currently...

currently...

reading: All the Light We Cannot See (Mike's something to read from last year) 

playing: footsie 

watching: Downtown Abbey, Parenthood & The Biggest Loser (when I can) 

trying: not to buy all the cute house things for our unfinished house 

cooking: not much. living with honey has stunted my cooking 

eating: apples & peanut butter & Larabars 

drinking: water with lime 

 

calling: Patagonia & Abercrombie re: refunds for Christmas purchases (no fun!) 

texting: haley 

pinning: [farm] house things for the white house & travel ideas for our girls trip this fall 

tweeting: i don't do twitter..

crafting: hand painted / hand lettered ornaments & necklaces 

doing: reconciling receipts from last week 

going: to the gym as often as i can before BM3 

loving: feeling BM3 move around all.the.time (what a wiggle worm!) 

hating: this cold weather (don't judge me you if you live somewhere where it's colder than here)

discovering: that it's 12:30AM and i need to go to bed 

enjoying: this season with a 3+ year old & 1+ year old 

hoping (for): our white house to be ready before BM3 arrives 

celebrating: amos being almost fully potty trained! (just need to get rid of diapers at night!!!) 

smelling: a fresh pot of coffee 

thanking: mikey for TWO trips to the Tobacco Barn in the past few weeks 

considering: what life will be like with 3 littles 3 & under 

finishing: a |gifted| tube of this chapstick 

starting: working on yearly photo albums (whew) 

Amos' favorite things | (almost) three and a quarter

Favorites at (almost) 3.25:

Color: red, orange & pink 

Thing to do: nerf guns

Very best friend: Papa 

Place to go: Gravitopia

Food: cheeseburgers

Drink: chocolate (almond) milk

Show: Umizoomi & (American) Ninja Warrior 

Thing in the entire world: nerf guns

What else do you love?: "balls...basket balls..aaannnnnndddd guns" 

My sweet Amos! You're one funny, adventurous, loving, happy, nerf gun loving little dude. You're a great big brother to Solomon & I can't wait to see you with Baby Martin 3. You're growing and growing and tell me all the time that you're going to be bigger than Daddy (just promise me it won't be too soon). You love studying things and being read to (I think Daddy finished 3 or 4 Narnia books with you last year). You're also bossy and want things to be done your way (sorry...being first born I know how it is...mama's working on making sure you know things don't always have to be your way). I'm soaking in the days at home with you & trying to not let one single one slip away, as I know before long life will change again - we'll be moving into our white house and adding another baby to the mix. I hope you know how much mama & daddy love you, how much Solomon already looks up to you, and how proud of you we all are. You're amazing, Mooshka.

[Amos' favorite things | two and a half]

bump progress | baby martin 3

22 weeks + 1 day 

[22 weeks + 2 days with Solomon // 22 weeks + 4 days with Amos]

23 weeks
[23 weeks + 3 days with Solomon // 23 weeks + 6 days with Amos]

25 weeks

[25 weeks + 1 day with Solomon // 25 weeks + 5 days with Amos]

26 weeks

[26 weeks + 3 days with Solomon // 26 weeks + 3 days with Amos]

28 weeks + 2 days

[28 weeks + 1 day with Solomon // 28 weeks + 3 days with Amos]

[required friday listening]

[required friday listening] 

twenty fifteen in review

January

February 

March 

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November 

December

2015 came & went like the blink of an eye. In looking back, my thoughts over this year were: chaotic, busy, change...full. We celebrated, a lot. New babies, weddings of sweet friends, birthdays, our 6th anniversary. We ran races, went to the beach. We sold the first house we bought and moved three times. We bought our dream house and are (slowly) turning into everything we want it to be and more. In the midst of everything, we found out we'll be adding another arrow to our quiver (Psalm 127:3-5) next year (whoop whoop!). 

At the end of the year, Mike and I took time to reflect on things that we loved about this year, things that we did well, things that need improvement and what we want for next year. We picked a word to represent our new year -- HOME (idea from Natalie). I can't wait to share more on this in the near future!