come she will

happy happy monday! 

springtime is every which way i turn today...in smells and sights and mind. 

there is a newness hovering and it makes my fingers itch and itch. 

today is for staying busy busy but taking time to sit in the sun for a bit...for lots of fruit and daydreaming and happy music. it's a rod stewart kind of day...

xoxo

february photo a day friday

what a week! it's amazing how one afternoon can change your world and suddenly your thoughts are knee deep in little lady names and dresses and thoughts of having someone to share anne of green gables with. thank you much and much for all the sweet comments! and my apologies to our little gal for her first picture shown to the world being a leg-spread money shot! haha. 

 

(a few of you asked...we do have a name for sis but we're waiting to share until we make sure it suits her! max was going to be a milo until i saw his little face...p.s did i ever tell you that max's real name is maddox? i only call him that now when he is getting ornery though...haha)

this week has been bike rides and dress shopping, some painting and thrifting and three sad attempts at playing street hockey with my max...two burnt dinners, boat loads of dark chocolate, late night harry potter marathons with matt, and lots of baby squirm feeling and nursery dreaming and attempts to sit still in the present a bit. it's so hard not to want to rush these weeks along.

happy happy weekend, loves!

this is max's weekend away adventuring with his dad...fingers crossed i can get anything done besides pinning baby things...

xoxo

dear baby: how to be a girl!

dear baby, awesome things...you're going to be a big giant girl! girls are beautiful!! they like washing their hair and giggling at ponies. they wear tank tops and dresses. especially the bow ties. sometimes they act a little weird...they scream! girls love pink, hot pink, and smokin' hot pink. lots of pink. they play dolls...sometimes baseball. when you're a girl you like to eat pancakes, mushrooms, and especially cereal. it's healthy for you!

because i'm your brother i'm going to teach you how to play hockey and skateboarding...video games and drawing. and you're going to teach me how to scream and throw food.

i'm way excited that you are a girl! mama said you are the size of a banana now. baby girl, you're bananas...b.a.n.a.n.a.s!

 

love, 

max

lil sis

lordy lordy, we're having a little lady!

sis is beautiful as can be and we're all over the moon.

max and my parents and matt's grandma got to come see the ultrasound show...it was so nice to be surrounded by lots of love and excitement. our gal is in for a treat of wonderful people in her life!

we went out to celebrate over chocolate cake and pink dress buying after my appointment...we raised our forks and toasted and cheered to our new found lady love! it's still sinking in a bit...i've wanted a girl so badly! but at the store i had to keep stopping myself from gravitating back towards the little boy things. haha. it's going to be an adjustment...and i may or may not have bought her a boy's dress shirt anyways.

so here i am at 20 weeks. halfway through feeling oh so blessed and thankful. 

before bed last night, max said a special prayer for his baby...making the sweetest promises and thank yous and wishes over her life. he kissed my belly and sis started to move and shake inside me. they are peas in pods already, my two little bees.

thank you again and again for all of the love and kindness and support you've given along the way. it's been the best getting to share all of this with you, our sweet friends!

eeep! lil baby girl!

p.s. you should have seen me this morning trying to fit that huge pink balloon in my car. ack! 

cherries and passing time

i'm trying to keep my fingers busy this morning...folding and unfolding and folding laundry...baking cherry turnovers like my mom used to make for me and my sisters when something special was going on....

 

my mind is set on this afternoon's dr's appointment and finding out what little bunny baby is. i can hardly stand it! 

max is home with a belly ache today...having him around has been a great way to pass the time (even if he did laugh at me again while watching me try to fold myself into a yoga pose this morning)

 (i found this on my camera this morning...max's little sick feet self portrait)

i'll be back early tomorrow morning to share the news with all of you! 

(maybe even this evening if i can't bear to wait to spill it)

a random man came up to me at the salvation army and swears it's a boy...we'll see if he's right...

lady vs wild

happy president's day monday!

oh how i love long weekends! matt has been away in tennessee for a tattoo convention since thursday so max and i have been attached at the hip and doing all sorts of silly things...like max making me film fake scenarios of him and mimi for "america's funniest home videos" and watching "man vs wild" marathons in my bed.

today has been nothing but sunshine and my rusty old bike...listening to max play hide and seek with the neighborhood boys...and wondering how i could get my hands on a flint steel and striker for when i get lost in the seirra nevadas. no more "man vs wild" for me for a while...

xoxo

february photo a day friday

happy happy friday, friends!

this week has been spent loving on each other, getting hurt laser tagging ( i woke up the next morning sore as can be...i think it was all the army-crawling and crouching i did. haha. i don't mess when it comes to laser tag), eating lots of sweets, and lots more singing and talking to our heirloom tomato baby (hello, 19 weeks! and goodbye weeks and weeks of being in the dark...tuesday we get to celebrate our girl or boy!). 

 

i couldn't wait for this stage in the game...when our little one could start hearing our voices! today i went out and bought headphones for me and my tomato so we could lay in the sunny spots of the house and listen to music.

i hope you all have the loveliest weekend! 

max is taking me out on a date tonight...dinner and the secret world of arrietty. 

my little guy is a charmer!

xoxo

dear baby: modern family

dear baby,

i want to talk about my dad! i have a different dad than you do. he's a good guy because he helps other people a lot. he skateboards with me! i get to see my dad on wednesdays and some weekends. i love when i get to see him.

our family is different because they live in different places. one lives in another place and one lives in another. i have two houses....two bedrooms. sometimes it's difficult because we don't get to do a whole lot together, but i like having two dads. it feels awesome. they do lots of stuff with me.

they work together to be good to me. our family is good because they all are friends. i think you'll love them.

p.s. today my lunch fell on the floor at school. it was really embarrassing. grapes and crackers everywhere. baby, never never hold your lunch by the lid when its loose. you've been warned. 

love, 

max 

making a house a home

thank you again to cassie from the veda house for having our little home over this week.

here are a few more photos for you...(our bedroom and baby's room are still underway...or i guess the whole house is really..haha...but who wants to see an empty room, an unmade bed, and our dirty clothes all strewn about?) hopefully someday i'll have a full house tour to show!

a few of you asked for some house tips, and while i'm certainly not an expert, i do have a few keys to live by....

we don't live on the nicest street or in the best neighborhood. we're surrounded by double-wides and foreclosures and a crazy cat lady house...but that hasn't stopped us from seeing potential and beauty and a sense of humor in our home.  things are respected but nothing is too precious to dance or play toys on...and almost everything can be thrown in the wash or tossed out with minor heartache. things move, walls get painted and painted some more, dogs shed and hamsters roam and there are little boy toys on almost every shelf in every room. 

a house is personal...and making it yours, and his, and theirs, is so important to making it a home.

whether you're renting, have an apartment, or one room to call your own while living with your parents...you and your space deserve a little love and personality...a place to deep breathe in and inspire. 

 even if you are just passing through.

that's the idea anyway...tell that to our bedroom!

now to go and try to scrub the little boy crud off the playroom couch...

happy wednesday, friends!

be mine

happy happy valentine's day, lovers!

it's been a snowy one for us here...i couldn't ask for a better gift!

oh how i love this day...if only for the colors and the sweets. (but i do love a little gift-giving)

today i shamelessly wear red and white and pink and call everyone "valentine" until they can't stand to be around me anymore. matt and i are sneaking away for the afternoon while bubb is in school...then we're going to swoop up our guy and have donuts for dinner. my kind of day!

i blow kisses and kisses to all of you..and send lots of love your way.

xoxo