Rooms I love

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If this crisp, white bathroom is wrong, I don't want to be right.

Sunrise in the playroom

We get up early around here (Michael's idea, not mine) and we're usually finished with breakfast and in the playroom right around the time the sun comes up. If I'm going to be up at the crack of dawn, I can think of no better way to enjoy it.

Rooms I love

I'm totally inspired by this room by Emily Henderson. It's so good.

We've been in our house for a month and a half now, and every day it feels more and more like home. There are so many things I love about living here but one of my favorites is the light. Michael and I have started a little tradition of taking photos every afternoon. He plays and hams it up for the camera and I do my best to capture him. 

I still have so much to learn about photography, but I'm enjoying picking it up as I go.

Here are a few of our afternoon shots from the last week. Michael will be 18 months old this week, and for me these photos are so telling. We're in a new phase with him. He understands everything and I'm continually amazed at his quick mind. He's started smiling a new smile lately. It's still sweet, but it's mischevious and a little bit fierce. Like he's in on the joke and we had better watch out. The last traces of baby boy are fading quickly and there's a little wild man left in his place.

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"...He will come to us as surely as the dawn comes.

He will come to us like rain...."

Hosea 6:3

Life {in Instagram}

reading / fall colors in Houston (we thought they were limes but they're lemons!) / tickle fight

waiting room fun / self portrait / a crafty afternoon (making this)

rainy, rainy morning / smoosh face / playtime

my water baby / checking out our new park / my new favorite toy

Some days with a toddler are hard. Like, you wonder if you're doing anything right at all. 

Thankfully, other days are magic. Like today. 

He jabbered away all day long, telling stories and (I'm pretty sure) telling me what to do. 

He went around the house naming things with a serious expression, as if he was giving me an important lesson.
"Door!" "Ball!" "Puppy!" "Ice!" "Pumpkin!" "Football!" "Moon!" "Apple!"

He pointed at Ella's wagging nub of a tail and broke down laughing. He grabbed my face with his two little hands and kissed me on the mouth with those sweet puckered lips. At dinner he counted the lightbulbs in a lamp, "two, two, two, two".
He played a game of hide and chase with Tim after dinner,
running with a huge grin on his face and his arms wrapped around his favorite football.

We had a last-minute appointment this afternoon and while I got ready he played in the tub beside me, happy as could be.
If I had let him, he would've played right there in the tub for the rest of the day. He loves the water.

And I love him to bits.

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