create a life you love.

i love this time of year, the cleanse, the start of something new. there is something just really special about the chance to change it all. as we wrap up 2013, there is a central theme i have spent a lot of time thinking about: i waste time...i don't spend enough of my time creating a life that i love. i am not doing things i am passionate about, that move me. so in adding to the existing list of resolutions remaining from years past, here's to changing the course of the path, making promises and keeping them and champagne, lots of champagne. 

p.s. in keeping with this theme, i'll try my best to ensure this isn't my yearly, hey it's new years post. xx

hello two thousand thirteen

{family}

i know i know, there is a statute of limitations on how long you can reference the new year once you reach the middle of january...but here we are. and i want you to know that...looking back on 2012...i feel nothing but happiness. i mean, what a year! i spent this year really taking the time i needed to bond with my little girl and to figure out this new, insane and just really lovely new life. i closed a chapter at the end of this past year. the chapter where i learned what it feels like to be a mother and in the process became more comfortable with who i am than i have ever felt in my life. and this next chapter, i feel, i hope, will be the one where life just makes total sense.

throughout my journey into motherhood, i realized very quickly there were several things that would have to sit by the wayside while i figured it all out and unfortunately this blog was the first to go...but i love this little online journal. i love being able to chronicle our lives and take a little snapshot of how i am feeling, or what we are up to in the moment. for myself. so one of my many goals this year is to really make an effort to capture more memories and keep them here...in this space where our friends and family can see what we are up to but more importantly, where we can look back and remember.

cheers to a new year, a new life, the next chapter...xx.

hooray for 2012

well, hello there! well, we had a wonderful christmas with my family and new years was spent having good friends over and going to see the zac brown band. all in all, perfection. 

what's next? getting ready for this little girl to come into our lives and we couldn't be more excited. nursery decorating, baby showers and just complete happiness. hooray for 2012! xx

resolutions

my little list of resolutions from last year as noted here:

1. rosetta stone spanish
2. learn to make mashed potatoes
3. say the words "i love the gym" and mean them

here is the update upon the conclusion of last year:

1. rosetta stone spanish

2. learn to make mashed potatoes

3. say the words "i love the gym" and mean them

epic. fail.

but you know what they say...

if at first you don't succeed...

please see pic above for 2011 list of resolutions.

modified just a bit, and

framed for emphasis in my kitchen.

i've got this.

farewell to 2010

{by jonas peterson}

in a time that's all about change...

it's fun to focus on the possibilities of a new year.

i love this time. i love change, fresh starts.

but it's also hard to say goodbye.

because when i look back at 2010, i feel nothing but joy.

i just wanted you to know.

i feel so thankful.

xx.

new years eve

its 5 am and i have been up since 2
these nights are the worst
but since i can't sleep...i will share some new years pictures
a fun filled atlanta night with two of my favorites, danielle and trey
they are newly engaged and happy as can be
happy oh-10 guys xo

{Danielle is my old roomie and one of my bestest buddies}

{if you know these two than this picture makes so much sense}

{me and dee...we had just switched shoes and really love each other here}

{i have no idea what this was about....but its funny}

hello 2010...

{this photo of us on new years makes me laugh...even though husbands head is cut off and I look insane}

my little list of new years resolutions:

1. rosetta stone spanish

2. learn to make mashed potatoes

3. say the words "i love the gym" and mean them

happy new year friends...xo