26/52

"A portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2016."

in this moment:

right now, in this moment, I'm in love with your morning thoughts.  this morning you ran out of the room, looked at me, said, "you're going to take me to see jess today?"  I reminded you that we were going tomorrow, you cried, snuggled, and fell back to sleep on my arm.  and I melted, in this moment. 

it's summer break!

man, do I love a job that I love, and that also lets me be a stay at home mom, part of the year. yes I do. in celebration of the beginning of summer, here's a few of my favorite 'summer shots' from years past.

happy summer indeed!

ten on ten [6.10.14]

happy tenth everyone

of course I forgot my camera for the first half of my day

so here is a "compact" ten on ten set
see other ten on ten sets here

[1] new candle [2] happy fridge [3] love my succulents  [4] nursery pretties [5] oh geez, hope that isn't my coffee face [6] hohos have taken over her crib, since she hasn't   [7] summer feet

 [8] bath time with Minnie  [9] the canvas all finished - 3 months, 9 months, 18 months 

 [10] Pinkberry mommy/daughter date

23/52

"A portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2014."

 

And thank you to Jodi for linking one of my portraits of Everly on her beautiful blog, Practising Simplicity, that also hosts this weekly portrait project!  [If you are looking for the link, it is under "this is what summer childhood memories are made of"]  It really did make me smile!

and now, let summer officially begin

Today I checked out of my classroom, and do not plan to go back until the first of August.  I get two entire months of being a stay at home mama, and I'm pretty excited for them.  We will be devouring watermelon [as seen below], swimming as much as we can [I'm planning on daily], and enjoying as much family time as we can.  Surviving my first entire school year as a working mom was hard, exhausting, and filled with many lessons.  I am so lucky to know that when I am away at work, Everly is with her amazing daddy, but now the three of us can enjoy some time together, something that is rare during the school year.  And now Everly and I are going to make good on some of these summer goals by going for a quick afternoon swim at her great-grandparent's house. Life is good.

summer is in full swing around here

today felt like my first official day of summer

I "checked out" of school this morning and got to tell everyone

I would see them next year, and that was a pretty nice feeling

after that we took full advantage of living right around the corner from

our grandparents who also happen to have a pretty nice pool

and everly got to have her very first, "real", swim

I think she liked it...

and even now, we've been home for an hour and she's still passed out

just like this, but on her daddy's chest

this mama got a little break for blogging ;)

and yes, clearly my daughter gets too many kisses, at least that's the look on her face

happy summer folks, happy summer

[photos edited with afterlight]