Wednesday, December 31, 2014

family of three

we recently did a mini photoshoot with orange anchor photography to wrap up 2014 and document life with our little one year old, lorelai mabel. it was so cold this day though and lorelai was not super happy to be outside, but she made it with a lot…
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

christmas 2014!

I hope that you all had a very merry christmas! things were so much fun around here and even though we missed guinness a ton (our first christmas without him) we felt him all around us as we celebrated. unfortunately we didn't have any snow (no…

five little things

hi friends! if you haven't already noticed the blog is slowly, but surely coming back to life. I am on vacation from my day job (not the mama one) for two whole weeks. can i get a HALLELUJAH?! it is incredible just how different everything feel…
Sunday, December 28, 2014

51/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 51: Christmas is ten thousand bajillion times better as a parent. Wow... my heart is so full.

50/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 50: Lorelai Mabel is one year old. She has flowers in her hair, grace in her heart and all the love in the world.

49/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 49: Our idea was to let lorelai run around and whatever tree she ran to would be our Christmas tree. Only she kept running and running and gigling and giggling and since we co…

48/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 48: Of all of the lovely adventures we go on together, lounging in the big bed together is by far my favorite. I hope that it is hers too.

47/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 47: She loves to be outside so much that I'm not sure how we will make it through the impending winter.

46/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 46: Leaves everywhere PLUS a swing... unbeatable combination.

45/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 45: Her sleeping face fills me with peace.

44/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 44: Everything makes her laugh, but pumpkins are still very high on that list. When we found her a lola-sized pumpkin.. it easily took the number two slot for giggles. Followi…

43/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 43: I defintely can't pinpoint my favorite thing about this photo.

42/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 42: I never want to forget how precious these moments are.

41/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 41: My little chicken at the chicken coop.

40/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 40: I'm not sure if it was the bright orange, the abundance of them or the fact that she could toddle around holding onto them quite well, but baby girl loved (and I mean …

39/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 39: The chill is in the air so the hats are on the heads. And hers is a pretty cute head.

38/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 38: Enjoying the beginning of mama's favorite season with our farmer's market mums.

37/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 37: My life flashed before my eyes when I captured lorelai sprawled out on our bed, her favorite spot, like this. I'm not sure when she grew so big, but it is an honor to …

36/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 36: We took our baby to a blues bar and she loved it. Groupie in the making.

35/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 35: Stepping outside with her for some fresh air and adventure after a long day at the office is honestly undescribable. Everything starts new... fresh. The whole world just w…

34/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 34: Our adventurous little crawler as evidenced by her rug burned knees.

33/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 33: Her face literally lights up like 10000x daily. And nothing makes me happier.

32/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 32: I forgot how enchanting swinging was before her.

31/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 31: There are small moments when her curiousity is so evident all across her face. This is one of them.

30/52

"A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2014."
Week 30: Her first summer as an Iowan involved a lot of corn shucking.