Roses

Dear blog,

Someday, I will give you the attention you deserve. But for today, only this:

I have flowers. In my garden.

And I love them.

Texas Bluebonnets

He mostly just wanted to eat them.

Happy Spring.

Sunday pictures

No words, just pictures of my cute family...

a letter

My little Sawyer Boy,

I am so completely in love with you. I can't get enough of you. You are 3 1/2 months old already. When did that happened? Each week that passes evokes a little twinge of sadness as you grow a little older, and I find myself wanting to somehow stop the time from slipping away.

Sometimes at night, I can't put you down. I don't want to put you down. Especially after your bath, and you smell so perfectly like new baby. I wrap you in a cuddly blanket, you snuggle up under my chin, right where I can breathe you in, and I want to never let you go. Sometimes you grab onto my finger with your perfectly soft and tiny little hand. I kiss your smooth, bald head a million times. I know I should probably put you in bed, but I can't bring myself to do it. We both fall asleep, snuggled together.

You got sick and just wanted me to hold you. I didn't do much of anything except hold you, feed you, and comfort you all day long. At times, the task-oriented part of me longed to get something done around the house, but the mom part of me savored a reason to forget about it all and give you what you needed.

I love that you need me. Sometimes you need only me. Occasionally, that's inconvenient when Dad would really like to be the one you want, or I can't be the one you have right at that moment, but I love that you need me. When you cry your cry, I know all you want from the world is for me to pick you up so you can bury your little head between my arm and my side and go to sleep. It's your favorite place to be.

You smile at me now. If anything could melt my heart, that's it. You smile and your bright blue eyes light up. Your are my sweet little angel boy. And I'm utterly and completely smitten.

*photo taken by Taryn. Check her photography out here*

Christmas 2009

Hope yours was merry and bright!

sunny texas december day

No question that we miss the snow and winter, but there's something to say for taking a little family getaway four days before Christmas and lying on the beach and not freezing to death. We needed a break, so we spent a couple of days in Galveston relaxing in the warm sunshine and playing on the beach

This says it all-

Christmas Sunday

Merry Christmas

Texas Snow Day

Heaven knows I have all sorts of things to blog about such as a baby blessing, wedding, Thanksgiving, an whirlwind trip to California including a missed flight and lost luggage on both ends of the trip to name a few, but first things first...

It snowed in Texas!

We've all missed the snow so much since we moved away from it that I almost cried watching it coming down. It didn't last more than 24 hours, but we'll take what we can get! Matt's work and the kids' school sent everyone home early.

I think it was our favorite day in Houston so far.

Soup in the crockpot, bread baking, fire going, Christmas music playing, snow falling, starting the weekend early, and a little game of monopoly...it really couldn't get much better.

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