he is here!

and i could not have been more thrilled to meet this little one.

little feet.  little, darling feet.

and what is about those blue onesie tags...they kill me.

i love his nursery door...

and this little profile...!

and this mama...what a beauty. 

we are different in so many ways: she keeps an accurate checkbook register - i hardly even know what that is. her trunk is spotless - mine is a black hole of clothes, beach blankets, trash. her babies have well-established routines at age two weeks and we have....well, we are still working on that.

instead of dividing us, our differences just give us a good reason to giggle. we love each other so. and we both always wanted nothing more than to be mothers. which is a similarity that conquers all.

and now she is a mama times two!

she is my breastfeeding guru...my baby boy hand-me-down goddess...my sister cousin friend.

and hunter joseph, we are so happy you are here. you may be tiny, but mighty you are. you arrived and just like that, you completed a family.

you and finn are going to have loads of fun together. maybe a bit of mischeif too.

and i can't wait to watch it all unfold.

it's a whole new world...

...finn is on the move!

insta dump

:: finn is very busy these days...


:: crawling (apparently, with his eyes closed)...


:: learning the joy of independent play...


:: finger foods...

:: we found him standing in his crib for the first time! yikes!


:: 1 of 2. sweet, girly, delicate willow jane.

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:i finally bought some daffodils. they make my day every time i see them!



:: me and my other man love.


:: mama and daddy gave me that old window for my birthday. then they came and hung it and helped me re-decorate this little space. well, mom helped decorate, daddy watched finn. i luuuuuuurve it.


:: finn's new move: he throws his arms up and waits for us to exclaim, "so big!" then he smiles real big.



:: i have learned that a baby who naps gifts his mother with time to do stuff. like make dinner in the morning, then clean up, then shower, then blog. wow.


:: run don't walk. i implore you. i just finished the series and now i am going to watch them all over again.



:: ya ya mary made this beautiful quilt for our boy. it is stunning and features his name and the most beautiful fabrics...



:: i got a gift card from mimi and pops and got to go on a little shopping spree at anthro...!!





:: craziest hail storm i have ever seen.



:: this picture reminds me what a big world it is out there. and i can't believe this boy will one day leave me and run out into it. i kinda wish i could wrap him up in that quilt and sit under that tree together for the rest of our days.

eight months

eight sure is great and boy, you are a different baby this month! it has been our favorite month so far. we have seen more changes than ever before in your little life...it's as if you are doing something new every day - which i always thought was a lie.

you learned to pull yourself up, scoot, and crawl all in two weeks!

we introduced you to finger foods after you showed us your pincer grasp! you have fed yourself blueberries, black beans, pease, cheese, banana chunks, puffs...and you like everything we have put in front of you so far - even yogurt!

you can entertain yourself for quite some time now - it is so fun to watch you play. you concentrate really hard.

we are starting to get glimpses of your personality. i think you are pretty easy going, curious, happy, vocal, determined and tender.

you have a few new tricks. our favorites are "so big!", your lip smack, how you cry "mmmmmmmmmmm" and slap your palms on you high chair tray as you (impatiently)wait for your food, and lastly, when you babble and exclaim "mamamama". of course :)

your hair still gets you a lot of attention from strangers.

you poop more and spit up less.

your favorite thing is to be standing on two feet.

you have graduated to a big boy car seat and you really like your new view.

and you are still, our darling little boy.


and because i couldn't possibly leave this one out...

sooooo big!

pops' birthday!

pops had a birthday last week...and it was a pretty big one! to celebrate he wanted to take finn to his first king's game...

i was nervous to oblige considering that the game would be starting at finn's bedtime and i could just picture an epic meltdown, spoiling pops' big night...but finn was thrilled! he was fascinated and was so happy to be there...our little trouper.

and then, a half-time surprise! we were sad that mimi, a.k.a. "marsh" was home sick :(

somethin' about budweiser at a game - the only time is tastes good.

the three kelly identical triplets.

we went home for cake and candles...what a fun night. we hope that all your wishes come true, pops!