little lyon and i have been occupied celebrating the holiday with friends and family today – bump day will continue next week! happy 4th to you all!  

Woah baby is growing fast! In the past two weeks he’s gained 50% body weight and is now the size of a rutabaga…what’s a rutabaga??? See below 🙂 looks appetizing, doesn’t it….haha! We made great progress on the baby’s room this week. It’s now completely painted and we’re starting to decorate. I don’t want to […]

My head is filled with a slew of random thoughts this week, so that’s just how the blog is going to go as well 🙂 1. father’s day was last sunday, and i made it nate’s first official father’s day, even though i suppose technically he isn’t a father quite yet. well, unless you count […]

Something great happens at weddings. Couples open up to their closest friends and family members, and share their relationship. They show how they love each other, they pour their hearts out in front of everyone, and you get a glimpse of their relationship at its purest moment…all on such a meaningful day. The entire day […]

jacob. mason. william. jayden. noah. michael. ethan. alexander. aiden. daniel. sound familiar? according to u.s. social security records (you should know by now that i’m a huge nerd, and totally search this stuff), those are the top 10 baby boy names from 2011. so how do we even begin to pick a name for our […]

lauren and charlie are one of the most romantic couples i’ve ever met. it oozes out of them. seeing them with their friends and family is incredible – the love they have for each other is just contagious. i’ve asked lauren and charlie to try something new with me. their story is so cute, so […]

i’m a detail person. and a nerd. i fully admit to both. and when i’m working on a big project – like decorating little lyon’s nursery – i get a tidge bit over-the-top with my planning. i’ve pinned nurseries i love. i’ve contemplated color palette after color palette. i’ve come up with a trillion ideas. […]

Last week, along with finding out that our little lyon is a boy, we got to see him on ultrasound once again. every time we see him, it’s such a rush of excitement. he’s grown so much since we saw him at 12 weeks, and we both agreed he looks like a little boy even […]