hello new year.

apparently, time has gotten the best of me.

here are the past two weeks in a nutshell:

four christmas get togethers...

two grandma crying sessions...

one sister leaving the country...

six siblings together for the last time in the near future...

one thousand chai lattes...

twenty-two hours in the car...

eight o'clock bedtimes...

five days without stever...
one very worn out mama...

i am pretty exhausted these days in general, but these two weeks have completely drained me of any and all energy that i might have had saved up...

ug.

hopefully the next 3 months will be slow and steady.

here are some random pictures from the holidays

love

this guy

four years ago i walked down the aisle in a poofy white dress. i met a cute guy in a suit. we said some pretty hardcore things to each other....

and here we are...

and i am still head over heels...

happy four years to my love!

too cute

this hat is a hoot...

LOVE THIS!!!!

This print is amazing!

cookie decorating

some pictures from cookie decorating at our house...

harry didn't have any left to show you..

tattoo's on my mind

i pretty much know that i am going to get a new tattoo after this little boy decides to be born... and i am almost sure of what i want... like 90%... it's going to be a line from this amazing hymn...

but there is always the chance that i will change my mind and get some other lovely thing... i am fairly certain this won't be the last bit of ink i acquire, so it isn't like "this or nothing"...

dusty and i are almost completely in sync about getting the same thing, though...