love!

Well I love cards and I love running.  and I love runner Kara Goucher...as you may know. Speaking of the three - that awesome runner designed her very own card.

Pretty cool huh? Even cooler, if you buy the card - that money will go to benefit the Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

until next time,
Brit

PS - Kara is due to have a little runner baby boy any day now! (He'll be just 2 months younger than Rylee...)

boppy bed

I have ordered new dog beds for both of the girls, but have yet to get Bosley a new one...

Boppy should make dog beds. Bosley would go for it.

until next time,
Brit

lazy day

We started off the day by waking up in time for lunch.

Then we decided to take a nap...we were up in time for dinner.

We will probably be up until breakfast now.

until next time,

Brit

advice.

In our baby announcements (that Jer's sister, Heather, so wonderfully designed for us) there was an advice card included to be sent back to us.

(picture from Quite Like It BLOG)

We have just started getting cards handed and mailed back to us, and it is so encouraging and refreshing to hear the advice from our closest friends, relatives, other new parents, and parents who have been around the block a few times already. I can't tell you how thoughtful and insightful everyone's words of advice are. And no one card is the same! Every piece of advice that we have received have each been unique and especially appreciated, as well as put to use!

So keep the advice rollin'! & Thanks for all the great parenting tips!!!

until next time,
Brit

picture wall

I have nothing on our walls yet - mostly because we have COLOR on our walls, and I am being very picky about where I put holes in the wall...

I have been drooling over all sorts of things to put up (again with the indecisiveness) but I keep coming back to doing a photo wall. Not your grandma's kind of photo wall, but better! (fyi: I adore my Grandma's photo wall.)

After researching and clicking over all sorts of different framing and design options I found this nifty site - thepicturewallcompany.com - this site does it all for you, all the frames are ready matted and sized to fit into one tight display on the wall...no matching and measuring of frames and space to get the look you want & best of all it comes with a template to use before hanging so there will be no un-needed holes in my colored walls!


So indecisive me has decided!...now just to get Jer to agree to pay for it :)

until next time,
Brit

which one?

I waited on getting a mobile for Rylee's room, now that she is so aware and studies all that she sees I am anxious to get one and get it up for her... but which one? etsy has so many great mobiles that I am struggling with which to get!

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So what do you think? I am an indecisive person anyways...but trying to make a decision between these, they're all just too cute! I'd love to hear which one you would chose!

until next time,
Brit

weekend photos

This weekend we enjoyed the high school homecoming football game, a very special house guest, grocery shopping, grilling out, and lots and lots of Rylee lovin'. Perfect.

until next time,

Brit

doting parents...

have you seen just how cute she is?

thanks again to wonderful photographer Brandi for documenting this mass amount of adorable. Feel free to dote along with us.

until next time,
Brit

laundry.

Laundry is boring...

Folding is the worst...

until next time,
Brit

made with love

I appreciate so much all of the handmade, homemade goodies Rylee has received from friends. Here are pictures of a few:

Along with appreciation I also am quite envious of these peoples awesome-incredible talents. Add that to a list of things I need to learn...

until next time,
Brit

learn something every day

discovered this site today!

go learn something.

Until next time,
Brit

tired.

Rylee naps are the best kind.

until next time,

Brit

who knew.

I still haven't grown out of not taking advice for my own good. I have heard it from the world: that time will fly, to sleep when she sleeps, to cherish each moment because before your know it they are gone, and take care of yourself or it will catch up with you.

You'd think I'd learn.

Time has flown by! Looking at pictures I can hardly believe it was just 8 weeks ago that she was just that tiny little thing.

Now she seems soo grown up.

I am working harder to cherish each and every moment, even the crying and stinky diaper moments. I am beginning to realize just how right everyone was when they said "they're not little for long..." and she's not even to her 2 month birthday yet!! As far as taking care of myself...the days of fevers/headaches/chills + body ache... Well I am hoping those are all behind me. Me has turned into a much lesser priority, making this a bit more of a challenge... but as her "bread basket" (one sweet lady referred to me as) I do put more effort in that department.

This ride has been fast and scary, but more fun than anything else in this world! I feel like now more than ever we are truly learning how to do life.

Until next time,
Brit

this world is not my home...

My home lies somewhere beyond the blue.

I understand and am joyful in knowing that this world is not my home. But until I get there I am glad to live in this place we are...looking to my home somewhere beyond the blue.

Until next time,
Brit