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!
i LOVE that jacket. where'd you get it?
and i'm fairly certain eleanor keeps getting cuter and cuter!!
xox eden
Eleanor is s cute. I love the way you dress mama. xo, rv
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This looks so fun. What a lovely way to spend the weekend!
@eden, thank you. it's by lauren moffatt and they have it at anthropologie.
xo
My gosh, Eleanor is such a gem.
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S
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Eleanor is just adorable!!
Wasn't it crazy that it snowed this weekend before Halloween?!! I live West of D.C. and we got about 3 inches! Luckily most of it has melted so the kiddos can trick or treat toorrow. :)
You and your family are so super stylish, like out of the pages of a magazine. Love it!
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I second Eden's question – that jacket is fabulous! And, Eleanor is such a beautiful baby! I always look forward to your posts!
Oh, you guys looks so grown up! E isn't the only one growing :)
You look like parents now
It DOES just keep getting better and better. :) Great photos!
Cute. Our todd loves the swing too.
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i love her cute happy face! can't wait to be a mom myself one day!!! i have your coat! too bad it's still warm here in CA. i miss the snow in Utah, my hometown.
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I was just saying to a friend how important the simple things become when you have a baby. You will always have this image to show Eleanor when she is older-so much love!
These photos are so cute! You're family is SO cute!
Omg it snowed? We had 16 degrees in London yesterday! :D Love the pics, E is the cutest thing on earth!
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Yay! The swings never get old.
You all are perfectly dressed all the time. I just love your family!
you guys are the cutest. Is Eleanor EVER grumpy? (: That SMILE! So darling.
adorable. i've said it before, but i'll say it again: it's so sweet seeing how much you love your baby.
She looks like she loves it! Did anyone else think of the 'Friends' episode when Rachel and Ross take Emma to go swinging for the first time? :)
oh my GOODNESS! SO adorable. And yes, that Friends episode!
Naomi, you just make me want to be a momma someday :)
Now I am dreamin of the day, I can take my kiddies to the park. Just gotta have them first :)
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Baby E really has got to stop getting increasingly adorable… I don't know how much more of her amazing cuteness I can take! ;)
ok. these are friggin cute. love how happy she looks to be swinging!
so freakin' cute!
It defintely does….my girl has just gone a year old & the fun we have!
Is it weird that I'm drawn to your blog even though I don't have children? You all look so cute and like you're having such a good time
so precious i can't stand it!
Ellie just gets prettier and prettier. She's going to be a beautiful little lady when she grows up! You all look like you're having so much fun at the park.
x,
Samantha
seeing eleanor in the baby swing makes me so excited to find a park around here where I can swing my little guy, too! because in salt lake city, it's still autumn, not winter :) thankfully!
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She's all smiles,love the photos! :)
been a silent reader of your blog and this is the first time i'd comment. your family is just adorable. your pictures are full of love and joy! such a bliss.
oh wow. she looks so so adorable!!
Gorgeous pictures as always… I'm jealous that you guys have snow already!
A question: do you always use Eleanor's full name (which I love!), or do you have nicknames for her?
I love your photos of your family…they make me so excited about being a parent when I am ready. But sometimes they make me wish I had a little Eleanor right now to make memories with.
I'm sure you only show us the best photos but she always looks like such a happy baby! A joy to see, you must be so proud :)
so adorable! x
so adorable. parenthood certainly does keep getting better.
where is this park? very few we have found in DC have swings, let alone baby swings.
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you are adorables!!!!
She is adorable! Happy to hear you are enjoying parenthood! And you look fab :)
These photos make me happy! They remind me of photos my mom took of me having a blast on the swings at the park when I was a baby! :)
p.s. Those shoes of yours! Love! Mind sharing where you got them from?
Happy Halloween!
so precious. i am in love with her tiny booties! where did you find them?
She is seriously THE cutest thing alive!!!!
I loooooove Eleanor. Hands down the cutest baby i have ever seen in my life. I want her sooooooo bad! She juz keeps smiling away doesn't she???its sooooooo cute i can't take it…honestly i just cannot handle her cuteness!! Love your family.
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I feel the same way! Iris was a gorgeous baby and I felt like motherhood was such a tender experience then. But now that we're hitting 8-9 months and she's interacting and crawling and showing her little personality, it's the most AMAZING feeling! I just keep getting so excited for all of our "nexts."
she is so sweet!
Oh your shoes are gorgeous. Who are they made by? Eleanor is just getting cuter and cuter. Happy Halloween!
E is at a beautiful age… enjoy it! and it does just keep getting better and better. Just WAIT til she can tell you that she dreams about you, or that you 'make her heart warm'(I got that quote last week!)
Love the pictures! Eleanor is so adorable! :)
you are such a gorgeous family! happy halloween!
Eleanor is soooo cute! I love how your fam always looks so happy playing together:) She's going to have the best photo album to look at when she gets older! Happy Halloween!
I love how E's little hands are holding onto the bars.
We (My Little Boy and his Mommy and Daddy:)) just love park playgrounds!!!
You have such a beautiful family!
that last picture is just so darling. she is so happy! love it!!
xo TJ
Oh my, the picture of Josh and Eleanor on the swing? It doesn't get any better. Cutest ever.
Fun! She is soooo adorable.
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Where are your shoes from?! they are gorgeous!
naomi! your shoes are adorbs and i really would love to shamelessly copycat! puh-lease lemme know where you got them!
Ahh!! Eleanor's moccassins! Where are they from? Soooo cute
I always love the treatment you give your photos! Any chance you'd share what filter you use in instagram?