it's beginning to look a lot like...

Christmas... in our house.


I started on the mantle two weeks ago...  and haven't done much to it since...


 I am still planning on cutting off all of that extra yarn... when I get a free minute... and I was hoping to hang a wreath on that mirror but have tried the clear 3M hooks and a suction cu…

four months old

dear alice and isla,

a year ago today they put you in my tummy.  afterwards I went to acupuncture.  afterwards I went home and wondered and worried and stressed and tried to relax and hoped, really, really hoped that you would decide to stay for good.

and you did.

and here you are, four months old …

chaotic recap... first edition + moustache wrap up

I have been thinking about doing a weekly recap for sometime now but was worried if I started off with something complicated... (read time intensive)... I would ultimately fail... let myself down... stress about it.... but I am a big fan of Elizabeth's blog and she too is a new mom and she reg…

how do you do it all?

Lately I've been wondering if there is some way to make the days last longer... wondering whether I am fitting enough into each day... am I taking enough pictures of the girls? am I smiling at them enough? am I laughing with them enough? am I playing with them enough?  At seven o'clock at n…