what we have been up to.

life here has been pretty hectic.

we put our amazing house on the market.

lillian has been enjoying the exploration of foods. avocados and peaches especially.

she is sitting up on her own for a few solid seconds, right before she face plants :)

and i have been really doing a lot of thinking about this blog, my yoga practice and things i need for me. more to come on that, the little one is just waking up from her nap!

dear baby teeth,

please come in already. we are ready for you.

thank you.

molly & lillian

sweet potato delight & birthdays.

we had quite a busy weekend, regardless of the rainy weather.  hank's birthday was on saturday (happy birthday my love!) and we celebrated with great friends. low key but just perfect.

i wished i had snapped some photos, but i forgot.

lillian started to indulge in "people food" aka, not my boob.

she had a blast and i couldn't stop laughing.

this last photo has to be one of my favorites. although she enjoyed the sweet potatoes, the camera was exciting too :)

over the course of the weekend she consumed some sweet potato, peach and red pepper. not a bad start! 

hope you all had fantastic weekends.  

off to catch up on some z's while she is napping!

five months.

rolling over, standing up, making all kinds of noises, all the while - smiling.

awe.

i am in such awe of my daughter. she has more patience than i ever will. she finds joy in the smallest things, reminding me how magical life really is. she inspires me, pushes me & shows me that loving vulnerably, openly and with my whole heart is the most rewarding part of life.

who knew a five month old had such power.

church signs.

i drove past this church sign today that read, "faith is a journey, not a destination."

now, to backtrack a bit, i have a small obsession with church signs.  my mom and i dream about driving cross country, taking photos of our favorite church signs and publishing a coffee table book about the adventure. we imagine this book to be mostly comical, as i usually find most church signs pretty hilarious (ie. "walmart is not the only saving place"). but this one i found insightful.

i am a firm believer that time is a funny thing.  ever read eckhart tolle's book, a new earth? well, he rocked my world with his time chapter.  although i got a little lost in his verbiage his main point (i think anyway) is that if we continue to obsess over time, aka the future, we will miss all the possibility in the present.

think about it. how many times do you recognize and acknowledge what is happening right now? 

i try to stay present as much as possible, especially as lillian grows by the minute. but, seeing this sign tonight made me realize, i think so much about the months to come.  i am always asking others mom's how old their children are so i can imagine what lillian will look like when she is that age.  i think about when she can sit up, when she can eat food, when she needs a high chair, when she walks, talks and goes to high school. i mean, i think 10 years into the future! and honestly, i don't know why. i mean, i guess it is human nature? 

i bought a sippy cup with a straw today. but she isn't drinking anything yet that would require the use of that cup. why did i do that? part of it must be the fact that i am anally organized need to always be prepared and for her to have everything she "needs" the minute she "needs" it (we have all experience "mom guilt" right?). plus lets be honest, we live in a get it now world.  but i digress.

bottom line, i want to soak up her now.  i want to smell her baby smell, hold her tight because she still needs me to do so, rock her to sleep because she lets me, breastfeed her exclusively because i am lucky enough to do so & just love every inch of my 5 month old as she is, right now.

happy fathers day.

happy fathers day to all the dads and soon to be dads!
this marks hank's first official (lillian was in the belly last year).
hank, you & lilly are already so close. seeing you two together warms my heart. you are an inspirational father, husband and best friend. lillian is SO lucky to have you, as am i.

we love you!