a morning in bed

it is amazing how quickly i had forgotten about the idea of laying in bed or even the concept of sleeping in. i don't even know if i realized what a novelty it truly was. i vividly remember a few moments of laying around all day... so la-la, so lazy, so restfully happy- ahh... so i revisited that land of sleeping in this weekend as Lillian was away at her granparents. my husband and I naturally awoke to silence... we laid there grinning for a while at each other and then proceeded to lay there because we now know what a novelty it is...

of course i do love waking up to my adorable daughter every morning and i wouldn't trade a thousand mornings of sleeping in for her... what would i do if she wasn't there to point out my body parts, honk my nose, search for my belly button and even get her dad out of bed...it is life as we know it now & a novelty none the less.

Lillian's first hair clip.

just the 2 of us.

oh my goodness

just when i honestly think that my daughter couldn't be any cuter she looks like this and OH MY GOODNESS...right? I mean she is adorable. Sometimes it amazes me that such a little person can be soo entertaining, beautiful, charming, and heart stoppingly cute! It just gives me, what my mom would call "a burst of love" and indeed I burst with love for you Lillian!

San Diego to Seattle

So Justin & I moved from Seattle to San Diego within a month of graduating from college and getting married. No jobs, no plan... just off on an adventure and an adventure it was. We took long walks on the beach... well actually more often Justin surfed & laid out- bliss. We lived it up until we hit the baby boom... yep sweet Lillian surprised us! So, we knew we wanted to move home- back to Seattle. But we left with good friends and sunny memories AND speaking of good friends they came to visit this last week....

mobile uploads

so my husband has an i-phone and we tend to take a lot of pictures on the go. with a little one you really never know when her most adorable moments may happen. here are a few of the moments that i just retrieved off his phone...

eating is always an adventure- i love this face.

some times it is best to eat naked... then we do less laundry & she loves that she doesn't have to wear a bib. it is kind of like saying- "Yes! Be messy! Have fun!"

my little princess- in her carriage (stroller).

Justin took this picture of the j.crew manicans because as we walked by i said, "look that could be us!" he smiled & documented the moment.

we went on tons of bike rides this summer. she loves it- can't you tell?

there are more mobile uploads to come... they just may tend to come all at once. now that it is fall there are so many adventures ahead- Lillian's favorites thus far are picking up leaves & smelling the flowers.

love is in the air

there are times in my life when i really feel love more than others. either i really am being more loved or i am just in a place where i am accepting it more, which ever it may be now is a time of love.

my husband this week has been telling me he loves me and in a way that i really believe him. we say we love eachother at least a dozen times a day... "good morning love"... "have a good day. i love you"... just calling to check in- "love you"... text a few fyi's plus "love ya babe"... and then at night "thanks for ... i love you" and then "goodnight. i love you"... plus we tell each other why we love each other every night before we go to bed. so after listing all that- wow- we use love a lot, which emphasizes why it amazes me how some times the same word can just resonate so much louder in my heart. i really do believe we love each other every time we say it, but this week it's kind of like saying... i love you A LOT!

now my daughter says i love you A LOT in a very different way. this week it has been... whining, following me every where, insisting on being held or just holding onto my legs while i wobble around the kitchen, but the truth is she just really loves me. more than she understands and so much that she can't let me go... literally. but my precious moment with her was yesterday when she woke up from her nap and i got her up and we laid on the couch. she cuddled there for a minute then lifts her head- gives me a huge wide mouth kiss and lays back down. a few minutes pass (so sweet)... she crawls off the couch and goes to get my purse- pulls it over to me, we pull out some snacks and she continues to eat and rest on my chest. i wish i could of had a video or picture of this 15 minute interaction because it really meant i love you A LOT!

fall.

falling in love with this season again and all that it brings. the crisp air that makes our noses tingle & rosey. layers- i love layers of clothing actually. football- yes i am a fan & i just love that I can cuddle up, get my husband totally pumped and get stoked about watching guys that beat there bodies for our entertainment. i will make a personal note here to my brother Josh, who recently told me that I owe my football enjoyment to him & yes I probably do- if i wouldn't of attended EVERY sporting event in his entire life (only a slight exaggeration actually) my life of sports appreciation would be very different- thanks Josh!

Back to fall... my top love of fall after the fact that here in Seattle leaves actually FALL, which makes sense of the world for me.growing up in AZ I was kind of wondering who made up this silly word fall.

Fall=Food!!! I had a fall frenzie of yummy food in my kitchen this weekend and i am making a list of those to come. Warm pumpkin spice muffins- Lillian says "yum, yum" . this roasted squash, carrot, yam, onion dish with a soy glaze... my husband even loves it. I also make this quinoa dish that is a family favorite and was a hit at our neighborhood potlock. okay so this isn't going to be a food blog, but i will say one cookbook that i recommend is Mama-licious and she now has a blog (of course): http://www.bemomalicious.com/

i am off to the park with Lillian- we are venturing out into the sweet fall air. here is yesterday =)

two to note.

ONE: maybe I was a bit over zealous in my last post when using the word "BACK"... well, I am not necessarily "BACK" because I am still pregnant, tiered and often cranky or just a bit more emotional than the given situation would deem appropriate ( I teared up during the pursuit of happiness preview...). so maybe I'm not "BACK" and quite honestly I may never be. so what i meant was,"I'm feeling better!" or "I can enter the kitchen without wanting to vomit" or "things are looking up" or "it was a good day!" needless to say I think my family is going to make it- oh and me too!

TWO: Lillian Video