Wednesday, September 4, 2013

this.

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nursing this babe
in a jumble of pillows
our bare skin
golden
in the milky early morning sun
a coolness of fall, nearly begun
and raindrops 
whispering good morning
while lulling us
back to sleep

...


these moments.
of motherhood
motherhood !
they are thick with joy
but they are going. too. fast.
i'm feeling desperate
to pause.
submerge.
and float around in each second.

i've always been
running ahead
always waiting and wanting for the next day, year, milestone...
my mum used to warn me not to "wish my life away"-
at three i was begging for kindergarten and soon after, for so long, all i wanted was to turn 30 (!)
to get married, to own a home, for babies...

but now
here i am-
a baby
our baby
deep asleep on my chest
and
life feels 
just. right.

it feels
like what i've been waiting 
my whole life for...




Tuesday, August 20, 2013

celebrating henry

throughout this past pregnancy
i kept peaking ahead
to this month-

august

with a scramble of emotions-
love, fear, anxiety, pain, excitement

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the due date of our daughter
the anniversary of losing henry

i needed to find a way
to remember our sweet son
and the excitement i felt
on the day he was born-

the day i became a mom

in a way
that wasn't totally 
sad
or 
scary

i needed a celebration.

to find a way to honor 
what a joy he was
in our lives

even

if it was only for just 
11 days
.

something to share 
with our family
who felt the loss of henry
almost as completely as we did

a new tradition
that our future children
would love 

so...
we planned a birthday beach night-
our favorite kind of easy summer celebration

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a sand-side picnic

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our favorite people

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mama-decorated birthday cake

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taps at sunset
...

and then
after the sun had gone down

we sent paper lanterns
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into the night sky

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decorated with our 
wishes + prayers

for henry patrick

on his first birthday
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and it was

a celebration
...

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with love and thanks
xo






Sunday, August 18, 2013

she

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emily waldo jagger
arrived thursday
august 8th
at 9:40am


oh, oh...
there is so very much to share

and i will

but i'm completely distracted
by her milky, deep-sleep sighs 
on my chest

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it's been almost exactly a month
since i've posted
and it's been a bursting one for sure-
a roller coaster 
of summer goodness
paralyzing anxiety
and love

love. love. love.

with each 
long-awaited 
deep, deep breath 
that i take
weighted only by 6lbs 12oz
of slumbering sweetness
i can feel 
my heart
being stitched 
from the bottom 
up...

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welcome
sweet birdie
welcome
xoxo


photos: orchardcove

Thursday, July 18, 2013

rainy summer sundays

those lazy summer days

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hazy with light rain
guiltlessly off the beach

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 sprawled across a couch
falling deeper
into a good book

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lunching

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with the whole crew

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around the family table
in the light of day

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lobster 
laughter
and
full bellies

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...

sunhats
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waiting...

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

faith


To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.
                                                        Oscar Wilde

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with summer now upon us
and this next chapter
right around the corner

it's time to share-
we're expecting.
...

the past year has been a roller coaster to be sure-
anticipation, immense joy, soul-crushing heartache, game-changing friendship
fear, hope, anxiety, small miracles, trust
and 
love
...

now, at 32 weeks
there is no hiding this bump of our soon-to-arrive baby

no, we haven't shouted this pregnancy from the roof tops-
but
we are so very happy.
and grateful.
and excited.

also, yes, a little scared.

we are taking life one day at a time.
healing
and fostering confidence


we are looking forward
to august-

to remembering our boy
by celebrating his birthday

and to

welcoming
 his little sister
(yes! a girl!)

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

happy list

a collection
of the little things that have made my week
...


OH shnikes!
i've been meaning and meaning and meaning
to get to this place
but
JUNE!
is here!
and half gone!

life has been busy, busy, busy
which, i suppose
is good-
these last two months-
filled with holidays celebrating parenthood
and warming tide pools filled with splashing babies
has left my heart heavier than i expected...

but, of course
there are the very happy things
that come with early summer, too...

dining al fresco
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in our sweet backyard


rising with the sun
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and finding such beauty


custom ellas
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on their way to a colorado wedding
(and to be worn with cowboy boots! love!)


a surprise delivery
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local, organic, summer berries
oh. my. yum.


and
the most happy thing of all-


the arrival of my people
those friends who really are family
whose summer migration north
makes every. little. thing.
feel

just

right.

Hallelujah.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

happy list

a collection
of the little things that have made my week
...

oh my-
what a month...

it's been 
insanely busy
with work

and very hard-
mother's day 
blindsided me

but bits of brightness
have gotten me here-
to the unofficial start of 
summer 
2013

hallelujah.
...

a little gift
of a full bunch
of the sweetest smelling bells
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made a house in desperate need of a deep clean
 delightful


stitching
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new designs

for a dear friend's
gatsby-esque
wedding
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and celebrating love

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with raspberry meringue
on top

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Monday, May 6, 2013

soul resuscitation

ahhhhhhh...
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this place
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it's people
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and spring
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in bloom
...

a few days away
for a 
deep-down 
revive

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sometimes
life's simplest pleasures-

sun
food
family

are just enough
...

Thursday, April 25, 2013

early spring by the shore


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empty stretches
of low tide beach

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rolling dunes
of greening beach grass

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a pup
learning the way

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of the sandy-dog life

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bundled
with the view
of a hazy horizon

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readying
for summer
...

a happy list, of a saturday sort