32

changed plans and a full day with my boys

a typed card from my mikey with overnight plans, put on hold for sick babies 

cake pops to go 'round 

one candle, one wish 

this is 32 

taking stock 19 | 001

making: travel plans for the year 

eating: most recently burgers and Mexican (not together, duh)

drinking: TJ's Margarita wine cocktail (not at this moment, but what I'm currently loving)

reading: The Road Back to You (again)

listening: to Mumford and little feet pitter patter circles around our kitchen island
texting: Alexa

watching: Call the Midwife 

bookmarking: ski trips 
wanting: a personal chef (too much to ask?)

looking: at the Stewart's house from my bedroom window 

enjoying: fresh tulips 
waiting: on packages from Turkey 

wondering: if I can get my kids to call me "Queen" (if you know, you know) 

loving: listening to Amos read 
hoping: the groundhog was right 

marveling: at how Ez is almost THREE(!!!)

needing: a tan 

wearing: my trusty Duck Boots that are now almost 15 years old 

smelling: laundry drying 
noticing: the lingering daylight in the evenings (hallelujah) 

knowing: what a treat it is to get a whole weekend with Honey 

laughing: at how loud Oscar is (all.the.time)

thinking: that we need to get a weekend on the calendar for our annual girls weekend(!) 

daydreaming: about the beach this summer with all of my boys 

wishing: this warm weather is here to last 

feeling: at home 

learning: more about running a business from our home 
celebrating: a night at the beach with Mikey in a couple of weeks (sans kiddos)  

welcome twenty nineteen

there is nothing like stealing away to the mountains for a few days. even better when it's to ring in the new year! coffee on tap (as it always is with these friends), homemade enchiladas, from-scratch sticky buns, an afternoon of shop-hopping with the babies & a trip to the river for the big boys, a family style breaky to send us home ...

welcome twenty nineteen

merry merry | Christmas morning, 2018

another year of something to read, something to wear, something you want and something you need.  always one of my favorite traditions. 

solly, ez and oscar got new maileg stuffed animals (a doggie for solly, a hippo for ez & a silver fox for oscar), amos scored his very first official gamecock gear (an under armour hoodie), oscar got new glow in the dark natives & their "big" gift this year was a new ninja warrior slackline! which has been loads of fun and only semi-dangerous so far ...

the boys gave me a(nother) footprint picture -- my favorite gift to receive -- and this year, it was all amos' idea! *note: ez's foot is about 1/4" bigger than solly's now 

mikey served lattes from our new machine (thanks OD & Cat) to all of our visitors & we had cinnamon rolls + steak & eggs + homemade hash browns for breaky 

mikey and i celebrated fifteen christmases together this year, and i'm certain that each one has been fuller, louder, sweeter & messier than the last. more costly, more unpredictable & more lively. but also, so much more lovely. i'm breathing in this season with my people, stamping these years with littles on my heart, knowing that one day when our house is quiet on christmas morning, i'll always, always be grateful for the chaos, the mess, the utter joy ...

[christmas morning, 2017]

Our 2018 Christmas card

the martin band of brothers wishes you a very merry christmas! 

alternate: future album cover of my tiny fraternity  

(photo from marblehead, ma // summer 2018)