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Well hello there! It’s been a while since I’ve updated this space. What started as an unintentional break from blogging turned into an intentional break. Over the past few months, I’ve lost my motivation to blog. It started to become a chore. So instead of forcing myself to do it, I took a break. And I loved it! As I think I’ve mentioned multiple times before, my blogging time is after the kids go to bed. But that’s also my “relax and watch Netflix” time. And these past few months, Netflix has won. But since I’ve run out of shows to watch, I guess I’m back here now haha.
I got about 3/4ths of the way done with a blog post about sleep when I just started feeling burnt out. So I’m holding out on that one just a little bit longer while I get my posts all caught up. But I do plan to get back to it soon! For now, another picture heavy post to catch up on some pictures from June and July that make me happy.
We have to climb on a ladder to get everyone in the frame. It’s totally worth the effort.
This picture of Primrose is from a couple months ago. She has changed so much since then. She spends her days scooting around, watching/playing with her siblings, and eating anything she can find on the floor. She does much better with the crumbs dropped on the floor than any of the foods I intentionally try to feed her.
Our “stair step” photos are some of my very favorites. I love watching them grow. I’m just wondering how soon it’ll be until one of the kids grows too quickly and messes up the lineup! The oldest two are wearing the same size clothes now so it’s possible Kai may catch up with Liam soon.
My kids do fight quite a bit. But they also love on each other a lot. It always makes my heart melt when they’re being sweet with each other.
I never got the chance to share about my silhouette picture here! I had the chance to work with a shop called Dapper and Darling, the creator of the most beautiful keepsakes. The detail she puts into each silhouette is seriously amazing. She perfectly captured each of the children…right down to the sweet fly away hairs on their heads. There are options for watercolor portraits, jewelry, ornaments, and these wooden plaques (which are etched by Paradise Laser Co.)
I was not asked to post about this on my blog but I have had multiple people ask me about it when visiting my home so I wanted to share the information here for anyone who missed it on Instagram!
We do a lot of singing and dancing while taking pictures. Desmond is usually entertaining us all.
My oldest and my youngest. Exactly 9.5 years between them. I love the way he adores her.
I took Evangeline and Clementine out one day to take pictures in their dresses (from Remie Girl.) There was lots of cotton candy and twirling in the most twirable dresses ever. These outings make me so happy to have 3 daughters!
And have I mentioned Desmond’s love for his baby sister? He calls her “Hosie” (Rosie) and loves to play with her and help take care of her. I’m soaking up these moments before she starts to annoy him and take his toys! haha
I adore all the pictures we get of Primrose and her bestie, Sylvia. We’ll be spending this weekend with them so I think a new picture (or 10) needs to happen.
Fourth of July–when we deck out in our patriotic clothes for a couple of weeks. (Our matching jammies are from Hanna Andersson.)
We miss having a covered porch to watch storms. But this view isn’t too bad sometimes.
We celebrated Desmond’s 3rd birthday in July. His smile in these pictures perfectly showcase his personality. He is such a fun, hilarious, sweet little guy.
There’s an old abandoned church in the city that makes such a fun photo backdrop so we headed out there one evening.
What started as a picture of the two oldest boys..
Soon turned into a picture of the oldest 3….
Which then ended up as a picture of all 4 of the boys. This lasted about 15 seconds before someone started complaining about being squished. But it was adorable while it lasted!
Did you know St. Louis has a sunflower field??? Well, a little north of the city. There were a billion bees but it’s so pretty!! (p.s. the flowers are dead now. They were in bloom during the beginning-middle of July.)
If you made it through all these photos, I am thoroughly impressed! I know that was a lot!
As for a little life update–
Our basement studio is almost finished–which means that Don is finally going to be able to get back to vlogging (he’s been mudding, sanding, and painting for the past few months so he hasn’t had time to create or edit videos.) He’s also going to be able to start teaching guitar again and working to build up his website, Strumcoach. This job transition has had some hard moments but also a lot of really, really good moments! We’ve loved having him home more!
Like I already mentioned, now that I’ve taken a little break, I think I’m ready to get back to blogging more regularly. It was good for me to take a short break. I think it will help get me out of this rut that I’ve been in. Ideally I would post at least once a week. But I’m not making any promises. But thank you all for sticking around! I hope you have a great week!!