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ONLY IN LOVE ARE WE OUR MOST NOBLE

"...With full heart and all that I am... 

      I make these vows and declarations to you:

 that my heart and soul are bonded to yours,

            and will be forever more.... "

 

thank you to my love, my dear Husband,  for these last eight magnificent years. for the crazy, full path;  
the deep, full heart;  the highs, the lows, the beautiful children, the laughter, the good times, the strength, the loyalty,
the hardwork, the wholeness...     just so much... just so, so, much....  

 

"For more clearly than anything I have ever known, I know this:

 THAT YOU ARE MY PATH.  You  are my heart.

You are my home."

 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, BABE.  
THANK YOU FOR MAKING ME FEEL LIKE THE LUCKIEST LADY ALIVE.

 

KEATON, 3 MONTHS

Oh, little one, you've charmed us with your ways...

you are strong now, and you are drooling! you can flip over now and love your tummy time.

you wake up with a smile, a coo, and a laugh every morning... and i love that your happy little face is the first thing i see when i awake.

you are starting to look more and more like your daddy. i think he's pretty stoked about that, and with your handsome li'l face who can blame him?

your sisters absolutely adore you, as do i.  although navia doesn't know the strength of her hugs, and she's made you cry more than a few times with her, um, love pats. sorry about that.  

navia has dubbed you:  "Bah-yeee" (her attempt at "buddy").  it's so cute how she says it, that we all call you that now. Bahyee.    

thank you for coming into our little family.  can't imagine me without you.

 

some self portraits of me and keats...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MY LIFE IN A INSTAGRAM (april/may)

been a while since i've gone through my IG pics... life is so full, and so superfast for everyone these days that it's hard to get the full impact of the amazingness of a life, all of these wonderful moments, except for in reflection. anyone else feel like that? like, you know it's pretty cool, this moment you're living in...  maybe it measures a 6 on a 1-10 scale.  but in reflection, it's somehow become a 10.5 moment. i dunno, maybe that's just me. but that's why i love looking back on all these pictures... so that i can more fully feel that tenderness, that sweetness, that beauty and joy of life. soak it in a little more fully... (except that my littles are growing up so fast it make me wanna cry! sniff sniff!)

i think most of these are from end of april/may, starting from when Keats came home. and if it weren't for having a camera in my back pocket (the one on my phone) i would've probably forgotten these already. sigh. thank you iphone.

hope you are having a good week!

xxo

MAY CUPID BE GOOD TO YOU // his point of view

 

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 Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.
-Rumi

The Rumi quote above is one of my faves. not only because it is beautiful and potent, but because it was the first love poem my husband ever gave me. i pretty much knew i was done for at that moment.   yup. 

so to my love, happy valentine's babe. and to all of you... hope you give and recieve a little extra love today. doesn't have to be anything fancy or contrived, just maybe an extra long cuddle with you S.O.,  some extra giggle & squeeze time with your Littles, a call to your folks, or maybe just some extra special pampering for yourself.

may cupid be good to you.

xxo

 

MAY CUPID BE GOOD TO YOU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. MAY CUPID BE GOOD TO YOU.

xxo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sleep softly, sugarplum /// los angeles newborn photography

good night, sweet lamb, good night

 

xxo