new moon

looking inward..... finding peace....


thankful for lovely long lost friends popping up with chocolate and flowers..... loveeeeee



a rare hilarious up closer of my love.....


and a funny story.....



i was reading an email when this card was held an inch from my eyeball with a stern ira voice saying, "THROW THIS AWAY!"

this is a piece to an alice in wonderland pop up book.... so i inquire why it is now trash.....

her response, " i CANNOT stand to look at the baby crying! its too horrible!"

sweetness

random scenes....

book obsession.....

she FINALLY moved on.... gave up the frosty book for goodnight moon....

but now she follows us around yelling "GOOD MOON! GOOD MOOOOOOOOON!"


THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN READ A BOOK....... :)

welcome home, friend....

in ira's words, "we missed you a lot. a lot. a lot."

in mama's word's "we missed you a lot. a lot. a lot"

[we do not get up at 6 a.m. and stage outdoor lighting for just anyone ya know ;)]

paint night

we started off the night with intentions to make a welcome home sign for a friend....


ira ready to make footprints....



liv prepped and ready to go.....






but once the paint was on her she was NOT happy.....


i left the room to change emers dipe and returned to THREE bottles of tempera paint emptied out into this container....



so we went with it.....





then it turned into ira's story hour....

the kids.....

liv and her trendy style....



emers chillin'.....


fancy tea makin' princessin'.....

sunny days...

there is a chill in the air, but we still have the sun....
good for playing in the sand.....


taking walks.....



and lemons.....

letting go......

playroom purge

We packed up all the toys/activities that ira outgrew, but that liv was too young for.... at least 5 boxes full. we also donated a huge bag of toys.

judging by how full the room still is- i would say we have accumulated too much.

good thing a majority of it is either handed down from friends or bought used.

i made this changing table out of a tv stand i bought years ago and a cosleeper i bought used and never used.... ira had asked for this for christmas.... she is totally pleased with this FREE version though!

cuddling up for movie night

WIP

a hat for a friend of a friend that generously gave us a huge amount of much needed boy clothing!!!!

babies babies everywhere

so many snuggles

january 6

life is flying... time just goes so fast!

the girls have spent hours on end painting lately... thank goodness because ive been too busy with the baby to organize crafts for each day!

glow

we are packing and purging to prep for the selling of our house.... the girls found some glow bracelets and necklaces.....

the doctor is in

lovey loves

ira made me a card- an i love you faerie!

New Hat for Liv

Silly Girls

ira the journalist

liv....being sneaky :)

because i never want to forget

emmers was crying during a diaper change and liv runs over, rubs his head and hugs him, says, "i got you, i got you, baby olive got you" [cry]
i LOVE my kids.