today's walk.

Sometimes, doing the simplest of activities (like walking) makes you feel even closer to God...a simple reason why I love to be outdoors!

pic pix: afternoon stroll with the little lion man, Fish Creek Park, 04.Jan.2013

{a smidget of} our day in pictures

1. friendly kisses with a special amiga.

2. words.

3. seems i can't properly dress myself these days ... wrong buttons done up.

4. bringing mid-day coffees to papa.

5. creating new ways to 'play' guitar.

slice of apple pie

I've been meaning to post Judah's 4-month pictures, but haven't gotten to editing them yet (1st, 2nd, 3rd months here, here, and here).  Really, there is no huge reason I haven't posted it yet, except for my terrible procrastination.  While procrastinating, I work myself into thinking, "Well, I can't go any further until I've gotten that post (or whatever it is I am procrastinating) out of the way..."  Then, I don't get things done (other posts written).  I set an order or a timeline of how things should happen and 'give up' when life doesn't progress that way.

Obviously, there are some things in life that require a specific order (i.e. a proposal would not be as exciting/special if you got married THEN got proposed to!) and just wouldn't work without going in a orderly sequence.  But I do think we limit ourselves from moving into the next stage our lives when we focus too much on what/how the progression should be.  Sometimes it's a job, relationship, life event, or even a simple blog post that hasn't happened in the "correct order" that hinders us from leaping to he next lily pad ... allowing us to miss out on enjoying life's moments.  Today's moments!

Imagine life as an apple pie.  A whole pie that you get to eat to yourself.  You eye up the best looking piece (or circumstance) that you think you should enjoy right now.  But, the slice that gets served to you is not that piece.  Eventually, in the course of life, you'll get to eat that initial piece and it'll be just as delicious as the piece(s) you had before it.

Don't get hung up on the order that you get to eat it/live life.  Savor what's being served up to you right now.

**new test-kitchen pie crust recipe ... thanks Martha Stewart!

pic pix: Judah & I making apple pie for last night's company, 24.Oct.2012, Calgary, AB

our day in pictures

1. morning light, morning fun.

2. thrift store finds.

3. sprouts comfort food.

4. apple picking.

5. not sure if we really like apple picking.

6. lovin bath time.

7. home-made cranberry sauce for thanksgiving dinner.

our weekend in pictures

Moments from our labour day weekend ...

1. niece & nephew love
2. trying out the new mattress
3. the makings of holy-moly, guacamole
4. these lil 'men' crack me up
5. 'cookie happy' cousin
6. budgeting book
7. the cutest look of surprise
8. brekky in bed
9. daddy & judah's newest trick
10. an evening of rollerblading

pic pix: Calgary, 31.Aug.2012 - 04.Sep.2012

our day in pictures

1. the darndest, cutest little boy around
2. afternoon read with an afternoon coffee
3. summer afternoon thunderstorm
4. someone loves their suce
5. cute baby fingers
6. never-ending laundry
7. "look mama, I'm stuck in the corner!"
8. "mama!  are you going to help me get out?!"
9. yummy carrot cake with cream cheese icing

thoughts. things.

Has it EVER been a busy time!  From the first week of June, until this last weekend, we have been going going going!!  Like I mentioned in my last post, new things, changes, busyness.  All good things, but a LOT to digest in 2 months.

At this present moment, I'm looking forward to settling into a new schedule and lifestyle with Judah.  Integrating blogging and jogging back into my routine is next on the agenda.  I haven't really done much of either since last August!  As well, come September, I'd like to find a Bible study or something.  I've got a load of pictures to sift through, especially now that I take so many shots of Ju-ju!  Some camping weekends ahead, my piano ready to be played, a few blank canvases waiting to be given some color-lovin...let's just say, i'm excited with all that my plate holds coming up!

 

1. auntie instagramming

2. cousins meet

3. sunday afternoon in the park

4. stagette in banff

5. mama & judah

6. what a beautiful bride

random thoughts & things

After my breakfast (tried this french toast recipe today...yum!), a bit of cleaning up, a pleasant visit with my midwife, lunch with my beautiful friend, a long afternoon nap, grocery shopping with my sis, dinner with m'love, then the wind-down with laundry and a movie ... I now, FINALLY have time to share some written words of my string of recent/current thoughts and happenings!!  With baby's due date only 9 days away, I've been keeping myself busy busy and have been pretty quiet blogging because of it.  So, here's some of those "things" I've been busying myself with...
   

Baby of mine ...

There are limited pictures of me and this protruding belly ...  so I'm glad we took a few the other day for proof that I did actually get this big!  When I walk by a mirror, I am still in complete amazement that God actually worked out human life to happen/start this way.  It's pretty wild.  Pretty remarkable.

 

I've been on the prowl for some good book finds ... was able to pick up a few from the thrift store (along with many other treasures).  Now, if getting this baby to arrive were as easy as thrift store shopping!

Life's timing ...

Lately, I've been so thankful that there is a planned and perfect time for everything.  Had we found out we were pregnant one day then expecting the baby to arrive not even a month later ... there would've been (obviously!) no way I could have physically nor emotionally been prepared.  Being given 9 months to think about, wonder about, and begin to adjust to the preliminary grounds of becoming a parent seems hardly enough but yet, I feel like so much of me has changed and grown.  I'm ready to be mommy!   

Toy cars & cuties ...

Last Friday, I got to watch my 2 nephews and niece.  Them little smiles make my heart melt and their funny antics make my soul laugh!  And oh...they LOVE cars.

Nesting ...
I always thought it was funny, the term "nesting" - getting ready for the new baby bird to arrive.  I thought, "Really?  How much can there be to setting up your home for a newborn?".  Maybe my nesting has been different than most others (yup, I'm a nester!), but my focus hasn't so much been on baby prep stuff ... my focus has been cleaning out closets, drawers, junk, and other unnoticeable things (?).  It's all in prep for the baby, but seriously, how does my unorganized front hall closet have anything to do with baby's birth day around the corner?!?!  

Female brains, mothers' sacrifices ...

On Sunday, we celebrated my mother-in-law by way of a picnic at "our" park (we have a pretty sweet community park right across from our apartment building).  We made bbq beef on a bun(!) and had salads, strawberries, and a yummy dessert.  Food and good company is the best combination for a perfect picnic.  Next week (due to my family's schedules), we will be celebrating my mom!

Along with the mother's day theme, a friend of mine was talking about this sermon that was shared last Sunday.  The first 5 minutes (all that I've listened to so far) had some really interesting statistics about the female brain.  Those 5 minutes are worth a listen!


And ... that's all for now. xo



 pic pix: all in Calgary, AB this last week, May.2012