. precious moments .

today i finally got to hold sweet baby jude...

 

and my sweet girls got to do lots of this ...

 

and this ...

 

and this ...

despite this trip to nana and papa's being a quick one, we squeezed in lots of baby hugs and millions of minutes on their new swingset.  there were sweet smiles everywhere.  and i realized how very quickly you forget how little your own sweet baby was just 6 months ago.  and to think that mine were smaller than baby jude is, but he has WAY more hair. 

ugh, i could hold him all day.

. breaking .

my mom is taking a blogging break.  yes, it's necessary.  she'll be back soon ... i promise.  i'll be sure to do many things to her, for her, and with her that she can share. 

xoxo, karsyn.

. dear erin .

next time you only get three hours of sleep, please, i beg you, wake up enough to see whether you are using blistex instead of baby orajel on your lips.  you will certianly remember an hour later when your lips are still numb, but, by then, it's too late.

also, next time your 2 year old decides to lock herself in the car before you can get her out, stay calm.  don't cause a scene, even if you are in your driveway.  the neighbors are still staring.  AND, next time, or every time it happens since it is fun for her to see mommy panic, remember that you have the keys in your hand with the controller to unlock the whole car at once. 

and next time your hubby calls to tell you that we are leaving to go to oklahoma TONIGHT, stay calm.  it usually leads to previous mentioned occurences and we don't want those to happen again.  ever.  an already panicked mommy who panics again is so not pretty.  and remember to sweetly remind your hubby how even more cuckoo it makes you to not be able to plan and make necessary lists for said trip to another state with two small children.

i'm just sayin'.

until next time,

erin

. thankful thursday .

today, i am so very thankful that this sweet girl came home.

 

she's been with mimi for a few days and greeted me with a sweet smile when she walked in the door.  and she says "i wuv you mommy".  i so missed that.

. brick feet .

i had a photo shoot today with three sweet brick kids.  {for those who do not know this sweet family, their last name is brick, and they are C.U.T.E}