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Beatrice sandwich! And some of the very best pizza we have ever eaten behind us 🍕@pizzeriabianco
These two are obsessed with “Fancy Like” and mostly obsessed with watching @walkerhayes dance to Fancy Like with his family 😎😎 It’s currently their top pick for the bedtime song🎶 and here’s a snippet of what went down last night! #fancylike
“Mama— take a picture of this face…” he says. And I’m grabbing my camera and trying to contain my laughter as I think to myself, “I’m just the absolute luckiest to know this kid.” 💛 Everyone needs a mister Conrad in their life.
When you convince (bribe?) the entire family to take a family photo with the real camera 📸 ps- spot the camera remote😂
Sometimes I raise my voice. Sometimes I beg. Sometimes I make ultimatums. Sometimes I hate bedtime to the freaking goodnight moon and back.
But then they’ll grab my chin and cheeks and lean in close to tell me they love me. And they’ll thank Heavenly Father for “no witches and no robbers” during their bedtime prayers. And insist on giving each other 17 silly hugs before the lights go out because “I’m gonna miss her so much when I sleep.”
I’ll take the 48 minutes of squatting between their beds for back scratches and the unexpected trip to the potty 12 minutes after the last potty trip if it means they keep this bond forever. Witnessing their complete love and sisterhood changes me. Even when I say I hate bedtime with my three-year-olds, I’m such a sucker for this stage of life with them.
A few photos from life lately over here - enjoying family time and life in Arizona. Thanks for being here while I’ve kind of been away for a little while… haven’t been doing well physically (some health issues) but that doesn’t mean I haven’t stopped taking one too many photos☺️
The game of “Who Can Stand on Mama’s Back and Wiggle Their Feet Around Without Falling Off!” …which is really just code for “mama would like a back massage” but they think it’s crazy fun and my back knots are screaming happy so everyone wins. #momhacks
One wall and pipe at a time, the home renovation is coming together. 💛 #renovation #homedecor #wallpaper (wallpaper is @riflepaperco🌸)
Just over here holding all my (not-so-little) babies close and stepping away from pretty much everything else. Trying to cuss less and write more. Often feel on the cusp of big breakthroughs I want from my life (yay!) while simultaneously giving too much power to my anxiety (ugh). Clinging to my evening prayers and favorite yoga class and busting out the Christmas music a season early. My footing might be terribly wobbly at the moment and who wants to hear the girl on the verge of nervous tears dish out any kind of life advice, but for anyone else in a similar rut (I’m so sorry) – might I suggest the biggest serving of strawberry shortcake as a remedy. Plus standing outside during a warm rain (Arizona, you healer with a perfectly timed monsoon season, how’d you know?)… and maybe put the phone down more. Or whatever version of these three things might float your boat. I’m sure chocolate soufflé with a dose of sunshine instead of shortcake and rain could also do the trick. The phone one I’m sticking by though. Sending you lots of love.
Bringing our summer along with us forever by way of new freckles scattered across most of our faces! ✨ …you can see B’s first sprinkle of itty bitty dots across her little nose and cheeks in the 2nd pic and even with all the lathering of sunscreen and my blessed daily nagging about sun hats, I’m nothing but proud in this moment!🥳 #summer #motherhood #magic
We are slowly making our way back to Arizona this week (my kids school year begins August 2nd😱) and we’ve never been more out of routine (definitely missing black out curtains right about now) BUT we’ve clocked in so many striking sunsets and got to hold and hug so many loved ones, it’s been everything.
I meant to share earlier this week that Amazon is running a promo on my book right now through the end of the month (until 7/31)— use the code 3YELLOW for $3 off your book purchase!
If you’ve been considering purchasing, it’d mean so much to have you do so! Thank you for supporting me and my book and I hope you find it worth your while and time.
