It was. Tallula’s first Christmas. And she loved everything about the entire season. Except the fact that she couldn’t touch the Christmas tree. Which sort of drove her crazy – daily – for the 4 weeks the tree was up before Christmas. But the presents on Christmas day more than made up for any hard feelings she might have had…. Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {on the couch}
I’m not gonna lie. I barely picked up my camera again this week. But I just had to capture this. My sweet whirlwild-of-a-child, Tallula. Completely and totally still. She woke up yesterday morning and promptly wanted to go right back to sleep. And when she woke up for the second time, she wasn’t feeling much better. Tired. Upset stomach. Just… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {ellie’s caramels}
We make these every year. Okay. More like we make these every year I have the inclination to make them. I made them last year for my neighbors and it was such a success – seriously, my neighbors were stopping me after Christmas to ask me about them – I decided to expand my efforts to include teacher gifts this… Read More
oh christmas tree
This year we decided to venture beyond our local Christmas tree lot. And we found a small tree farm just outside of town. I’m not sure if the kids had more fun picking a tree, or playing among them. Eventually we found it. Our tree. And we brought it home. I have a feeling it’s going to be a wonderful… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {the littlest}
My babies. This mini photo shoot was spur-of-the-moment. The weather was perfect and all the girls wanted to do was run around outside. And all I had to do was follow them. Oh, and promise them candy. First is Miss Poppy. Just turned 3. Thinks she’s 23. She loves to get her nails painted. And has been known to call… Read More
on my heart
November is National Adoption Month. And yesterday was Orphan Sunday. So the subject of adoption has been occupying a lot of my brain matter lately. As a momma to seven beloved children that were once considered orphans, adoption is often on my mind. But I’ve been reminded that I want my passion for adoption to be more than something that… Read More
205 days
Six months, three weeks and one day after meeting Tallula in Wuhan China, she uttered these words for the first time, unsolicited. “I luh yooo, mama.” she exhaled as she wrapped her arms around my leg. Adoption confounds that thing that comes so naturally between mothers and children: love. Love takes time. And patience. And lots and lots of grace…. Read More
a (cute) little reminder
Just wanted to remind y’all that we are still receiving donations for Fill Their Stockings with Hope this Christmas. And we could really use your help. Donations so far this year are down significantly… and this is where we hope you’ll come in. Pretty please? If you’re considering donating but don’t have a lot to spare, consider partnering up with… Read More
the littlest firestorm
Tallula recently wrangled with a virus. A nasty, throw-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night kind of virus. It was not pretty around here. But there was an upside. Our girl showed her mellower side. Sick yes, sweet baby. But oh-so-wonderfully mellowwwww. She’s all better now, thank goodness. Running around. Shouting her most recently mastered sentences: “Put that back!”, “Go ‘way!” and “Don’t want to!” But… Read More
Sunday Snapshot: {autumn fest}
Today was autumn fest in our little town. Despite the fact that the weather felt much more like summer than autumn, we attended. And had a blast. These were taken in the afternoon. I had to continually change my settings to account for the changing light conditions and I lost a lot of images due to poor exposure. Live and… Read More
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