and there, And it’s…
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Essay
Hello stranger! I say stranger for no fault of your own, it’s absolutely me.. I’ve been behind on all my blogging adventures 🙂 Although it doesn’t show here, things have been good, nay great! The things that occupy our days?.. Our busy little 9-month-old, pastoring the youth and interns of our church, all of the…
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Halloween
We did a very low-key Halloween this year, and had fun browsing around our church’s fall festival with Luke dressed is the coziest little bear suit (Pottery Barn baby has the cutest costumes!).
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Eating Food
Our little man is now eating SOLIDS. Well.. they’re not really solid at all, but whatever the case, this six month old loves them. We kinda dragged our feet about feeding him because it just felt like a big leap into the next part of babyhood (diapers included..). I kept making it this huge thing…
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Man Crush Monday
My little man crush Monday. I’m taking a break to look at a few pictures while Luke is sick with a cold and there are about a thousand things to complete before the end of this day—and he just looked at me and let out a big one 🙂 So I best be back to…
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Palm Springs
Our first family vacation to… Palm Springs! We were in search of a super warm/dry climate for Luke (so he would actually enjoy the pool with us) and we ended up falling in love with that dry desert heat. Warm weather and pools just shout vacation in our family.
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Luke is 6 months
six months! +now 26 inches and almost 17 pounds, go baby go! +”ah-da-da” and tons of other sounds and half-words are on the regular over here 🙂 (we officially have a babbler!) +exclusively nursing still (and it’s great!), but starting solids soon +almost crawling, which i have no idea if i like that or not!…
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Bits and Pieces
September is half-way through and I’m coming to terms that my little boy will be SIX months old soon (YES, a half of a YEAR!). He’s an absolute joy that little one. This picture is a good capture of who he is—full of joy, excitement, easy-going and content. LOVE him. He’s in such a playful…
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Nursing Diary
Today, my nursing story is up in the ‘Adventures in Breastfeeding’ series (thanks to Danielle at missverse). I am so excited to be included because her collection of stories were a haven for me throughout these past months. Especially at the beginning, I’d pour over all the accounts of how things went for each one,…
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Carmel
This last week, we spent the day in Carmel with James mom (Luke’s grandma!) and godmother who were visiting from Southern California. We went out for lunch and then walked all over the quaint little Carmel (along with every tourist in town apparently!!). Even with the crowds, it was so special to catch up and…
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Luke 33/52
I’m proud to say that smile up there was caused by me 😉 So today my baby boy slept in my arms like he did when he was a firstborn (all nestled in my arms, cradle style).. twice!! He hasn’t wanted to be in that position since his “sit-up” muscles have kicked in (although he’s…
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Swanton Berry Farm
A few weeks ago, we headed up to our favorite farm to pick strawberries and picnic with the rest of the people we live on our campus with. It was foggy, as it is in our town, but it was pleasant, because company outweighs weather in my opinion! I don’t “get out” into too much…
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Dusk
A few weeks ago, James family was in town and we grabbed some dinner and took a walk around dusk down one of our favorite spots (East Cliff). I snapped a couple pictures with the family (all girls, except for Luke and James!) and I must say, we have some beautiful family! I love seeing…
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30/52
luke at four months: +belly squeaking and laughing.. it’s the cutest +babbling much more and distinct “la la” and sometimes a “ma” pops out! +loves toys (specifically a musical monkey and big bird stuffed animal) +much faster nurser than before (praise hands in the air!) +loves walks by the beach and strolling in the stroller…
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Luke 28/52
a photograph of luke, once a week, every week in 2014. week 28: we are seeing little man’s personality way more these days. giggling (well..high pitched little screeches), watching conversations so intensely, wanting to be held way more. he’s our little joy and burst of energy! i’m pretty sure he’s constantly moving. i’m already…
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Nursing Essentials
What an adventure nursing has been!! I had no idea what to be ready for and if only those millions of pregnancy books I thumbed through had a huge caution page about nursing, I would’ve been a little more prepared.. maybe. This has been one of the things I have had to work the hardest at…
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Luke 24/52
a photograph of luke, once a week, every week in 2014. week 24: luke’s first vbs! he’s been snug as a bug this week, cuddling in my wrap and sleeping on the go. i took this right after removing him from the wrap (and a nice nap!) and he was pure joy. love my…
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First Father’s Day
to the most wonderful man i could ever hope for my son to have for a father, happy father’s day!!
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Birth Story, Luke
I so understand why people tell you to write down a birth story as soon as humanly possible because goodness gracious, the vividness of a day seems to fade so quickly once all the excitement and emotions have died down and you have your sweet little bundle (extremely loud bundle at times!) in your arms.…
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Luke 23/52
a photograph of luke, once a week, every week in 2014. week 23: this little 10 week old is all smiles, all the time. i don’t know who taught him how to bat his eyelashes but it’s trouble i tell you! stealing our hearts, little boy. every single day!
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New Mother Essentials
There are a couple things that really got me through the first months that I have been wanting to share because seriously, with our first it was SUCH cold spash-a water on my face! We just had no idea what to expect (yes.. even though there’s a book) and you read so much about pregnancy…
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Luke 21/52
luke at two months: +still smiling all the time (yay!) +now cooing, gurgling and early signs of his laugh 🙂 +sleeping from his 10pm feeding all the way til 6-7am depending on day! fist bump baby boy. +likes to sleep unswaddled from time to time but still prefers being all smooshed to sleep +happily…
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Essay
There are so many things people told me, shared, implored with me about parenthood before it all went down (it being birth). Some of those things, I can honestly say you guys, in hindsight, just noooot helpful. But then there are a few that I’ve hung onto, that have girded me up as a mother and made me feel…
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