Most mornings, I am rocking Dorothy before the sun comes up… her hair all fuzzy from sleep, her body warm and heavy against mine—and every morning as the sun rises earlier and earlier, I think “this is the good stuff.” These quiet, early hours. The way the house feels before the day begins. The way […]
Dorothy is officially no longer a newborn which is WILD. My brain is still melting out of my head on a daily basis as I try to figure out what she needs for eating and sleeping (she’s not a big schedule girly – she prefers to go with the flow) but I’m learning her cues […]
Taking monthly photos of my kids is a lot of work but such a treasure and a delight for me! Every night I look at the collage on our wall of Felix’s first year and the monthly photos that I hung outside his door. While he might not like being in the photo much these […]
It was a whirlwind of a first month with sweet Dorothy and it is so bittersweet to be working through her one month photos already. Xav is back to work this week and while I am sad to be leaving the slow family days, I am so immensely thankful for the break he had and […]
I’ve been slowly taking and editing Dottie’s newborn photos but now that she is two weeks old, I decided to wrap up the editing and make her newborn photo blog post. The fam has put up with a lot of photos over the last two weeks and I’m thankful that they oblige me so I […]
Once again, my birth story is excessively wordy and probably includes way too many details, but I’m writing down everything I can remember for my own *if I had a remembrance book* sake. I have loved going back to read Felix’s story and it feels surreal to be sitting here with a sleepy baby on […]
I’ve been trying to make a blog post during Felix’s nap but my blog site is being weird and keeps blanking… so I’m just going to be super wordy here for my own sake of looking back and reading this later. Turns out my “I’m 40 weeks pregnant and losing my mind” coping strategy is […]
I asked my dad to send me a baby photo of myself the other day for the baby book I’m working on and he sent me over 2000 photos from my entire childhood (at least I know where I get my memory and photo hoarding tendencies from)! But in all seriousness, scrolling through the gallery […]
I’ve debated whether or not to share this story for a long time… two years in fact. Mostly I chose not to share it publicly because there was no happy ending and I didn’t want to talk negatively about the photography industry or this individual (also I bemoaned about it so much to my friends […]
A friend recently handed me a book and told me she thought I should read it. The chapters include titles like ‘Life Is Uncontrollable’, ‘Life Is Wearisome’, ‘Life Is Unhappy’ and ‘Life Is Grievous’*. While it might sound like a bleak book, it is exactly the book I needed this February. Reading it has been […]