Category Archives: feeling nostalgic

blue rodeo

seven years ago today i married my best friend. we danced to this song. everyone cheered.

thanks for sharing in this crazy adventure with me mister hanki.

“…and i want all the world to know, that your love’s all i need.”


i love my momma, and this photo of her with my girl from last summer two summers ago (wow, time flies!) is one of my favourites ever 🙂

wishing a happy mother’s day to all of the amazing women in my life (particularly my mom, of course) and to all of you who take the time to stop by and share in our adventures here! hope you all had weekends filled with love and joy and homemade goodies and snuggles from the little ones in your lives 🙂

four months ago, my baby boy turned one and i took some pictures. now it’s almost april, and it feels a little silly that it’s taken so long, but it’s about time i shared some of those photos, and a few words i wrote down on that day. (i’m not a writer, but i’m working on it.)

colebot,

it’s hard to believe that it was just over a year ago that i was awaiting your arrival, more than a little bit nervous that i couldn’t possibly love another child as much as i loved your sister.

and then you were born, and in that instant, all of my worries disappeared.

thank you, sweet boy, for filling a hole in our family that i never knew existed. for fitting in so seamlessly from the first day you arrived. for teaching me to love you and your sister and your daddy fuller and harder than i knew was ever possible. for your crazy pterodactyl screams and sweet little kisses. for your wobbly first steps and your love of sparkly necklaces and all things with wheels. for (thus far) putting up with bowties and skinny jeans and seeming to actually enjoy getting dressed in the morning… or in the late afternoon, depending on the day ;). for avoiding any serious injuries despite your affinity for getting yourself into risky situations. for your squishy cheeks and long lashes and ticklish toes. for all that you are.

we are so lucky to have you in our lives.

happy first birthday my boy. i love you so.

ps. it’s a little bit embarrassing posting this all so late, but not nearly as embarrassing as those birth announcements still piled on our dresser…