conversations with Oliver

Oliver "I wish I was 74 years old"

Me " really? why 74?"

Oliver " because then I would be sooo old, old enough to drive a tank"

Me "yes you would"

powerful

this is such an incredible and powerful photo.

Chinese doctors bowing down to an 11 year old boy diagnosed with brain cancer who managed to save several lives by donating his organs.

wow.

oh the madness and a half birthday!

how incredibly fast the days seem to pass. 

it feels like just yesterday sweet Finn entered into the world, 

although my tired body says otherwise

and yet in the the blink of eye we've already celebrated his half birthday!

each addition to the family somehow speeds up the clock, 

we reach milestones so much faster. 

gone are the days of waiting around for them to do "something"

the "somethings" are happening fast and furious from all three kiddos. 

and I'm trying to keep up. 

some days it feels impossible to meet all of their demands, their needs and wants 

and other days we manage a perfect rhythm. 

life is very busy with three littles, some sleeping but mostly not

it's like musical beds most every night

but I know it my heart that these are perhaps the simplest of times of head

their needs still mostly primal, a hug and kiss still mend boo boos

they need a snuggle and for you to watch their "cool" trick 

I know in later years we will be longing for them to want us or need us like they do now. 

or at least I will. 

so I'll take the sleep deprivation, not going to the bathroom alone (in four years)

and sleeping wedged between Georgie and Finn every night as some of the best times of our life 

because all those wistful faces of sweet grandmas at the grocery store can't be wrong. 

Maya Angelou

the world lost an incredible woman yesterday, 

but she will live on in her incredibly wonderful and inspiration words. 

20 inspirational quotes by Maya Angelou

#1000thanks

#16. little ponies... even if she only kept it in for 5 seconds.
#1000thanks

let love reign

sorry for the silence lately, 

we have been totally consumed with snuggling and loving on our new little bundle. 

Finn Ezra arrived on Dec 27th

born at home in the wee hours of the morning. 

We are beyond blessed to have this healthy, beautiful boy join our family. xoxo

fall days- #1000thanks

we have been having the most perfect fall days lately, 

sunshine and good times frolicking in our little forest with these two! 

my little lady has grown up so much in the past month it's bananas. 

She held out on us for a while, not really saying much other than a few sporadic words

but now that the flood gate is open she surprises us with new words daily. 

Not one to be left behind, she wants to do everything that Oliver is doing!

Thankful for these 2 munchkins 

and our ghill life they get to roam and explore together. 

#1000thanks

#1000thanks

At this stage in my life it seems that illness, disease and hardships are more prevalent
and real then ever before. Not just people I kind of know or friends of friends but my people, my family and friends. Life is short, life is precious and sometimes I forget to make the most of it.
Sometimes I forget to really enjoy it and count my blessings. So I'm going to start and make a real conscience effort to celebrate a little everyday. I'm starting a #1000thanks page but you can find the hash tag on instagram to see other IG'ers add gratitude, grace and thanks to their lives as well.

Here we go!

Yesterday Oliver told me he was going to teach Georgie how to talk poopy talk (it's an ongoing battle we have with him to stop talking about poop and referring to people and things as poopy, etc) so before I could get him in trouble he quickly took a new position and said he was going to teach Georgie to go on the potty instead. But not yet because she was still a baby and she would be afraid. Maybe when she is 20 he could teach her. *Twenty is the go to age for him whenever we talk about things he will do when he gets older. School, work, driving all happen when he is 20 and apparently the same rules apply to his sister!

so today I am thankful for this boy, how wickedly smart he is
and his plans to teach his sister how to go potty when she's 20!
#1000thanks