WELCOME TO THE WORLD!

Disclaimer: I've been saving this post, because I was waiting for TWO new bebe arrivals, so EH, please don't think this was not intended for you!

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME TO THE WORLD, BABY H AND BABY R! SO MUCH LOVE FOR YOU ALREADY, AND YOU'VE ONLY JUST ARRIVED! Love to your families, and to you. Can't wait to love you both forever and ever! This world just got a lot better and a lot more beautiful...

(photo via Google)

And also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BABY H'S BIG BIG BROTHER E! love love love and more love!

Love.

Monday is our anniversary. I love my husband oh so very much. I thought I'd post a few of my favorite shots from our engagement shoot to send you off into a love-ly weekend.

I love how much we laugh. These feel like forever ago and just yesterday.

(all photos by the talented Danielle Aquiline)

(one of my very favorite photos of us)

Soliciting Gift Input

I'll start with a little cliché: They say time flies when you're having fun. It's true! It does! And faster and faster the older you get, it seems. But seriously, never has this adage felt truer to me than the past two years... and I can't believe it's been two years SINCE WE GOT MARRIED. Dave and my second anniversary is at the end of this month, and every time I think about that, my head explodes a little bit. Really, I've loved Dave since, well, it feels like since always, and we've always laughed like crazy and had fun, but these past two years have really felt like the *most* fun. He's the best.

But back to the point... I'm seeking input! Anniversary gift input. Last year, for our first anniversary, we took a getaway weekend to Door County, Wisconsin... so beautiful. Walking, hiking, lounging, grilling, drive-in movie watching, frozen custard eating... It was a GREAT vacation.

(the cabin we rented)

(Lanie came, of course)

(sunset over the harbor)

(more pretty sunset)

(my favorite shot from our anniversary-day hike)

And for a gift, we decided to do something together for us. On our honeymoon to Puerto Rico, we purchased a print of a photograph at a cool little gallery in Old San Juan, but we hadn't done anything with it. So since the traditional first anniversary gift is paper, we decided that our gift would be getting our print professionally framed. And now it hangs in our new home.

(you can sort of see it behind this lamp there on the wall. trust me, it's great.)

For our second anniversary, we kind of liked the idea of making that a tradition -- rather than getting each other separate gifts, getting something together, for us to share, or for our home. And the second anniversary's traditional gift (the irony of my harping on the "traditional" is not lost on me. me? traditional? totally. ha!) is cotton. This is where I'd love some help. We can't share a shirt! So what are some good ideas? Anyone? Some input? All suggestions welcomed!

So far, I've thought of... new bedding?

A Slow-Down... and a Giant YAY!!!

My friendship bracelet-making plans are on hold for at least six weeks, and my posting, too, may be a little slower and more sparse in that time-frame, and I apologize. But my dopey, klutzy self had herself a little (a second) rollerblading mishap Sunday, and now my right wrist is fractured and braced-up, inhibiting easy typing (or easy anything, really). So, I regret that I'll have to slow down a bit, and space out posts while I heal up. Hopefully it'll get easier as the six weeks roll on, and I'll be able to do more and more every week -- that's the plan!

That's the slow-down... now the YAY!

(via Oh Joy!)

HAPPY ALMOST-WEDDING WEEKEND TO MY DEAR, LOVELY, WONDERFUL FRIENDS R&D!!! I'm so excited I could burst. Can't wait to jubilate and make-merry at what will undoubtedly be one of the most incredibly beautiful, joyous, fun, and boogie-down-filled celebration of love and soul mate-ness! My D and I feel so lucky to call you friends, and to be able to be witness to this perfectly perfect moment in your lives. Looking forward to a great weekend with some of the best friends we could ask for. Here's to love and friends who are family!

I love you! See you in Rhode Island!!! Whoop!

(via Jakob E's Flickr photostream)