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Thank you again for your support! This has been such a vulnerable and thrilling and challenging and exciting and scary endeavor and I’ve really appreciated the support. 💛
Just trying to keep up with these three on the mountain and ignore how sore my butt is from my saddle😅
On a boat! With a lot of laughs! And a few tears. Plus a whole lotta sunscreen and a couple of epic tube flips 🚤
Our summer adventures are getting a little jumbled when it comes to me sharing anything in chronological order (a part of my brain is freaking out right now but another part of my brain is feeling a little bit more free.) Sparklers are our family’s happy place so we continued our 4th of July celebrating tonight with a few on the deck. Of all the summer activities so far, a box of sparklers a few days post holiday was Samson’s favorite. He hugged me so tightly at bedtime as he told me for maybe the 18th time how much fun he had tonight. Somehow I forget anything else I loved this summer… his enthusiasm for an evening of sparklers brought sparklers to the top of my favorite summer activities list, too. 🧨
The BEST time learning all about bees 🐝 with the bee expert herself @mckayjo in Salt Lake City. We haven’t stopped talking about all the impressive things those hard working bees do each day and somehow honey has made its way into more of our meals this week 😋 Thank you for having us, @mckayjo!
Could she get ANY cuter?? I don't think so!! She's soooo cute :)
Love,
Kristen
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oh goodness this picture is adorable! no one could pull off the scrunched up face better than your little one.
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oh my goodness, she's too cute. you two are lucky to have such a sweet thing :)
gorgeous! kingsley imitations perhaps?
Baby E looks like she could be auditioning for 'The Sopranos'… sort of a "Fuggedaboudit" or "You talkin' to me?" look–SO cute!
Isn't it so fun when they start to eat those puffs and things? Her faces are so great! Thanks for sharing and happy pumpkin hunting! We are buying pumpkins, too!
Eleanor is so beautiful, she makes me broody and I'm only 19! Love you blog lots and lots :)
this is the bestttt
That is such an adorable photo! So, so cute!! xo
amazing blog!congrats!alice (ottalovemuffin.blogspot.com)
OMG…she is insanely adorable. That face is just too much.
My little baby bear makes the scrunch face also. Love it!
Haha, she's so cute, love it! xx
This is THE cutest face ever!!!! I just adore her.
Cutecity.
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ok she's the cutest *_*
OH MY GOSH, my daughter does the same thing…started at 9 months and is going strong through 13 months…everyone loves it!!!!!
When I am having a rough day I always know that when I open your page my heart is going to be touched by the bundle of joy that you so graciously share w/us. What a beautiful God-given blessing.
ha ha Judah has to have a mouthful of puffs, not just one but a mouthful :-)
This is quite possibly the cutest and funniest little expression ever! I love it (and your description also)!
I just love how her little personality is starting to shine through, this might be my favourite photo yet :)
How funny, a few days ago, I posted my little nugget making the same face (last Halloween):
http://randiroohoo.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-little-flower.html
I wish she still made that face!
LOL!! My daughter makes the same weird breathing hard through the nose face. i think it's hilarious.
I love seeing how little eleanor grows. I have a niece that's just about 1 1/2 years ahead of her, and it's so nice to have reminders of the different phases they go through! So so so adorable!
Naomi, this is really random, but where did you get Eleanor's fur-lined winter coat from your Beso featured picture? It is so cute!
best photo ever!
@meg, it is from zara.
in my family, we call that face that eleanor makes a "snicker-snort." my little brother did it when he was little! its such a cute face
Sooo CUTE!!! :D
Hahahaha… She's adorable!!!! =)))))
That was my fave face of my oldest daughter. She was obsessed with it, and the hilarious way they breathe! Super cute, non? My second was/is the one that stuffs her mouth.
Ahhhh, babies – they're the best.
Best.face.ever. She is so adorable!
This is the cutest thing everrrr. Oh this girl is going to have attitude! :)
it's ridiculous how adorable she is and that expression is priceless!!!
oh my goodness, baby girls are so yummy. my one year old is my 3rd baby (first 2 are boys), and i'm relishing these cutesie baby looks as much as possible bc i see how fast they grow up. i enjoy each and every day though bc it gets more and more fun as they age!! yours is a cutie- love the baby puff stage!
I love her outfit and hat, so adorable. Would you mind sharing what the brands are called?
Many Thanks
She is so cute. I love the outfit and little hat so adorable. Do you mind sharing where they are from?
Many Thanks
TL
Your daughter is so adorable and pretty!
Votre fille est tellement adorable et mignonne!
Reminds me of the famous photo of Johnny cash!!